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>> you know, jeffrey, i know youve got strong thoughts on this. its not only hes a proud nationalist, hes happy about saying hes a nationalist, even though he says youre not supposed to use that word. then at t then he says globalitry. >> ive got to say, i bow to no one. ive talked about donald trumps racism from day one. starting with his lies about where barack obama was born. but i dont think there is anything wrong with the term nationalism. and i would hate to see it co opted entirely by th...

Did that happen? this is why with international politics we have to hold strong to our principles but we have to be nuanced, otherwise we would have a relationship with almost nobody around the world if every time there was something terrible that happened -- this is very terrible, we cut off any relations or sales. >> jon: some called for canceling arms purchases the saudis want to make. you dont sound like you are in that camp. >> i think that is really, really premature. if you look at some o...

Wide ranging interview with the daily caller conducted on tuesday. on his view that americas allies should fully reimburse the united states for what he calls protection. trump says that hes quote amazingly alone, amazingly. a lot of generals dont understand it. okay. you hear that? the president said ill be honest, you got to reimburse us. first they dont tuned question. within five minutes they agree. when asked if he could give an example trump responded quote actually no. but youll be seeing...

Hand who gave his all to preserving our journey toward a more perfect union. he was a perfect man who kept us moving guard higher ground, and today by his conscious design, is an extraordinary embodiment not of the fact that we should always agree or that there is a mythical centrism in the american spirit, because theres not. we fought from loyalists versus revolutionaries, federalists and antifederalists. north and south. interventionists and isolationists. we have fought and fought, but at ou...

Strange to give kim jong-un the credibility that we gave him from a meeting that we didnt get much out of and this sort of falls into that category. there are moments where you and congress have decided that it is time to sanction russia for its bad deeds but the president doesnt seem to -- not even sanction. he doesnt even criticize russia. >> ive never voted for a sanction, whether it was against north korea or russia. i think dialogue is good. i applauded president clinton -- im sorry, presid...

Im a noninterventionist so ive been disappointed in trying to solve these problems with war. i think you solve them with dialogue but its a disappointment. >> im with you on the dialogue. im with you with not wanting to have our fellow countrymen become xenophobic isolationists. do you accept that russia messed around with our elections in 2016 and attacked our electoral processes? >> good question. every intelligence briefing classified that ive read here in congress has a level of confidence a...

With your nomination, that i dont think it reflects the millions of people who voted for president trump who actually voted for him because they thought it would be different and not the traditional bipartisan consensus to bomb everywhere and be everywhere around the world. >> now just moments ago senator paul will meet with pompeo after a phone call from president trump and well see what happens in the meeting. i dont know that paul doesnt have a point there. it is true that the president offer...

Weve done with the 25% tariffs for those guys that come in and dump their steel all over the place, by the way, its not good steel, you guys know what i mean, its trap. but your steel is coming back. its all coming back. >> i guess well see, john meacham, we seen tariffs backfire sometimes in the past. right? >> yeah. well the 1920s is a period worth studying pretty closely, because we restricted immigration. we built tariff walls and had isolationism. we know what happened in the early 40s, ste...

Theres very little voice for engagement in the world. on those issues where paul ryan feels very strongly, hes deneeded hes not going to fight trump. and the world is watching. you and i travel a lot. everybody is struck by this inward turn. you know, that the united states has become both isolationists but also unpredictable. >> both of those. also, the image, the example were setting is not one that the world respects, in many cases. a lot of people are telling me this is not the united states...

Thats wonderful. >> the part that strikes me is wherever -- however you look at it, the one thing that seems consistent is theres very little voice for american engagement in the world. you know, on those issues where paul ryan i think feels strongly, hes decided hes not going to fight trump. trumps instincts are very narrow. the world is watching. you and i travel a lot. everybody is struck by the inward turn of -- the united states has both become isolationists but also unpredictable. >> also ...