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Triangle countries of guatemala, honduras and el salvador, would perhaps be concerned about sending their children into these type of horrendous conditions as opposed to the oasis of opportunity that the united states of america has traditionally been. you have a president who continues to play footsie with people, thuggish individuals like vladimir putin and mbs from saudi arabia and kim jong-un from north korea. donald trump clearly is a wannabe dictator with authoritarian tendencies and we ha...

Soviet union. not the right look for the fourth. again, this is coming after the president met with kim jong-un, mbs, mohammad bin salman, of course, who he hasnt called out, the leader of saudi arabia even after the death of "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. and vladimir putin, where they laughed about fake news, even though vladimir putin has overseen the death of at least 25 journalists. >> yes, and there are juxtaposition photos what its like in north korea, what its like in r...

The g20, vladimir putin, the saudi crown prince, china and turkeys presidents. what are the optics of those sorts of meetings with a u.s. president? >> look, i think theyre a sign and im biased as a journalist, but there a sign you can repress the free press. if youre mbs you can, you know, kill a "washington post" columnist. if youre president erdogan of turkey, you can jail dozens of journalists. weve seen this over and over again where the president, you know, seems more comfortable with auto...

This wall, he would say i really admire it, i would love to bring it to our southern border. there is a big difference between what previous presidents and trump have done. previous presidents have certainly dealt with dictators. you dont have a choice in that job. you have to deal with unelected leaders, but with trump he goes much, much further because he is actually praising these dictators for being so strong, ie, for being so repressive. he is praising kim jong-un for the demilitarized zone...

Just like there is no need for a press secretary and there is no need for a national security adviser. he meets with putin and mbs alone. he meets with president xi alone. he has people on either side, but he does it all one on one. the clock is tick. how many scaramuccis does bolton have left. i dont know. >> whats strange is he cant get it done alone. as much as he thinks, he lacks the firepower and the ability to get anything done programmatically. >> you got it right. with all respect, the i...

A mad man. im not like that. its good to have him around. he goes off and sends him to mongolia. john bolton is the pretty face of american national security. thats it. there is nothing else going on there. trump likes to do it all one on one. just like there is no need for a press secretary and there is no need for a national security adviser. he meets with putin and mbs alone. he meets with president xi alone. he has people on either side, but he does it all one on one. the clock is tick. how ...

America? one thing for sure, whatever deal he gets hell claim will be the best ever. it affects the stability. >> isnt there something else quite puzzling about this and we heard it in sound bites there. why is a u.s. president so interested in having a great friendship with murderous debates? >> well, this is the puzzle about trump, which is highlighted in this g-20 because there were also at that meeting democratically elected leaders of our closest allies, germany, france, britain. you notice...

Lasting impact would be. i do think its -- it doesnt reflect well, this deference joking with putin about not meddling in our election process, giving prominence to the likes of mohammed bin salman on the heels of the khashoggi murder which in my view clearly mbs is implicated. and so this is so counter to -- and then of course honoring kim jong-un who is one of the most brutal despots in the world. theres been a lot of activity of the internet just recalling otto warmbier which i think is compl...

Time. theres no rush to get to denuclearization. it does seem like the president from his public comments seems to be okay with the idea of north koreans having what they have, not moving in any way towards denuclearization, not providing an inventory of the type of weaponry they already have. it seems like the president is happy with the photo ops and headlines that hes doing something on this issue but not more than predecessors in terms of denuclearization. >> it was a remarkable picture of t...

Thats what putin was talking about, and the idea of left of center, political liberal im. joining me cnn comment host of "you decide" podcast and national political reporter for "new york times." that was an interesting moment, and they were over there watching that press conference. the president doesnt know what western liberalism is. should we be concerned about that? >> it seems slightly concerning. i think what was more notable to me, although that was a notable moment, was who he was meeti...