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Is gutting the state department. it talks about how important it is to be tough on russia. talks about russia as a revisionist power, talks about the danger that russia poses by interfering in the domestic politics of western countries. thats at variance with the policy of the trump administration. its very tough on china, but the first thing this administration did was what? it got out of tpp. that was principle instrument it inherited in order to push back against chinas reach in the region. t...

Strategist stephen bannon regains influence, over the past week trump adopted a different approach, more careful and consensual. it brings him closer to the foreign policy mainstream that he be rided during the campaign. but it also gives limb a taste of the success he craves. so well put. >> people say what do you think of all of these changes, oh, im shocked. its like having somebody to invest your money in the stock market and theyve lost your money for the past 60 days and suddenly they star...

Manhattan and never really engage with this stuff in any detail besides what you see on tv. the combination of the team coming in and trump having this education/accountability as president, has sort of drawn him into the foreign policy mainstream that frankly he really campaigned against. so the sort of foreign policy establishment is generally pretty happy about this but i would think a lot of his supporters, ones that thought he would usher in this dramatic break in american foreign policy mu...

We made a good case that this was a flawed candidate. hes my secretary and yours. i wish him well. as a matter of fact, the first thing i want to do under sequestration is give the secretary of defense and the president of the united states the flexibility under the overall cap to move money around and make the sequestration cuts as painless and less disruptive as possible. >> well, do you think that the confirmation battle weakened him and do you have any regrets about the way that confirmation...