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Presidential candidates says this is really no way to govern, its impulsive and erratic. >> we have been through this before, talking tough and backing down heres what the president told chuck about iran on "meet th >> im not looking for war, and if there is it will be obliteration like you have never seen before. but im not looking to do that. you cant havelo a nuclear weap. you want to talk good, otherwise youre going to have a bad economy for the next three years. >> obliteration like you hav...

Walk back the statements. i think the fact that his own party pushed back on this, he might see this is a step too far. its important to note, of course, that next to mexico tariffs, another couple weeks, a week ago now, that those were also republicans speaking out against the president and saying, look, youve gone a step too far. youre endangering the live i hoods of farmers and americans all over the country. youre endangering the democracy of america. we cant have foreign governments invited...

The mexico tariffs. he is very much, you know, doing this sort of thing in how he was able to broker this deal with mexico with this big tariff threat saying this wouldnt have been done without me. >> yeah. i mean, it is classic trump. this is not going to change. hes going to keep saying it. it is still not entirely clear how -- how much the united states government actually got, that it wasnt already getting. he insists it happened. and he even insisted he had a secret deal on the piece of pap...

To any kind of promise he might have made about testing nukes. and so i think what the president is trying to do is play the good guy here to kim jong-un. so, look, this is the way spy craft works if. you ask me and i dont work for the cia but if you ask anybody who does, the fact that you could recruit kim jong-uns half brother is a big deal. as an asset. and for a president of the united states so say, no, i would never do that and im -- that would never happen under me is kind of stunning. be...

Immigration, top of mind at the white house this weekend after reaching a deal to avert mexico tariffs. the president is pushing back against "the new york times" report titled "mexico agreed to take border actions months before trump announced tariff deal." in a series of tweets, hes called it a false report. nbc news confirming most actions were previously agreed to in principle by t principle while the final details were expanded and solidified last week. meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi...

The presidents decision to suspend his proposed mexico tariffs at the president said it would up its efforts to stem the tide of illegal immigration. lets discuss. bill kristol, i know youre not one to give applause to the president. is this one where he deserves them? >> i mean, only insofar as he didnt do something that would be very damaging. though hes done some damage anyway by making everyone uncertain about the future with mexico and with other trading partners of hours. i was talking to ...

Weeks he claims victory. i think the reason he decided to try this face saving measure was because i believe in the united states senate had we had a vote to overturn this veto, we would have -- excuse me, over turn the tariffs. we would have gotten a veto-proof majority in the united states senate. when the presidents folks went down to capitol hill last week, they got an earful from senate republicans about the presidents mexico tariffs. i can tell you, having talked to a lot of republican sen...

Table on this and i commend president obrador for doing what he is doing now. in fact we put an amendment into the upcoming appropriation bills to redirect money at the southern border of mexico with guatemala to build a wall. and this is something were going to help -- weve put in legislation to help mexico build this wall. >> but these -- >> -- because we want to give them the support -- >> there is a delay, so i apologize. when im jumping in youre not hearing me for another second. but when y...

Chinese technology companies that might be banned from doing business in the u.s. that will be hitting at about the same time that the mexican agreement should be coming to fruition. what is going to happen? we dont know. the markets are going to remain very jittery because of that. >> i was going to ask if there is a connection between what happens with mexico tariffs and and what could happen with the trade talks with china. are there still open trade talks going on with china? >> there are. a...

It. so it forces somebody like a president trump to finally take a firm and -- a firm stand and say enough is enough. fix this problem. >> you are right about -- >> i think we should always work to have zero. >> you are right about congress inability to act on this. >> absolutely. >> and the numbers show there is not a year without 20,000 and the reason it is 10,000 a month in the last couple of decades. lets talk about the tariffs. while there were some republicans who disagreed with the tariff...