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We talked for months about how this president what surrounded himself with military generals. he loves the generals. how is there not someone in his inner circle who is tapping him on the shoulder and saying, mr. president, you are the commander in chief, you need to go! >> certainly we just now found out today that he was cancelling a trip to the border, where he has over 5,000 active military. this is different from what previous presidents would send down guardsmen. this president has to one-...

Its boring and predictable, and thats why its so disappointing to hear it from the former first lady. there used to be a rule, laura that if you dont have something nice to say about someone then dont say anything at all. that rule used to extend to former presidents, their wives and others in a presidents inner circle. mr. obamas predecessors have abided by that rule. but mr. president and the first lady has -- i wonder if she had political ambitions of her own, what she can stake out this roun...

Weve been hearing that now for years. >> right. its boring and predictable, thats disappointing to hear it from the former first lady. there used to be a rule, if you dont have something nice to say about someone dont say anything at all. former presidents, their wives, others in a presidents inner circle, mr. obama was predecessors have abided by that rule but mr. president and the first lady has, i wonder if she has political ambitions of her own, what she can stake out this round in attacking...

That there were times when john kelly would say things like, you know, women are just more emotional than men or made women feel like they were in this boys club that wasnt necessarily very friendly to them, and i think the first ladys staff, our reporting, felt like they werent getting promoted and they were watching john kelly promote his male staffers to the same positions that they were wanting to go to. and one other thing, the first ladys staff, melania trump, is much smaller than most of ...

>> well, i am not surprised. >> no, she hasnt. >> i am not surprised by that. the trumps whole brand and everything they stand for is doing something differently than their predecessors. they dont stand on protocol. michelle -- i mean, melania is doing things her own way. >> this is not a protocol issue. i feel like the reason the barack obamas reached out was about raising children in the white house, and maybe michelle obama and the obamas had something to offer melania trump for barron trump,...

Foreign policy with the danger of breaking up our alliances. we are seeing this minute by minute and its hard for us to understand, you know, what his general reason for doing this is. >> what do you think donald trumps sense of history is compared to his predecessors? >> he boasts about the fact he does not read books. he wears that as a badge of honor. you can imagine im not thrilled to hear this. and also this is not someone who knows a lot of history, and he would be the first one to say tha...

Change our minds about this and what are -- and what are we to think of this. when was the last time that donald trump gave an extended speech explaining why hes asking americans to take what is this amazingly sharp turn in our foreign policy with the danger of breaking up our alliances. we are seeing this minute by minute and its hard for us to understand, you know, what his general reason for doing this is. >> what do you think donald trumps sense of history is compared to his predecessors? >>...

Do it this day in order to remember and to remember that peace is very fragile. second is corporation. for me after the first world war our predecessors started to -- >> to lead nations. >> exactly to build the first corporation. he played a very important role even if the u.s. didnt join this common group. he had a very important -- the u.s. has a very important role. it failed. it failed because of probably humiliation. >> and the -- >> of germany. >> and lack of participation of the united st...

Welcome something that was thought of as impossible. definitely. >> when i ask people in france how you are doing, they say his poll ratings are very low now. now do you deal with the fact that they have gone down a lot? >> yes, i am not obsessed by that. you are not elected by polls and i have five yearss mandate. what i have to do in this current environment is to deliver. if thats totally true that my polls decreased because i passed very unpopular reforms and all my predecessors failed or de...

Elections. im -- i have five years mandate and what i have to do especially in this current environment is to deliver. thats totally true that my polls decreased because i pass very unpopular reforms. and guess what? i was elected precisely because all my predecessors failed or decided not to deliver these reforms. i do believe that the reforms are a necessity for my country and are a necessity for the future generation. what i have to do now is to be totally dedicated to the implementation of t...