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Punishing its genocide of leader muslims. it bans imports from the region where the us is the chinese communists party and forcing slave labor, sterilization and concentration camps on ethnic minorities. major corporations like coca-cola lobbied against the bill. is now heading to president bidens desk. todd: major foreign-policy problem, two of americas biggest adversaries strengthen ties. carley: china and russia side together against the united states. >> reporter: good morning. the white hou...

Putin and the rest of the trump id idiots. kenny, its an interesting dynamic what brought this about. on one hand, i was thinking maybe the cozy relationship between trump and putin allowed for the build-up of the circumstances that we face today. but as i expressed to my guests in the opening portion of the program, if putin really wanted to go in, you would think he would have done it on trumps watch. one more from twitter, if we have the opportunity. ukraine should not be prohibited from join...

I know biden is trying hard to walk the fence to keep peace. some days you just wish he would, i think thats bitch slap putin and the rest of the trump idiots. kenny, its an interesting dynamic what brought this about. on one hand, i was thinking maybe the cozy relationship between trump and putin allowed for the build-up of the circumstances that we face today. but as i expressed to my guests in the opening portion of the program, if putin really wanted to go in, you would think he would have d...

Presidency, white house records show he called the iraqi government 64 times in a period in which barack obama called only four times. biden was going back and back and back trying to solve a particularly naughty difficult foreign policy problem. the artificial deadline in this case is not what hes thinking about but he knows they simply have no luxury of not getting this done. i mean, this is about his credibility. in effect, we hang together or apart. and the message hes driving home now is we...

Ever policy decision -- i cant remember what nonsense he said, but your reaction to republicans reactions to this -- clearly this foreign policy problem that the white house has >>well, thats the interesting point. i keep thinking about this. there was once time in this country where there would be a decent -- after a national disaster, after 9/11, where people would at least step back and say, okay, lets get through all of this. remember were all americans before we get to the finger pointing. ...

Intereconomics Biden’s Security Policy: Democratic Security or Democratic Exceptionalism? Forum Biden’s Security Policy: Democratic Security or Democratic Exceptionalism? Simona R. Soare, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France. Can the Biden administration chart a new course for American security policy given the unprecedented level of polarisation and social unrest in the United States? Can the US lead internationally and build a new transatlantic partnership while ta...

With me is seth moulton, an iraq war veteran. >> thanks, good to be here. >> trump is declaring a victory. apparently were rolling tanks in to guard oil field. >> its a disaster. its terrible for our allies on the ground. its terrible for our troops who feel betrayed by their own commander in chief. >> its terrible for the fight against isis. it does help iran, it helps russia, putin. it helps assad, the butcher of syria, and it helps erdogan, putins protege. dont think this is just versus impli...

Having the kurds back, i mean, watching their back and protecting their back? >> yeah, i mean, i think thats what -- see, heres what happens. you go in, you have all these people that say the answer to every foreign policy problem is to send u.s. troops. then you send the u.s. troops, you make partnerships and if you leave, you leave them high and dry. if you didnt intervene in the first place, you wont have this problem. once you do, i think we have some responsibility to the kurds, thats why i...

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Jason johnson is politics editor at theroot.com. all of them are msnbc contributors. david, i want to start with you because this has been one of those -- weve been talking about this inside our own news room for quite some time going there is this giant foreign policy problem sitting at the presidents desk. but its hard to articulate because the problem is inaction. you did a good job of articulating it in this big picture, but this isnt the easiest story to explain to the public. explain what ...