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Trade and protectionism or isolationism end up in that communique. >> reporter: absolutely. and trump in terms of trade has been kind of -- i dont want to say rash, but off the cuff. you know, its one country one day, china one day, mexico another day. then wanting to be friendly with the uk on a third day. so you know, no one at the g-20 wants to be left out and have trump say, no, were not going to trade with you. then theres the question of how much trump can do unilaterally and how much can ...

Because that is seen by many world leaders as isolationism, something that other world leaders are against. >> let me go to the white house so garrett, the folks there are always left in a position to defend the presidents tweets, to say why hes saying what hes saying and at least in terms of inside the white house, and a number of other people who are close to the president, theyre not backing down at all, are they? >> no, chris, theyre really not. i mean the presidents closest advisors have al...

From the president, and its been said for those who study vladimir putin that, you know, former kgb guy, he studies people. so what might he be learning or looking into the president, his tweets, behavior, ahead of this meeting has would be potentially advantageous for putin? >> that hes vain and extraordinarily sensitive to criticism, and the opening for vladimir putin is that we go into the summit with an unusual question which is, not only whether the president will find common ground wit rus...

Theyre still wanting to embark on a deal with. >> certainly thats been the tone that you see in world leaders take in recent, you know, days leading up to this summit. whether its australian foreign minister, germanys angela merkel who will be hosting the summit, theyve sort of avoided all the controversy and said were really going to focus on things like the paris agreement, were going to focus on things like, you know, other of donald trumps statements that they found warning for example angel...

Officials. that would put the trump administration in a compromising public position. you have to think about going into this. you have the national security officials who want to start getting on a better footing with russia. you have the political side of the house saying we have to handle this delicately and not give the farm away to moscow z this meeting between trump and putin, those arent the only meetings we need to watch, of course. german chancellor, angela merkel, said this week, thurs...

>> when you remove yourself from something like the paris climate accords or the united nations, you cede power and authority to countries like china and russia. >> but china wasnt even paying into the climate -- >> weve tried isolationism before. and where did that get us? >> but im not saying full isolationism. im saying a renegotiation. >> well, i mean, you talked about pulling out of the u.n. i dont know what a renegotiation is, whether its payments or what it is -- >> well, if he threatens ...

Pulling back out of the u.n. >> you think the united states should not have a seat at the united nations? >> i think we should re-negotiate our position. we are funding all of these things ourselves. >> you are shaking your head. >> we are. >> when you remove yourself if the paris climate accord, and the united nations, you see power and authority to china and russia. >> they werent paying. >> we have tried isolationism before. where did that get us? >> im not saying isolation, im saying renegot...

President will meet the leader of mexico. the german chancellor angela merkel will be there. she appeared to slam the presidents america first agenda yesterday when she said whoever believes the problems of the world can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is making a tremendous error. theyre going to see each other in person next week. how do you sort of cast that relationship right now and its significance, among other things they try to deal with russia? >> i think there should be mor...

That restrictions on the press are necessary and the intolerance and tribalism and organizing ourselves along ethnic lines are the answers to the days challenge, and extreme nationalism, and xenophobia, and the policies of us versus them. isolationism, or nationalism, where they can suggest rolling back the rights of others. openness to immigrants and refugees, that is fundamental to who we are. i am convinced that the future does not belong to strongmen. >> tucker: blah, blah, blah. that was fo...

Those who argue that democracy doesnt work. the restrictions on the press are necessary and the intolerance and tribalism and organizing ourselves along ethnic lines are the answers to the days challenge, and extreme nationalism, and xenophobia, and the policies of us versus them. isolationism, or nationalism, where they can suggest rolling back the rights of others. openness to immigrants and refugees, that is fundamental to who we are. i am convinced that the future does not belong to strongme...