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Response that he doesnt know mcgurk and that president obama appointed him. well, he served president george w. bush as well. mcgurk joins james mattis who also resigned this week. the president said he gave him a second chance after obama fired him. joining us is a foreign correspondent for "the new york times." thank you for being here with me. let me start with you. this is significant for a couple of reasons. one, this was the top official in charge of fighting isis. >> it is. >> and number ...

Lederman reports on -- an nbc news reporter that essentially he was guaranteed the -- the president was guaranteed that turkey would take over fighting isis and yet turkey has been attacking the kurds. what do you make of that? >> not only has turkey been attacking the kurds but one of the biggest roadblocks that mcgurk and the coalition dealt with was turkey. turkey did not want us to be backing the kurds because they consider the kurds to be an existential threat since a wing of this movement ...

So much push back. one of the things thats been most frustrating with people on both sides of the aisle trump has not provided any information behind his decision explaining why what hes doing is actually the right thing, despite what all of the foreign policy experts said. even when he comes oud and says, well, turkey is going to take over he hasnt explained how theyll take over and how its more effective than what the united states is already doing. hes making the decisions in his head apart f...