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Unmanned vehicles, drones, cyber warfare. general mccaffrey is correct, used in conjunction with other elements of military power. the third leg is special forces. wereymmetric ability to use that new triad to create asymmetric major effects. there are not immediate solutions to this. its going to require the saudis to think very differently about how to defend their key strategic vulnerability. >> i want to play mike pompeo from "face the nation." at a time theyre trying to project strength, th...

Strategy work? weve been mentioning how trump has been using economic sanctions for leverage for economic sanctions with iran. the truth is he tried the same exact tactic with north korea and it didnt work. what are the chances of him having success this time around, jeff? >> its hard to say. i think the sanctions have worked in terms of having an impact on the iranian economy which is really struggling. whether or not that will lead to the iranians coming back to the table which president trump...

Russia said the following. russian columnist said trump is gods gift that keeps on giving. trump implements russias negative agenda by default. and credibility as a partererned ally on his own. russia can just relax and watch and root for trump, which putin does at every tv appearance. sarah huckabee sanders tried to claim that putin is not happy about these withdrawals but obviously, he is. >> no, donald trump, again, donald trump does not believe in what america has been and what weve done in ...

Regans bravado but that was very genuine to george w. bush. >> george h.w. bush. >> sorry. >> i made the same mistake. >> you talked about some of them in the previous hour, but george h.w. bush was somebody who thought that you did what you had to do to get elected and then you showed your authentic sel self. that campaign speech and attempt to introduce himself to the country on his own at the republican convention was his true self. >> he did project strength on the world stage bringing down ...

President trump should not have been there for the purpose of slamming president putin to his face. nor am i worried about been there for the purpose of slamming president putin to his face. nor am i worried about having ah solitary meeting. one-on-onebush met on aa one-on-one -- literally drove the king of saudi arabia around his ranch in crawford and the king of sau discussed very important issues. his ranch in crawford and di i think that his overreach.usse. i think t i think the president ne...

It was stephen miller. so you have an aide that is not john kelly the chief of staff, who is trying to push the president in a more centrist and even tempered direction but ste outside advisers and its stephen miller who wont try to pull him back from pushing out these tweets. >> i think you bring up a great point, bob. a lot of people are talking about trump finally untethered, maybe trump unhinged. im sure donald trump has never read "the art of war" but one of the key bits of advice from that...

Anything, does that project strength to anybody? as the congressman was saying earlier, anybody whos bragging about the size of anything, doesnt that project weakness? >> it does. you have to remember north korea has a history of making provocative comments. theyre not just making them now. and barack obama used to ignore them and thats what most presidents do. whereas donald trump is sort of projecting insecurity by having to respond to this and then sort of do this one up man ship mine is bigg...

This magnitude always brings that back into the political conversation. president choosing to focus more on what he called a deranged gunman. president asked about this does signal how difficult it can be for a president traveling overseas to manage domestic crises that come about and large issues about his nearly two week long trip here in asia. president has tried to project strength, friendship and notably, restraint, something we should point out, when hes coming to japan, talking about nort...

Ukraine. and this is going to be an ongoing source of controversy between the two. so what president trump needs to do is project strength because russians respect strength. he needs to bring up the cyber intrusions in the u.s. democratic process. putin will not respect him if he doesnt do that but should open the door for cooperation. in summary, president trump needs to confront where he must on these cyber but talk about where can we find zones of cooperation. if he does that the meeting will...

President was normal. right before his statement on syria, this is not normal for a president. it creates a huge distraction, gets tons of coverage and yesterday should have been about project strength as he did on syria. but it is pure trump and classic trump for him to also be willing to address bill oreilly. theres no reason to address it, none. >> none at all. alleys, wh elise, what do you think? >> i guess he can juggle multiple issues at a time that are of importance to him. its shocking t...