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In terms of this particular issue, not only have the japanese companies been trying this, but the data doesnt work to support what the presidents saying. in terms of jobs lost, manufacturing jobs lost, about 90% of the manufacturing jobs lost have gone to productivity, not to trade. he is just talking to this very narrow slice of americans that are his base who dont care about facts. and it may seem very confusing to foreign leaders because he doesnt make any sense. but hes talking to a few amer...

That are involved here. >> not to mention that the historic demilitarization of japan is something that the united states wanted after world war ii. this was a region that we very deliberately wanted to keep demilitarized as long as possible. >> yeah. well, you know, i mean, remember, you know, candidate trump suggesting that perhaps the best thing would be for the japanese to have their own nuclear capability so hes not really grounded in history or reason. >> but its so odd to me that these ar...

He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the united states. he will easily shoot them out of the sky and we make the best military equipment by far. its a lot of jobs for us and a lot of safety for japan. >> joining us now, david rothkompf, a visiting scholar at a carnegie endowment for international peace. david, so much to talk about here. first of all, that comment of the era of strategic patience is over with north korea, ...

Department of defense and the national security adviser are reining in the president because theyre afraid hes going to say something reckless and insane because he keeps doing that. >> david, apparently no ones explained to the president why the national of samurai warriors has not been shooting down missiles. >> yeah. well, there are a couple of problems with the presidents statement on this. not the least of which is that shooting down these missiles doesnt work very often and takes a lot of ...

With his interests and their interests and is about emotions and where facts play no role in it at all. >> david, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. coming up,connecticut senator chris murphy responds to the national rifle associations dismissal of the plague of mass murder in the united states. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what?

The best thing would be for the japanese to have their own nuclear capability so hes not really grounded in history or reason. >> but its so odd to me that these are index card sized talking points that you have time for on air force one flying across the pacific. if you didnt know that it was the united states idea for japan basically to not have a military, thats something you could have learned somewhere between hawaii and japan. go ahead, david. >> no, no. i was just going to say this has go...

Very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years. look where we are right now. >> according to japanese media, donald trump has questioned japan in conversations with other asian leaders for not shooting down the north korean missile that flew over japan in august. according to the report, the president said he could not understand why a country of samurai warriors did not shoot down the missiles. japans prime minister was asked about that report today. but president trump interrupted and spoke for him...

Rothkompf, a visiting scholar at a carnegie endowment for international peace. david, so much to talk about here. first of all, that comment of the era of strategic patience is over with north korea, what is the alternative to patience? >> well, there is no alternative to patience and i think one of the most interesting things was that the presidents own national security adviser, hr mcmaster, took the time to say just as the president was delivering remarks like this that he didnt think that pr...

Strikes, you actually cant have an alternative to strategic patience. at the same time, by the way, we should note that a couple days ago the department of defense said that in order to deal with the north korean nuclear weapons, wed have to launch a land war which would cost hundreds of thousands of lives so it seems to me like the department of defense and the national security adviser are reining in the president because theyre afraid hes going to say something reckless and insane because he ...