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And, certainly, some degree of belligerence happening with north korea and advancement of the nuclear program. part of the purpose of the trip is to reassure allies, south korea, japan in particular, work with china more aggressively on containing the problem in north korea, and then demonstrating to other allies, especially in the trip in southeast asia and the summit that the president will attend, that the u.s. is present, that its a reliable ally, and that it is a partner in the 21st century...

And in his speech last night, he talked about how he remembered pearl harbor and his father -- >> leaving that day, he said. for service. >> for him, he has a personal family connection to internationalism. the fact that america, in the 1930s, let the world fall apart. didnt participate, didnt add its voice as it could have, that was a lesson his generation and his fathers generation learned. which is, when you leave things alone and america doesnt take its place among the great powers, the worl...

Hes generally not interested. he really just wants to sort of think act the ways that he can try and dismantle obamas legacy and in doing so dismantling the progress of the 20th century. the people who give him the most adulation and attention are sort of these right wing isolationists, i would aanti-semantic racists and he wants to cater to them. when we think about daca and the wall and the things hes said about puerto rico and not said about the u.s. virgin islands. how he fundamentally does ...

Against the agreement in iran. theyre going to go full steam ahead. lets build our nuclear weapons. look how hostile america is. i hope that doesnt happen. you know, this art of a deal of the president, i dont see what were getting in return. were getting nothing in return. were becoming more isolationists. were rejecting our friends. were being national is particular. yeah, that helps the presidents political base of 35%. where is that in the interest of the national security of the united stat...

Maduro. the weird thing about it likening donald trump to ronald reagan is a big compliment to trump. so maybe they need to go back to the drawing board there in venezuela. >> neil: yeah, in this country thats the case. john roberts. the tough talk, how was it received there? arizona republican congressman brent franks. what do you think, congressman? >> everybody talks about the great speeches this president has made, this will go down as the best one yet. i agree with the president of venezuel...

>> trish: i think its pretty fair to say the policies were not the policies we should have proceeded with. this idea that somehow the world could take care of itself -- at the time, given what we had gone through with a rock, a lot of people thought that maybe that was the right thing to do. president obama is sticking to that old ideology. >> meghan: a lot less children would have been gassed in syria. >> mo: i am as critical of the syria policy as a lot of people are. that is one regret is how...

Completely backtracked. >> mo: does not mean we were isolationists. it >> sandra: it would have been nice for the former president to say i want the best for america, the best for this president and have that moment. >> meghan: we could talk about this all day. more "outnumbered," will be right back those who suffer from lower back pain

Because of the multi pillar world defended by donald trump but also theresa may and vladimir putin. i have a feeling its mrs. merkel and mr. hollande who should feel isolated. >> thats the divide that you have, you have this globalist world who believe this interconnected community in the europe and the u.s. and these individual isolationists who want to band together in a team. do you sense that france is leaning in one way or the other? >> well, france seems to be leaning against that. on the ...

Function again. david: but, kim, in some cases he is changing the status quo. not necessarily being influenced by it, but really changing it. im thinking of foreign policy. as general keane was just saying, the whole leading from behind thing has changed completely. hes totally reversed that, hasnt he? >> yeah, that is over. and also hes done some things that, i think, have surprised people in positive ways, especially in foreign policy. remember, there were great fears when this president was c...

>> you saw who he chose for his cabinet. "mad dog" mattis. you saw a lot of his in terms of who donald trump would be taking advice from, and they werent going to be the isolationists. howie: the russian ties were rooted in the notion there was an unholy alliance between the trump side and putin side. but you dont think the changes in policy are knocking that down at all? marie: i think they are road in the fact that the intelligence community said russia interfered in this election. the f.b.i. ...