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But when it comes to clear orders, you know, his public comments were in syria, were going to get out of syria, were in afghanistan, were going to get out of afghanistan. and in terms of the security environment, he falls in love with americas adversaries like vladimir putin and kim jong-un. at the same time, hes done a great deal to undermine americans alliances, whether were talking about nato or were talking about and those are the cornerstone of american national securities. so when we see d...

Growing threat of russia, i need more isr. >> retired general john kirby is with me now. some observers look at this and say thats pretty remarkable that hes detailing a threat. maybe this is a rebuke of president trump. you dont see it that way. >> i dont see it as a rebuke of trump. i know the general very well. thats just not his way. hes doing what your combatant commanders want you to do, so hes laying it out straight, heres how i see the security environment, and it shouldnt surprise anybo...

That natos the most successful alliance in history the world weve been through a lot of different challenges over the last seventy years weve had multiple from the united states standpoint multiple presidents different congresses and different secretaries of defense but the commitment to united states remains steadfast and so i i think american leadership is whats going to keep our alliance effective as well as successful but surely we have to continue to adapt to this changing security environm...

Nato is the most successful alliance in history the world weve been through a lot of different challenges over the last seventy years weve had multiple from the united states to end point multiple presidents different congresses and different secretaries of defense but the commitment to united states remains steadfast and so i i think american leadership is whats going to keep our alliance effective as well as successful but surely we have to continue to adapt to this changing security environme...

Feeding back into the same loop. its unprecedented. >> malcolm, let me ask you about the south african story, that was something i saw you on twitter very empassioned about. senator bob corker said this was a thing that was a base stimulater. how do you read that tweet? >> well, if thats a base stimulater, then his base is the white supremacist base, that story has been bandied about for some time amongst a white south african neo-nazi group that says that there are these horrific attacks agains...

We began with the dessert. north korea got the dessert. oh, now you got to eat your spinach and broccoli. no, well stick with dessert. >> were still in a place where we dont have two years. they can develop a functional delivery vaerks reliable war head and we have no choice but to act. there are very few examples with states with a developed program or developing program that just give it up absent a significant change in the security environment or in the regime. we strengthened the regime so ...

United states for international leadership and good stewartship of these major security and trade issues. so they are. theyre becoming embolden to push back. look, he can make the case that in the waning years of the obama administration there was concern about u.s. leadership overseas, but president trump hit the accelerator on that and made it even more stark. and they are, they are beginning to believe that they have no other choice now, john, but to push back on the united states and to coun...

United states who will meet their 2% nato defense spending. we have some that dont and theyll be dealt with. >> president trump said those allies who dont meet that target will be dealt with, his words. how do you interpret what that means? >> it means that all allies have to make good on the promises we all made together. we are an alliance, so where we protect each other and stand together, of course we have to share the burden. but im optimistic because we have really turned a corner after ye...

We have with iran, hezbollah, syria, human rights, missiles, and the like. thats quite legitimate. in fact, the obama administration did the same thing. but we have to stay with the nuclear deal as a foundation stone for building a better security environment in the region and for the world. >> thank you very much. thanks for helping us better understand these threats we face. and msnbc political analyst josh earnest served as press secretary for president obama. josh, picking up there, he said ...

Because nobody could even invision why you would need them here anymore our aviation brigade significantly reduced and by the way all of our allies have done the same thing now with russias aggressive behavior everybody realizes that russia only respects strength so you have to bring back we quit killing are we quick enough is it the reaction towards the situation and you said yourself the russians are changing the security environment what is the necessary respond to that so are we doing enough...