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How do you know which trump to believe? >> look, i dont know that the united states has a permanent interest in keeping troops in syria. the presidents right to campaign against forever wars and i think hes doing his best to end those. maybe the united states has an interest in defending the kurds and the christian communities there and keeping pressure on the iranians, but it doesnt have to be an all-u.s. troop option. i havent given any ideas on that to the president, but the cost and the comm...

I dont mind them going head-to-head with president erdogan and making sure that they understand, if you go after the kurds, thats of great interest to us. we owe them a lot. the kurds have been there, they are very helpful to the united states throughout the years. but its a dicey situation with tight neighbors and a lot of our firepower right on top of each other. >> harris: can i follow up on the firepower? we have an air base, we have a need to have more than just a typical nato relationship ...

Both sides can live with and say they got something out of? >> i think thats absolutely right. both sides are focused on this and concentrating in a new way and we do have a u.s. delegation going to beijing next week to begin these negotiations. the u.s. focus of theft of intellectual property, its focused on industrial subsidies trying to give some hefty subsidies to key sectors that it regards as important to the future of their economy, the so-called made in china 2025 initiative. these thing...

Both sides can live with and say they got something out of? >> i think thats absolutely right. both sides are focused on this and concentrating in a new way and we do have a u.s. delegation going to beijing next week to begin these negotiations. the u.s. focus of theft of intellectual property, its focused on industrial subsidies trying to give some hefty subsidies to key sectors that it regards as important to the future of their economy, the so-called made in china 2025 initiative. these thing...

What does this mean for the long-term fight against the terror group? >> i am worried about it and the vice president is doing his faithful duty to support the president. the president has a right to make this decision, he has commander-in-chief and i dont question that. i worry that this echoes a lot of what we heard when president obama said we are leaving behind a stable iraq and he talked about this new terrorist group as the jv team and not the real thing and that new terrorist group became...

Truman that american power in the world is a force that makes us stronger, safer, more prosperous, that our network of alliances, our relationships, the commitments we make to people are at the heart of american power. the president doesnt see that. he wants to pull back. hes almost inviting the russians to come back. so the history lesson about afghanistan was one small piece of this, the way that he has. ive been talking with piece who are really -- i dont think theyre reeling is overstating i...

Weapons. the south korean government says it also received a letter from kim jong-un, the president there, and the two want more meetings in 2019, trace. >> trace: rich, kim jong-un has a habit of sending mixed messages and hes still committed to his agreement with the president, right? >> thats right. he says in this address that kim jong-un gave on new years day, his annual new years address, he says hes opened to the commitments that he made and he wants to impress the world community. but he...

Its just a statement at this point. saying the democrats decided to go home, the only rational conclusion is that the democratic party is openly choosing to keep our government closed to protect illegal i wm t immigrants rather than the american people." democrats went home. donald trump stayed in washington. maybe its a degree of whos playing more politics but the democrats are playing politics as well. do you see there -- if people really wanted to get to a polla of yes, they could, other than...

Rand paul wants u.s. troops out of south korea. president trump entertains that idea publicly and privately all the time. overall, the broad direction of u.s. foreign policy towards withdrawing u.s. commitments, ending u.s. alliances. this is something that president trump has flirted with and sometimes leaned towards. in 2019, if he and rand paul continue to go down this road together, that could have worldwide implications on a range of issues and undo parts of national security that have been...

Deliver on his promise of an america first foreign policy, even if it means rejecting the expert advice of his generals. ever since his campaign, trump has advocated for a diminished role abroad, saying the u.s. should get more out of its commitments overseas. >> our failed establishment has brought us nothing but poverty at home and disaster overseas. this is what we have, disaster. the wars we never win. we go in, we spend $3 trillion, we lose thousands and thousands of lives, and then matt, w...