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Policy. and while theres some consistency on international policy, its not -- there is some contradictions. >> well, i think youre right, chuck. certainly hes flexible. im just relieved that the doctrine is not going to be one of massive retrenchment, apparently. after all the talk we heard about u.s. allies, who are not doing enough and therefore didnt necessarily merit the defense of their territory by the united states, despite treaty obligations ranging from nato to japan and korea and elsew...

A new report said it is necessary to make changes and concludes that isolationism in that region is a dangerous illusion. joining me now are the cochairs of the mideast strategy task force. the secretary of state and president bush 43s adviser steven hadley. welcome to both of you. this is framed as a bipartisan critique of the obama foreign policy is where you think trumps foreign policy is. >> is that a fair assessment? >> its bipartisan, but i wouldnt say it is a critique. it is looking forwa...

To sea-bond denture adhesive seals. holds stronger than the leading paste all day... without the ooze. feel secure. be yourself. with stronger, clean sea-bond. >> welcome become to mtp daily as donald trump continues to mull over his decision of who will be secretary of state. what is the trump foreign policy going to look like. throughout the campaign, trump was full of contradictions. he talked about a form of isolationism. it seemed like thats where we were headed. he talked about aggressive ...

>> but when you work in the muslim world you represent america and they were just so delighted to see a highly trained woman help their family member. thats a great asset. we havent really engaged post-9/11 americas soft power. weve kind of forgotten that we have tremendous soft power intellectual exchange, academic exchange. building an intel jens yeah. were not going to be able to defeat islamism with registries and isolationism, borders and camps. thats not going to do it. what that will do i...

His decision comes amid growing support for congressman keith ellison. and president obama is waking up in berlin this morning and has a packed schedule ahead. it includes a private meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. before arriving in germany yesterday, the president delivered his final speech on foreign soil in greece. he pushed back for calls against isolationism. >> this impulse to pull back from a globalized world is understandable. if people feel theyre losing control of their...

President. >> he has made his ideology, this idea of neutrality, he stayed out of president obamas way for eight years in a matter that democrats and republicans have been proud of. and he wanted to stay out of the way of this presidential campaign. he went out and campaigned for senate republicans. im going to watch all those races tonight. but he campaigned on his values, which were against isolationism, against nativism, and against protectionism. so i think his views are public. theyre well ...

Has had zero percent increase in the past eight years. thats the truth. when economists like me say 2.5% income increase or net income increase in the country 2.5% economic growth rate, thats a lie. 0% for bottom 80%. someone has to recognize that and say ill fight to make that different. only guy that does it says by the way my lusolutions are isolationism and restrictism and shutting down straight, i get it. he has solutions. they arent right but other ones arent talking about the fact theres ...

Isolationism? i mean, is he advocating that? is he putting the u.s. in a place on the world stage its a go it alone kind of approach? >> yeah, this has been the one and only consistent philosophy of donald trump over the years. hes been back and forth on abortion and issues like that. hes been consistently a protectionist guy. there is a sense out there that americans are getting a raw deal, that we are being taken advantage of. so, this really taps into kind of a deep seated infur yorty that we...

Hoekstra saying the evidence is inconclusive. but if you look at the statement put out by u.s. intelligence agencies, theyre quite clear what they have evidence and dont have evidence on. theyre very sure that the russians were behind the dnc tack, and that they passed it to wikileaks. they were less sure that the russians are hacking voter registrations and voting machines, but theyre sure theyre coming from a russian company, they just dont know the tie to the russian government. that said, as...

Both of them? >> well, listen, i was a support he of chris christie. i thought he had done a lot of very good things many his career. i was disappointed around his endorsement of donald trump and obviously, the bridgegate thing has been problematic. but listen. what i really think that hillary brings to the party is the economic policy. if the president could only work on one thing. and the president needs to do a lot of things. it would be to fix economy for average working people. >> this is t...