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Look, its hard to figure right now whether the statements coming from the president are simply a negotiating position to get the europeans to bear more of the burden, which i think all of us in the security community believe would be a very good thing. or is it the first step in disestablishing the national security structures that have kept the world a relatively safer place for the last 75 years. and it remains to be seen in which direction this is going to go. look, the president has made an ...

And shes got a strong negotiating position. shes told the european no deal is better than a bad deal. if they wontç play ball with her, shes -- then she is prepared to essentially turn britain into a tax haven to be competitive with europe. if shes got÷ú some commitments from president trump that she can expect a good and strong and profitable trade deal with the united states, but herv: negotiator go into the rooms to meet with those 27 eu nations to hammer out the terms of the agreement, t...

I think part of the challenge for everyone here, including for us in the media, is trying to figure out what -- when we hear things from donald trump, are we hearing a policy statement or a negotiating position? because he really does seem to approach things on this sort of deal by deal by deal basis, and, i mean, he is a real estate guy still in some respects and it will be interesting to see how this sort of instincts that have gotten him this far in the business world and specifically the pro...

The people here cannot fathom. >> nic robertson, supporters of donald trump will suggest that there is a method to his madness. n i mean that literally. they are referring to what is known in american diplomacy as the mad man theory. the idea that you are so unpredictable that your adversaries dont know what youre going to do. it increases your negotiating position and makes people fear you. is there a sense around the world that maybe thats what donald trump is doing? >> yeah, i think people ar...

Ainsley: a lot like his plan to tax car companies 35% if they make cars else where and sell them in america. cars like bmy produce 65% are in. grier, south carolina where they make the x 5s they saying thats not fair. we produce the majority of our cars here in america. you are going to tax us an additional 35%? >> 35% tax on a car coming into the country is a very heavy hammer. >> on a $50,000 car. it is an opening negotiating position for mr. trump it may come down it may well disappear. if yo...

Potential but doesnt a lot of good around the world. and shows that he wants to do something big between the u.s. and u.n. >> with donald trump that could just be the opening of the negotiating position. "outfront" next, trumps team struggling to add star power to his inaugural celebration. some of the rockettes are saying they may sit it out. and new details about how the u.s. will retaliate against russia for hacking the u.s. election. your insurance company

Administration, and the only one they havent backed. >> the only time the obama administration has used its veto was to prevent a resolution criticizing settlements. i think what youre seeing today, this hysteria in response from the israelis, is an attempt, really, to exact costs on any elected officials in the future from ever deviating even an inch from the netanyahu line. >> first of all, there is no israeli leader that believes the jewish quarter of jerusalem, the hospital, the western wall...

For exactly the reasons that professor dershowitz said. this makes illegal much of the israeli negotiating position. but jim, the other thing it does is, its -- its part of a pattern with egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, the syrian resistance, to some degree the people fighting isis in iraq and this administration abandoning or not supporting our allies. we have been walking away from them all across the middle east. >> let me ask you a question, and im aware of that criticism. i talk to people in t...

Vote and previewing as well, how some of those changes may look like under his administration. his statement reads in part, as the united states has long maintained peace between the israels and the palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties and not through the imposition of terms by the united nations. this puts israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all israelis. on the same day, mr. trump also pointed to another possible change i...

But even before then, hes not planning to wait until he takes office to do that. most recentlies you can look at this week, in the u.n. vote with israel. now, weve seen him repeatedly weigh in on u.s. foreign policy, even when it contradicts the administration. with esaw that a couple of days ago. after the u.s. refused to use its veto powers to protect israel, mr. trump released a statement criticizing the u.s.s decision, previewing how u.s.-israel relations will be tan tand. the united states ...