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After the countrys annexation of crimea, something the group stillness is a violation of internal law. i asked the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, steven peifer, about the presidents remarks. should russia be readmitted to the g7? >> no, i believe it would be a mistake to readmit russia back into the format unless there is some effort by russia to resolve the conflict with ukraine. back in 2014, the leaders of the united states, britain, france, germany, italy, canada, and japan said that rus...

President is going to equate him with a guy who just wont raise rates enough, a public servant in the united states. the sick part is why hes doing this. its just because both these men represent what he doesnt want. they wont do what he wants. he literally doesnt care that one is an oh possessive autocrat, but he consistently is not bothered by december pits and cant stop talk like one himself. i get why just his running his mouth this way might be excused by some of you. youve got low expectat...

Of politics. you say i look at what he does. that is all i care about. i dont like his style but here is my argument. his foul mouth is just the stench of a real wound. he announces more tariffs on top of chinas tariffs. see that is more pain for the american consumer. it is not better leverage to get the deal done. ask him for proof. it is definitely more pain for your 401(k). the dow will tank because the street does not like it. more than 600 points, why if it is a strong move why dont they l...

>> you would know, right? >> ive been to a lot of debriefs with her in the last 18 months. and thats not really consistent. she was active. she was a climber, and wanted to -- wanted the best for russia and the united states. she was never working as a government -- as an espionage agent or anything like that. i dont -- i cant imagine her saying she was being groomed to be the president of russia but i think she was someone held in high esteem by many russians before she came over and accomplish...

Says and that ends up making the wrong people look right. >> scott, another issue certain to come of the g 7 is north korea and in the last hour they launched another missile. its the ninth missile launch since may as you know the president has given north korea a pass because as they launch in south korea and japan have expressed alarm, the president said the smaller missile tests dont bother him. is the policy working? >> well, i have given the president credit for trying something different. ...

They have been testing conventional short range missiles for some time now and these are two very large militarys facing each other so south korean that united states are practicing a simulated war exercise. we have to maintain skills to do this. this exercise is important because we practice transferring power to the south korean command and north korea is reminding them we have the weapons. if you go to war with us destroy part of south korea this is part of the playbook before negotiations. g...

Economy and i think china sees this as its gaining leverage, the president is actually on defense, hes worried and i dont actually thinks 00 basis point cut in interest rates as the president calling will do anything, the bigger problem is trade uncertainty, its not lack of credit. paul: thats the key issue, monetary policy that counter act policy act? >> jarome powell -- >> acknowledging remarks, this is not the answer to trade policy, i think he knows the limits, he seems to be setting table t...

These are two large militaries facing each other. so the south koreans and the united states are practicing a simulated war exercise because we have to maintain our skills to be able to do this. this exercise is important because we practice transferring power to the south korean command. and north korea is reminding them we have the weapons if you go to war with us to destroy very much a part of south korea. this is part of the playbook before negotiations. grandfather did it, father did it. ki...

We have great research and development. >> most of the great universities are here. >> were a leader in innovation, but theyre also catching up quite a bit in a number of areas. according to some, ahead of us in some areas. we shouldnt be complacent about it. we havent invested in the same way domestically as they have. >> why dont we buy anything from vietnam? >> we are buying a certain amount. >> wouldnt that screw the chinese if we said were going to buy stuff from vietnam now? >> china is th...

Unfair trade practices, if you wanted to stand up for american workers and businesses, is not to alienate the united states from the rest of the world and take on the chinese alone. it would be to rally all of our allies, the people hes seeing at the g-7, the countries we negotiated with, that mike froman negotiated with, so we have a united front with other countries to go to the chinese and say you need to cut out your theft of intellectual property. >> has anyone been able to -- ben, has anyo...