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Syria are also dreer what hes insisted in the past. that he doesnt telegraph his moves. >> i have a substantial chance of winning. if i win, i dont want to broadcast. this is what obama does. were going to leave rook a certain date. >> the president has been a tough critic of his predecessors in the middle east. knocking george w. bush for invading iraq. >> everything that started with going into iraq. iraq. people talk about me about the button. im the one who doesnt want to do this. >> and sla...

Is the white house explaining the president as playing nice with vladimir putin? why when hes so rough on so many other people? do they have an explanation? >> well, the white house is saying, anderson, that it believes that having a good relationship with russia is a good thing essentially. the president believes that he can change the course with russia, unlike his predecessors by this direct personal relationship with its leader. even if that leader is an adversary like vladimir putin. now, t...

>> we had a very good call. and i suspect we will be meeting in the not too distant future. >> reporter: according to the "post", there are no calls for trump and putin to be in the same country until november. trump is preparing for a summit in may with kim jong-un. president trump defensing his phone call to congratulate him on his reelection, attacking his predecessors and insisting that getting along with russia is a good thing amid criticism from his party. >> i wouldnt have a conversation ...

Part, last week trump signalled to the world that the united states would prematurely withdraw from syria. bashar al assad have heard him and been emboldened by american inaccurate. does he have a point? is this a direct response from what the president said? >> its a direct response, but he does have a point. this chemical attack is a reminder that most foreign policy are argued not solved. he said the reason we face these challenges all over the world is that his predecessors have either been ...

Just yet. during negotiations last month between special counsel robert muler and lawyers for president trump, the "washington post" reports that mueller said he was looking at the president as a subject of his investigation but does not consider him a criminal target at this point. investigators are compiling a report about the presidents actions and on possible obstruction of justice, stressing he needs to interview mr. trump, according to the "post". president trump ramping up tough talks on ...

Rightfully so, by the way, pointed out how obama did have this phone call with putin. it was 2012. he was criticized for congratulating him as well. in the tweet he said obama called him also and mentions his predecessors, clinton and bush. im wondering, why cant he move past those who preceded him and just be -- >> i think hes trying to remind everybody, he is not the only one who tried to reach out. remember obama, hey, as soon as i get done with this election, were going to be able to work to...

The topic of his future agenda. during the meeting with the president pruitt laid out his case for why he should continue in his job. pruitt spent millions of dollars for a 20 member full-time security detail that is three times the size of his predecessors. its urged trump to fire pruitt but trump has been resistance. the morning the president sent out a tweet of support and said he was doing a great job while being totally under siege. the white house backed that up at todays briefing. >> no o...

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But it is far from clear whether he has settled on a set of ideas in order to address this issue. though, he has signaled today that hes willing to push congress on the gun issue, anderson. sources tell us he has been telling his aides that he wants to lead on this issue, unlike his predecessors. but this is a president with fractured relations on capitol hill and also, you just look at history, anderson. past bills aiming on gun control and to address the gun issue in the wake of school shootin...

Ask that question. i want to get to the idea that the environmental left is making him behave this way. i mean, theres also the issue of this trip that he took to morocco which cost $100,000-something which hes been questioned about. this just not -- this is not what youre supposed to be spending taxpayer dollars on. >> total cherry picking. what you said with the trips, with morocco, theres been a dozen stories since then that suggested those exact same trips were taken by his predecessors in t...