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And leave confrontationally. last year, the united states under president trump refused to sign the joint statement that the other members signed. this year they will not have a statement. that tells you where america is changing the way international organizations are working because they are not doing what they did in the past because of president trump. >> chris, if i could add quickly to her point. the same thing is true on con fronting china. the president when he took office pulled out of ...

>> charles: the outcome of the federal reserve has a terrible history of not only being late, but triggering sessions themselves. he may be did a lot of the wrong things over the last year. i think tomorrow, he is going to have to find a way to articulate. i dont know if he has members with him. thats what i am worried about. they are all sort of going their own way on that. >> frances: its confusing as to whats the best thing to do. we came out of the financial crisis. we have a record amount o...

>> what is the result? >> trump went from making sort of an unusual and maybe crazy offer to buy greenland. everyone can laugh about and say, thats ridiculous. or its reasonable. he went from that to using leverage in opposing costs in denmark because they opposed what he wanted. he tried to oppose diplomatic costs today, he started talking about danish defense spending. this really is something quite different character is trying to use american power to push denmark around to try to revise the...

Displeased wherever they are but some contingent will remain there. he challenged, the critics say dont leave everything. some will be back. >> the process will be a transition even if there is an agreement, there will be phases in this. they wont want to leave behind a strike force essentially for counter terrorism forces because the one thing republicans agree on all along here is afghanistan cant be a safe haven for external jihadist plotting like al qaeda and 9/11. so there will be something...

The president has a lot to say about we cant be placed forever but some will remain. he acknowledged critics -- dont throw everything out. >> it will be a transition. even if they get an agreement there will be phases in this and they will want a quick reaction for strike forces for counterterrorism purposes because the one thing everyone is agreed on is afghanistan cant be a safe haven for external jihadist plotting like what happened with al qaeda on 9/11. the problem is if this agreement does...

>> president trump: youre going to find out. >> reporter: does honk honk give you leverage? >> president trump: i dont view it as leverage. i hope hong kong works out in a very humane way. i dont view it as leverage or not leverage. i hope it works out inhumane way. i think president xi has the ability to make it happen. >> harris: and then you have president trump, a lot of access today. almost 37 minutes that he spent with reporters, question after question on a wide range of topics. hes on hi...

In 2011 barack obama worked with republican congress to pass a payroll tax holiday to put about a thousand dollars in the pockets of every american family, the average american family. the difference between now and then is obama has leverage because the bush tax cuts were expiring. he cut a deal with republicans to extend the bush tax cuts for everybody but the people at the very top and to do this payroll tax thing, trump has no such leverage with the democrats. nancy pelosi isnt going to pass...

Line to dichiper some of the porn new important news. >> ali and steph. >> the president referred to himself as "the chosen one to take on china." dissect for us. president obama was working with 11 other countries in the trans pacific partnership to take on china and their bad trade practices. the president tore it up and led with the trade war. is the trade war working in terms of him being the chosen one to do this? >> no. it is not working. what happens is that as you point out, the presiden...

An implicit recognition that the trillion dollars they gave to corporations and executives didnt create the kind of economic growth they were expecting, didnt raise wages, didnt lead to business investments. so theyre searching around for anything right now. the problem is theyve essentially did you go a $1 trillion whole in the federal deficit, so the amount of leverage they have at their disposal is fairly small and weak at this point. you have the president now just railing on his fed chair t...

That. but the concern is hes not necessarily honest about whats happening. when you look at the tariffs, whether its the president or peter navarro insisting american businesses and the consumers wont be affected, but we know from axios reporting that tim koch lobbied the president and the president said we want to make sure apple stays competitive and we want to make sure consumers are buying things come the christmas season. >> i think there is genuine confusion among the president, among peop...