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Necessarily expand it. but we signed the start -- the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty in 2010. it will expire in 2021. is donald trump saying he wants to go beyond the s.t.a.r.t. treaty in and case hes going to violate the treaty, or is he acknowledging that barack obama had already signed the upgrade of our military nuclear weapons capability? it just has led to a lot more questions than answers. and so i do think they should flesh out what the policy is, were not sure what it is, and we can work on the ...

Office in 1980. it made the left crazy and the media crazy, and he won the cold war. the idea that this is some huge change in policy or something else, i dont think it is. i think in the end this will be about sending a signal to russia. they have doubled their gdp spending on defense, while america sat by and has done nothing. we havent stood by our allies, as we saw yesterday on the vote at the u.n. this is about signaling a change in u.s. tone when its t -- when it comes to our role in the w...

Appearances in florida but did not need to be seen to be heard. on foreign policy, trumps team released a congratulatory message from russias president. trump described "as a very nice letter from vladimir putin. his thoughts are so correct." putin referred to trump as "his excellency." and "encouraged improved u.s.-russia relations." sharing that letter came after criticism of the president-elect for bold comments that contradict years of u.s. policy to reduce global nuclear weapons. trump twee...

Carly fiorina, joe watkins, former white house aide for president george h.w. bush, and rick tyler, msnbc analyst and former spokesman for ted cruzs presidential campaign. great to have you guys this morning. >> good morning. >> hi. >> lets start with you, joe. trump said friday, let it be an arms race. if he wants to do this, he will need a lot of money from congress. how seriously do you take these statements? >> well, i think theres a difference between messaging and policy, of course. you kn...

Terrible spat could be someone with whom he gets along. i think hes being consistent. hes setting the same signals to the world. hes willing to be friendly early on, but that could change on a dime. hes also saying, as we see by his tweet the other day, that, you know, if theres going to be a race, hes not going to shy away from a race, a nuclear race, which is obviously very different from policy. again, meant to be a message. so i think hes been consistent in that regard. that he doesnt want t...

Nonetheless, theres a difference between messaging and policy. >> okay. >> rick, i was to ask but this part of kellyanne conways interview thursday. take a listen. >> saying were going to expand the nuclear capability -- >> hes not necessarily saying that -- >> he did literally say we need to expand our nuclear capability. >> what hes saying is we need to expand our nuclear readiness or capability to be ready for nose who also have nuclear weapons -- those who also have nuclear weapons. hes putt...

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