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A photo-op. you dont go and joke about vice president biden and others have to say. you promote american values like human rights and democracy around the world. what weve seen is not only that he had this infatuation with dictators. hes also taken this america first into america alone. so its that much harder, be it in the middle east, be it in north korea, be it in iran, russia or even trade in china to actually bring our allies along with us to deter bad behavior. so i think that you stand up...

And in a weird way obamas speech may be helpful to trump get his base out in the same way that every time trump makes a divisive speech in a rally it may be useful in obama base in getting them to come out this fall. >> ryan, as i pointed out president obama had not a lot to say before the election, but it didnt make much of a difference. its weird watching he predicted all of this as a lot of people did. do you think its going to make much of a difference now? >> well, i think, look, i think th...

Dont coddle nazis or use your justice department to go after political enemies. dont violate -- criticize the first amendment and call reporters the enemies of the people. and you know dont suck up to foreign adversaries like russia. these are all not that long ago those were all pretty nonideological ideas. >> ryan, i think you are right. what does that say about trump then? because. >> its just like with the funeral where people would say bipartisan is great, mccain had character. >> these are...

Dont use the department of justice to -- dont use the department of justice to go after the political enemies. dont attack the first amendment and the press. and russia is an adversary. dont coddle an adversary. if you had read that, you wouldnt say its a partisan speech. >> listen to the section about the press. >> i complained plenty about fox news. but you never heard me threaten to shut them down. or call them enemies of the people. it shouldnt be democratic or republican to say we dont targ...

The constitution? >> in order to-- >> mr. president, dont coddle the union? the at some point he should have said end quote there. >> peter: i think what he says resonates with a lot of people in america who say, listen the public unions are making a lot more money than i am. theyve got better benefits. theyre not paying into the health care the way i do. in private employment situations so lets be realistic in this time period, but a lot of the state governments face fiscal debt. >> alisyn: and...