me going and i think you all. i hope you have a relaxing few days. we will see you. velshi starts now. it is sunday june 9th. with less than five months ago since the 2024 presidential election, anxiety is running high about the prospect of donald trump s return to the white house. his bow to exact retribution against enemies, especially in the wake of his historic criminal conviction, has raised fears he could abuse the powers of the presidency and that he could further erode democracy with another four years in office. americans are not the only ones experiencing this anxiety. many of our allies abroad are feeling similarly apprehensive about trump s possible return to power, and they are sharing those concerns about how he could destabilize democracy in the united dates and abroad. trump took an isolationist stance during his first four years of office and signals during his current campaign that he would take a similar approach during a second term. his admiration f
at any moment, the president and first lady, as we can see entering the helicopter, will depart to visit an american cemetery a half hour outside of paris they will lay a wreath to honor u.s. troops killed in world war i. notably, and 2018, donald trump canceled the trip to the same cemetery. the white house blamed bad weather at the time. trump s then chief of staff later revealed that trump didn t want to go because he viewed the dead soldiers as quote suckers and losers. joining us as our msnbc political analyst. the former under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. welcome. i m wondering what you think about, obviously the trip to france, the president wrapping it up. i wonder what you think of how this has unfolded from the big speech he gave thursday through his appearance at the state dinner yesterday and then now today. this split screen engagement with the former president in 2018. i thought he performed admirably well and did a careful bal
countries which is the thing that america is really good at. so in order to sell those things, in order to figure out what the barriers to trade can be and can t be, we need to be part of the complex discussions. all right, brother velshi, can you hear me? i can hear you. so walk me through, you know, we have already heard from countries like india and also one of the main themes in the world economic forum is to take national borders down. and they argue that protectionism is a huge challenge around the world and it is the responsibility of the larger more established countries to help the others. now, president trump would most likely argue against that. whether or not he made the s-hole comments a couple of weeks ago, that is the president s view. you know how to make me jealous because that conversation you re just having about the benefits and disadvantages of trade agreements is what i love getting into. there s a couple of things we