colonel steve warren, i would love to have your response to this, sir. you know, he made news coming on in the wee hours of the morning after the speech last night, calling the president in phoenix downright scary and disturbing and worried out loud if the president, you know, should, in fact, have his hands on the nuclear codes. here was james clapper. i toiled in one capacity or another for every president since and including john f. kennedy through president obama. and i don t know when i have listened and watched something like this from a president that i found more disturbing. i really question his ability to his fitness to be in this office. i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes. colonel warren, what did you make of mr. clapper s response and just even, you know, calling
maybe the saudis will go to the pakistanis and say, you know, president trump is really our friend and helping us. so you pakistanis, if you don t cooperate, we re going to cut off all our resources to you. maybe that will help. maybe the indians and pakistanis can compete overtly for economic development. maybe. i d say what s really behind this is president trump told us we re going to have victory and we re going to win. that wasn t defined. my guess is, that this is a way to try to bring us out successfully. and i think that s his real objective. he didn t say it, but that is the objective. it s a strategy that might work but it depends more on rex tillerson than jim mattis. listen, colonel warren, the president was presented with multiple options over how to handle a war that has cost almost 2300 u.s. lives. why did he choose this one and what exactly is different about
off all our resources to you. maybe that will help. maybe the indians and pakistanis can compete overtly for economic development. maybe. i d say what s really behind this is president trump told us we re going to have victory and we re going to win. that wasn t defined. my guess is, that this is a way to try to bring us out successfully. and i think that s his real objective. he didn t say it, but that is the objective. it s a strategy that might work but it depends more on rex tillerson than jim mattis. listen, colonel warren, the president was presented with multiple options over how to handle a war that has cost almost 2300 u.s. lives. why did he choose this one and what exactly is different about it? because his rhetoric seemed very similar to the former president, president barack obama, the
not get away without talking about what troops we have on the ground and what they re doing, the taxpayers, moms and dads sending their sons and daughters. thanks for making the point i tried to make earlier. colonel, here s another tweet every private citizen donald trump. i agree with president obama on afghanistan. we should have a speedy withdrawal. why should we keep wasting our money. rebuild the u.s. it looks different from the oval office as the president said tonight. it sure does look different. the reason it looks different is because he realizes now that in afghanistan that is ungoverned is an afghanistan that threatens the united states of america. if this area becomes once again a safe haven for terrorists and others who would do us harm, that will cost american lives. that will cost american dollars. right here in the homeland. it s sometimes difficult to see that he when you re outside looking in. but once you re inside and you hold the whole weight of the country o
just not sustainable for him to say he s not ever going to talk about numbers. believe me, congress less have hearings when they come back in september. they want to know more specifics. the pentagon and president will not get away without talking about what troops we have on the ground and what they re doing, the taxpayers, moms and dads sending their sons and daughters. thanks for making the point i tried to make earlier. colonel, here s another tweet every private citizen donald trump. i agree with president obama on afghanistan. we should have a speedy withdrawal. why should we keep wasting our money. rebuild the u.s. it looks different from the oval office as the president said tonight. it sure does look different. the reason it looks different is because he realizes now that in afghanistan that is ungoverned is an afghanistan that threatens the united states of america. if this area becomes once again a safe haven for terrorists and others who would do us harm, that will cost