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It doesnt always lead to bad things as you know. sometimes this is what you have to do to bring the russians into a realistic understanding of where you stand. i think it has removed illusions perhaps on both sides. trumps illusion that he could easily work out a better arrangement with russia and putins illusion that somehow trump and his administration were going to be a cake walk for him. >> and a lightning round -- same question answers from bowing of you beginning with john, how reckless wa...

Him in the sense of any hope that somehow russia was going to have easy going here. and thats not a bad thing. in dealing with the russians, its good to show some steel. and thats what the congress has done. it doesnt always lead to bad things as you know. sometimes this is what you have to do to bring the russians into a realistic understanding of where you stand. i think it has removed illusions perhaps on both sides. trumps illusion that he could easily work out a better arrangement with russ...

The fact that now six months into the trump presidency putin decided to retaliate now shows that he too is losing confidence that he has donald trump in his pocket. >> so john do you buy the premises of that front page "new york times" article today that putins hopes to get in good and maybe have their way with team trump have back fired in this way? >> yes, brian, i think putin has given up on trump, given up on him in the sense of any hope that somehow russia was going to have easy going here....

Taken by moscow will not deter the commitment of the united states of america to our security, the security of our allies and the security of freedom-loving nations around the world. >> lets bring in steve clemens, editor at large at "the atlantic" and an msnbc political analyst. so steve, how big a deal is this, and whats the impact? >> well, i think its very, very big. i mean, not only is it restoring clarity to a relationship that has been i think lost in a cloud of illusions, i think our all...

Cooperating. i guess deacon conflicting over syria. but its really them trying to rule the air. >> well, yes. one of the areas he cited was syria. he highlighted the recent agreements he and president trump are reached in their meeting a few weeks ago on a cease-fire in the southern part of syria. he also talked about weapons of mass destruction proliferation, cooperation against international crime, cyber crime, as all areas where russia wants to cooperate, but he hinted that they might not if ...

General kelly retired. knows whose the commander in chief is and the commander in chief is the president of the united states. if the president of the united states says, you know, i want to be able to talk to anthony scaramucci any time i want to maybe ill let you know, maybe i wont. hes going to go ahead and do that. i would say that kelly has been around the president enough to know how donald trump operates. i dont think hes under illusions that thats going to change. >> absolutely. one more...

The protesters are part of a group called anti-fa short for anti-fascist. there they call for americans to get violent to out of president trump. the author writes its time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about our tactics because you have no one else willing to fight for you. kevin who doesnt want to give his last name represents the anti-fa branch of boston. why dont want us to use your last name. what are you afraid of. >> you saw what happened with cnn. jesse: you are a...

The protesters are part of a group called anti-fa short for anti-fascist. there they call for americans to get violent to out of president trump. the author writes its time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about our tactics because you have no one else willing to fight for you. kevin who doesnt want to give his last name represents the anti-fa branch of boston. why dont want us to use your last name. what are you afraid of. >> you saw what happened with cnn. jesse: you are a...

The protesters are part of a group called anti-fa short for anti-fascist. there they call for americans to get violent to out of president trump. the author writes its time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about our tactics because you have no one else willing to fight for you. kevin who doesnt want to give his last name represents the anti-fa branch of boston. why dont want us to use your last name. what are you afraid of. >> you saw what happened with cnn. jesse: you are a...

The protesters are part of a group called anti-fa short for anti-fascist. there they call for americans to get violent to out of president trump. the author writes its time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about our tactics because you have no one else willing to fight for you. kevin who doesnt want to give his last name represents the anti-fa branch of boston. why dont want us to use your last name. what are you afraid of. >> you saw what happened with cnn. jesse: you are a...