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Being an american involves the embrace of high ideals and civic responsibility. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [ applause ] >> just days after president trump questioned the way former presidents handled the deaths of american service members, george w. bush made his position on the state of politics very clear without ever mentioning trumps ...

Trump, but its abundantly clear that its targeted at trumpism. he takes on bigotry. he takes on isolationism. you can see that as the wall. he takes on conspiracy theories and outright fabrication. you can see that as the media outlets aligned with this president. he takes on casual cruelty. many tell me he was especially bothered by sort of the coarseness of the character displays we see from this president when he physically mocked a disabled journalist or the kinds of things he said on the "a...

They disappeared through pearl harbor for obviously reasons. hes saying, dont forget the reasons why america began to participate internationally. it was not because we were seeking control of the world, it is because the world needed us and we met the call. thats what it was about. >> doug, what do you think? >> well, i think any u.s. president since fdr would have embraced john mccains words and said, right on. youre saying, youre preaching to the american choir. however, donald trump is a dif...

Were you addressing the president or bannon or the group in total? >> i think that what is clear is what i was talking about as an environment here of non-productivity of a reversion to the attitude of the 30s, which was one of the major reasons why we fought world war ii. >> so jaime, when you hear that, and clearly, these are two gentlemen who see the world very differently. and they see the role of the united states in the world very differently. when you see john mccain seeing that warning t...

More likely that iran is going to get a nuclear weapon. thats a hell of a friday for absolutely anybody. and when you think about this, the reason being is not that he has a vision for where he wants to go, because no one up here, outside of america first and isolationism, can you tell us what donald trump wants to do with the iran deal. no one can tell us where he wants to go. he hasnt been able to articulate a clear plan for health care. so what were going to do now is were going to see that r...

Thats what i think we ought to do. >> congressman, everyone knows youre retiring after seven terms. you had been considering it awhile. you made the decision in the mid summer. did president trump play a factor in your decision? >> well, part of this decision was personal. i have run for office 13 times, four for statehouse, two for senate, seven times for congress. 13 and 0, it is nice. that said, i think there has been some frustration thats predated donald trump. ever since the government shu...

Yarp, frustration, by the way, pre-dated donald trump. ooink been around enough. too many people out there, frankly, in both parties. tired of this isolationism, this nativism, and this protectionism. not attributes of a great nation. i want to affect the conversation in this country from the outside, just as i have from the inside and im going to do that. >> congressman charlie dent, good to talk to you. i could go on longer. i imagine my producers are getting antsy. congressman, thank you so m...

Safe communities and healthy so seats for-- societities for ourselves, no one can do it for us. david: its less about isolationism and more about reliance. right? >> sort of, david. the speech was not as bad as portrayed. it was all over the place. theres a difference between rhetoric and policy. and the policy is ones you would have heard from any republican and democrat about humanitarian aid and all of that was sensible. sometimes the challenge is he doesnt quite think through what hes saying...

>> bret: despite the words that have been said since the first -- the provocation since the first u.n. sanctions against north korea, you have three short-range missiles, one intermediate range missile launch, another intermediate missile launched september 14 and a nuclear test. clearly whatever is happening, its not getting through to kim jong un. >> its disturbing, bret, very concerning not just us but to the entire world. we are watching kim jong un advance his technologies, advances capabil...

That this is certainly not in the global interest, but its really not in his interest either longer term. the path hes on is just to a path of further isolationism. >> lets talk about all this and do that we are happy to have with us tonight one of americas fore mast career diplomats, former director of national intelligence to president bush 43. he also served as u.s. ambassador, are you ready, to mexico, iraq, honduras, the philippines and key to our conversation, the united nations. also with...