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Welcome to the whole story. I'm anderson cooper on the campaign trail, former president donald trump has touted his experience and treatments from his first term in office and has vowed to continue with what he started but if he's elected again but where does he actually stand on some of the key issues for voters in this election cnn's abby phillip takes us through what the trump white house did when it came to the economy and reproductive rights, as well as immigration, foreign policy, and the state of democracy. And she looks at what he and his allies have promised to continue or change if elected to another term in november nafta has been a disaster the united states, a complete and total disaster it was april 20, 173 months into donald trump's presidency and he wanted to withdraw the united states from nafta, the north american free trade agreement he would say repeatedly in the oval office to everyone who would listen, they're ripping us off. They take advantage of americans were suckers and losers. It's been very, very bad for our companies and for our workers heard lots of concerns when he was out campaigning from bluecollar supporters of him it's food fight, nafta had taken jobs from america trump wanted to announce their withdrawal on his 100th day in office. A huge freak out occurred when this became known inside the white house and various advisers rushed over to stop this almost all economists think of trade to varying degrees as a potential way to make both sides winners. That if you in your country are really great and it making cars. And i, in my country, i'm really great at making airplanes then it would make sense for me to make all the airplanes and you to make all the cars trump views, nafta as a deal in which the united states is getting ripped off by mexico and ripped off by canada what would have been the consequences if trump hold the united states out of nafta this is you know, one of the largest, if not the largest trade pact in the world? one of the things that i think people misread about donald trump so often has a lot of the times these big statements like that are negotiating tactics. If the prime minister of canada and the president of mexico fear that america will unilaterally pull out of nafta it makes them much more willing to come to the negotiating table his supporters will say he is looking for leverage but, you know, it's a form of playing russian roulette with the world's economic security what was the reaction to that pledge inside of mexico i think the mexicans were concerned about that. It's been a u. N. Agreement that was in place for about 25, 30 years trade between the u. S. Canada and mexico was more than 1 trillion a year here and nafta had lifted tariffs between the three countries for more than two decades a sudden withdrawal would upend global and domestic politics and rattle financial markets trump actually had one of his top aides, rob porter, draft a letter to get out of nafta that he would sign presumptively paperwork was preparing inside the white house gary cohn, who was his national economic council director or took punch of different steps, including famously hiding some papers, some documents from trump that if he had signed them would have pulled the united states out of nafta right away. Well, i was going to terminate nafta as of two or three days from now? on his 98th day in office. And after nearly two years of a sailing nafta a lastminute late night phone call with mexico's president and canada's prime minister convinced trump to stand down. They called me and they said, rather than terminating nafta, could you please renegotiate that same week, desperate to announce a big wind during his first 100 days trump shifted focus and rush to release an outline of a tax bill they need a win. And if there's one thing that every republican, even under this administration can agree on. It's, we need to cut taxes the tax cuts and jobs act passed that december giving trump his first major legislative victory. I consider this very much a bill for the middleclass. Had a bill for jobs the bill reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21%, lowered income taxes for individuals for the next eight years. And doubled the child tax credit they made huge changes to the tax code. They had a real unifying theory which was if we cut taxes for corporations, we are going to unleash an investment. Boom in the united states that makes america competitive again. So we can bring back that simple but due to judicial phrase. You've heard it before, made in the usa, they were sure there was going to be more job growth specifically in areas like manufacturing and they were sure that that was going to lead to big wage increases for americans the most important thing that the tax cuts did for trump in his time in office was they gave people were money to spend right away. And there was this shortterm stimulative effect to the economy that's the big win for trump trump would score another economic win two years later. I promise to renegotiate nafta and today we have kept that promise. What president trump was concerned about was to make sure that the agreement was not unfair and was not basically penalizing american workers he does cut a new trade deal, but it's not a complete fundamental overhaul. It's mostly the same thing with new branding and some new components branding has always been central to trump's strategy. If i'm given another four years, i will be the best. I think i'll be the best nobody's ever created a economy like us and he's hoping it'll win him a second term in the white house when i get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips not always. A great slogan, but it just makes sense to be able to protect those people who make the bulk of their income comes from tips do you expect him to pursue tax cuts? as policy if he is reelected? that is one thing that he says that i think people should take him at his word on what does he really want to accomplish policywise, maybe other than tax cuts? it's talked about sweeping increases in tariffs, but i will oppose that across the board. Tariff on foreign made goods that have been warnings from economists that if you do that and you pursue these tax cuts, new are creating these settings for price spikes, which could then become inflationary he his folks have insisted that that is not true. But what's true hasn't always been important to trump. And his economic legacy as president is up for debate his description of how successful the tax cuts were they were not as good for the economy as he claims. At some point, does he understand that? he understands that he doesn't care? he likes the way what he says sounds better trump has always been a very good salesman he was able to convince americans that he just had special powers when it came to economic growth. That we're not reflected in economic performance trump is not the best american president of our lifetime. He had a good economy, but the full scope of trump's economic management when you include the pandemic he's he's nowhere close you got to look at the tax cuts and say weeks out, positive outcomes of them. I think his critics will say they were not good policy for the country most, americans got a tax cut, but most of the trump tax cuts went to the highest earning americans he said he did the biggest tax cut of all time. He didn't that was going to bring back millions of american manufacturing jobs that had been sent overseas he did not trump campaigned on a promise not just that he would balanced the federal budget, but that also he would pay off the entire national that when she came nowhere close to doing i don't think there's any evidence to support the idea. The trump economy was the greatest economy in history. And it's probably not the greatest economy in most americans living memory coming up donald trump said, when he was president, that he would sign a national abortion ban. What he's done is try for political reasons not to emphasize that in this 2024 campaign you're seeing skechers famous glide step foot where everywhere. And now that famous design is available, enhanced free sketches, slipping get the comfort and style guides step now with the convenience is slip friends with no bending down or touching her suits. Try glide steps, skechers, lipids, lose knows it's easier to make the right calls when you have the right team that going forward, any fumbles? brilliant recovery with the lows as he always delivers. And so does the lows app instore online, our lows team has you covered but the gains are pumping the markets closed. Features don't sleep in the after hours bro done is monley of finance bro she switched careers to make money for your weddings he's talks are blownup, sweetie, grab your kitty bank. We're going all in. Let me ask you for your wedding. Do you want because ipo in a river let's take something that your mother always wanted, never gotten or you could give these different investment options a shot. The ride money moves aren't as aggressive as you think. 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New abdel targeted relief the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87 september 2020. We love you, minnesota when news broke of justice ginsburg's passing, donald trump was rallying crowds and northern minnesota it was the surreal moment where the president of the united states is onstage and has no idea that this seismic event as just occurred just died almost two hours later, trump would find out only been out for the first time she led an amazing life blue jean baby is playing in the background and he kind of takes on this solemn tone about her passing said, hear that but clearly, an almost instantaneously, his aides inside the west wing and republicans on capitol hill work gearing up for what they knew would be a fight to get a new supreme court justice nominated and confirmed a fight because ginsburg's passing was so consequential it seemed clear that chief justice john roberts had openly expressed his belief that precedent bound to the court to move slowly and that made it seem unlikely that roberts would vote to overturn roe, at least in the near term unlikely with the slim conservative majority on the court of five to four. But replacing ginsburg would give trump and insurance policy if one of the conservative justices got cold feet about overturning roe you wouldn't need that person. In other words, you've had six justices, not five. I believe it was maybe eight days after her death, he nominated amy coney barrett we fasttrack that nomination. How important was it to trump to be able to put another supreme court justice on that court and do it quickly? yeah. It was of the utmost importance it was something that he knew would be part of his legacy and reshaping the supreme court was trump involved in this process. Much trump was definitely involved. He wanted to put a woman on the supreme court. I think he thought it would help him more in the election today. It is, my honor to nominate one of our nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the supreme court. Judge amy coney barrett had this grand announcement at the white house in the rose garden that was kind of the event that we identified as wherever spreader, a super spreader event my flashback memory of their extreme joy there, giddiness, almost in the face of what they knew they would be able to accomplish ending roe was a promise that can candidate trump made during his presidential campaign in 2016. A promise to conservatives that if they got behind him he'd do something. No other president had been able to do. They am prolife and i will be appointing prolife judges this is everybody a significant contrast to the position donald trump took decades earlier i'm very prochoice this is a business ran from new york, which is a pretty progressive city he has always been more conservative than a lot of the people that he socialized with. But abortion was not one of those issues one of the first things he did in 2011 when he was thinking about running for president that cycle and he went to go speak to cpac, the conservative political action conference. I'm prolife when he ran in 2016, he understood that overturning roe v wade was a core conservative priority. So he agreed to put a list of judges out before the election. Who were conservative. I am going to give a list of either five or ten judges that i will pick to show you may not trust me on this issue, but here's what i would do if i was president, i will guarantee that those are going to be the first judges that i put up. For nomination. If i win, that tells me that. Yes, i can trust you with my vote because on the issues that matter most to me, i can tell that these people are going to hopefully rule as we would want them to the president elect of the united states have america, donald trump conservatives did trust him with their vote in 2016. And trump gave them what they wanted today i, am keeping, another promise to the american people. By nominating judge campaign trail,<\/a> former president donald trump <\/a>has touted his experience and treatments from his first term in office and has vowed to continue with what he started but if he's elected again but where does he actually stand on some of the key issues for voters in this election cnn's abby phillip <\/a>takes us through what the trump white house <\/a>did when it came to the economy and reproductive rights, as well as immigration, foreign policy,<\/a> and the state of democracy. And she looks at what he and his allies have promised to continue or change if elected to another term in november nafta <\/a>has been a disaster the united states, a complete and total disaster it was april 20,<\/a> 173 months into donald trump's presidency and he wanted to withdraw the united states from nafta, the north american free trade agreement <\/a>he would say repeatedly in the oval office <\/a>to everyone who would listen, they're ripping us off. They take advantage of americans were suckers and losers. It's been very, very bad for our companies and for our workers heard lots of concerns when he was out campaigning from bluecollar supporters of him it's food fight,<\/a> nafta had taken jobs from america trump <\/a>wanted to announce their withdrawal on his 100th day in office. A huge freak out occurred when this became known inside the white house <\/a>and various advisers rushed over to stop this almost all economists think of trade to varying degrees as a potential way to make both sides winners. That if you in your country are really great and it making cars.<\/a> And i, in my country, i'm really great at making airplanes <\/a>then it would make sense for me to make all the airplanes and you to make all the cars trump <\/a>views, nafta as a deal in which the united states is getting ripped off by mexico and ripped off by canada what would have been the consequences if trump hold the united states out of nafta this is you know, one of the largest, if not the largest trade pact <\/a>in the world? one of the things that i think people misread about donald trump so often has a lot of the times these big statements like that are negotiating tactics.<\/a> If the prime minister <\/a>of canada and the president of mexico fear <\/a>that america will unilaterally pull out of nafta it makes them much more willing to come to the negotiating table <\/a>his supporters will say he is looking for leverage but, you know, it's a form of playing russian roulette <\/a>with the world's economic security what was the reaction to that pledge inside of mexico <\/a>i think the mexicans were concerned about that. It's been a u. N. Agreement that was in place for about 25, 30 years trade <\/a>between the u. S. Canada and mexico was more than 1 trillion <\/a>a year here and nafta had lifted tariffs between the three countries for more than two decades a sudden withdrawal would upend global and domestic politics and rattle financial markets trump <\/a>actually had one of his top aides, rob porter,<\/a> draft a <\/a>letter to get out of nafta that he would sign presumptively paperwork was preparing inside the white house gary cohn,<\/a> who was his national economic council director <\/a>or took punch of different steps, including famously hiding some papers, some documents from trump that if he had signed them would have pulled the united states out of nafta right away. Well, i was going to terminate nafta as of two or three days from now? on his 98th day <\/a>in office. And after nearly two years of a sailing nafta a lastminute late night <\/a>phone call with mexico's president and canada's prime minister <\/a>convinced trump to stand down. They called me and they said, rather than terminating nafta, could you please renegotiate that same week, desperate to announce a big wind during his first 100 days trump <\/a>shifted focus and rush <\/a>to release an outline of a tax bill <\/a>they need a win. And if there's one thing that every republican, even under this administration can agree on. It's, we need to cut taxes the tax cuts <\/a>and jobs act passed that december giving trump his first major legislative victory. I consider this very much a bill for the middleclass. Had a bill for jobs the bill reduce the corporate tax rate <\/a>from 35 to 21%, lowered income taxes <\/a>for individuals for the next eight years. And doubled the child tax credit <\/a>they made huge changes to the tax code.<\/a> They had a real unifying theory which was if we cut taxes for corporations, we are going to unleash an investment. Boom in the united states that makes america competitive again. So we can bring back that simple but due to judicial phrase. You've heard it before, made in the usa,<\/a> they were sure there was going to be more job growth <\/a>specifically in areas like manufacturing and they were sure that that was going to lead to big wage increases for americans the most important thing that the tax cuts <\/a>did for trump in his time in office was they gave people were money to spend right away. And there was this shortterm stimulative effect to the economy that's the big win for trump trump <\/a>would score another economic win two years later. I promise to renegotiate nafta and today <\/a>we have kept that promise. What president trump <\/a>was concerned about was to make sure that the agreement was not unfair and was not basically penalizing american workers he does cut a new trade deal,<\/a> but it's not a complete fundamental overhaul. It's mostly the same thing with new branding and some new components branding <\/a>has always been central to trump's strategy. If i'm given another four years, i will be the best. I think i'll be the best nobody's ever created a economy like us and he's hoping it'll win him a second term in the white house <\/a>when i get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips not always. A great slogan, but it just makes sense to be able to protect those people who make the bulk of their income comes from tips do you expect him to pursue tax cuts? as policy if he is reelected? that is one thing that he says that i think people should take him at his word on what does he really want to accomplish policywise, maybe other than tax cuts? it's talked about sweeping increases in tariffs, but i will oppose that across the board. Tariff on foreign made goods that have been warnings from economists that if you do that and you pursue these tax cuts, new are creating these settings for price spikes,<\/a> which could then become inflationary he his folks have insisted that that is not true. But what's true hasn't always been important to trump. And his economic legacy as president is up for debate his description of how successful the tax cuts <\/a>were they were not as good for the economy as he claims. At some point, does he understand that? he understands that he doesn't care? he likes the way what he says sounds better trump <\/a>has always been a very good salesman he was able to convince americans that he just had special powers when it came to economic growth. That we're not reflected in economic performance trump <\/a>is not the best american president of our lifetime. He had a good economy, but the full scope of trump's economic management when you include the pandemic he's he's nowhere close you got to look at the tax cuts <\/a>and say weeks out, positive outcomes of them. I think his critics will say they were not good policy for the country most, americans got a tax cut, but most of the trump tax cuts <\/a>went to the highest earning americans he said he did the biggest tax cut <\/a>of all time. He didn't that was going to bring back millions of american manufacturing jobs that had been sent overseas he did not trump campaigned on a promise not just that he would balanced the federal budget, but that also he would pay off the entire national that when she came nowhere close to doing i don't think there's any evidence to support the idea. The trump economy <\/a>was the greatest economy in history. And it's probably not the greatest economy in most americans living memory coming up donald trump said, when he was president, that he would sign a national abortion ban. What he's done is try for political reasons not to emphasize that in this 2024 campaign you're seeing skechers famous glide step foot <\/a>where everywhere. And now that famous design is available, enhanced free sketches, slipping get the comfort and style <\/a>guides step now with the convenience is slip friends with no bending down or touching her suits. Try glide steps,<\/a> skechers, lipids, lose knows it's easier to make the right calls when you have the right team that going forward, any fumbles? brilliant recovery with the lows as he always delivers. And so does the lows app <\/a>instore online, our lows team <\/a>has you covered but the gains are pumping the markets closed. Features don't sleep in the after hours bro done is monley of finance bro <\/a>she switched careers to make money for your weddings he's talks are blownup, sweetie, grab your kitty bank.<\/a> We're going all in. Let me ask you for your wedding. Do you want because ipo in a river let's take something that your mother always wanted, never gotten or you could give these different investment options <\/a>a shot. The ride money <\/a>moves aren't as aggressive as you think. I'm keeping the best morgan stanley <\/a>is partnering with the women's tennis association to remove boundaries because this game is for everyone did you know how you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut try new align yogurt coated probiotic fruit bites with a delicious apple and blueberry <\/a>flavored fruit center <\/a>in yogurt coding,<\/a> each biden isn't infused with added probiotics to help promote a healthy digestive system <\/a>every day. Plus they're packaged in individually wrapped pouches for daley digestive support <\/a>on the go,<\/a> look for new align yogurt coated probiotic fruit bites online. And in the digestive care i love your local retailer brand power <\/a>helping you buy better, introducing new advil targeted relief the only topical pain reliever <\/a>with four powerful pain fighting ingredients <\/a>that start working on contact to target tough pain at the source for up to eight hours of powerful relief. New abdel <\/a>targeted relief the supreme court justice ruth <\/a>bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87 september 2020.<\/a> We love you,<\/a> minnesota when news broke of justice ginsburg's passing, donald trump was rallying crowds and northern minnesota it was the surreal moment where the president of the united states <\/a>is onstage and has no idea that this seismic event as just occurred just died almost two hours later, trump would find out only been out for the first time she led an amazing life blue jean baby <\/a>is playing in the background and he kind of takes on this solemn tone about her passing said, hear that but clearly, an almost instantaneously, his aides inside the west wing <\/a>and republicans on capitol hill work <\/a>gearing up for what they knew would be a fight to get a new supreme court justice nominated and confirmed a fight because ginsburg's passing was so consequential it seemed clear that chief justice john roberts <\/a>had openly expressed his belief that precedent bound to the court to move slowly and that made it seem unlikely that roberts would vote to overturn roe, at least in the near term unlikely with the slim conservative majority on the court of five to four. But replacing ginsburg would give trump and insurance policy <\/a>if one of the conservative justices got cold feet <\/a>about overturning roe you wouldn't need that person. In other words, you've had six justices, not five. I believe it was maybe eight days after her death, he nominated amy coney barrett we fasttrack that nomination. How important was it to trump <\/a>to be able to put another supreme court justice <\/a>on that court and do it quickly? yeah. It was of the utmost importance it was something that he knew would be part of his legacy and reshaping the supreme court <\/a>was trump involved in this process. Much trump was definitely involved. He wanted to put a woman on the supreme court. I think he thought it would help him more in the election today.<\/a> It is, my honor to nominate one of our nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the supreme court. Judge amy coney barrett <\/a>had this grand announcement at the white house <\/a>in the rose garden <\/a>that was kind of the event that we identified as wherever spreader,<\/a> a super spreader event <\/a>my flashback memory <\/a>of their extreme joy there, giddiness, almost in the face of what they knew they would be able to accomplish ending roe <\/a>was a promise that can candidate trump <\/a>made during his presidential campaign in 2016. A promise to conservatives that if they got behind him he'd do something. No other president had been able to do. They am prolife and i will be appointing prolife judges this is everybody a significant contrast to the position donald trump <\/a>took decades earlier i'm very prochoice this is a business ran <\/a>from new york,<\/a> which is a pretty progressive city <\/a>he has always been more conservative than a lot of the people that he socialized with. But abortion was not one of those issues one of the first things he did in 2011 when he was thinking about running for president that cycle and he went to go speak to cpac, the conservative political action conference.<\/a> I'm prolife when he ran in 2016, he understood that overturning roe v wade <\/a><\/a>was a core conservative <\/a>priority. So he agreed to put a list of judges out before the election. Who were conservative. I am going to give a list of either five or ten judges that i will pick to show you may not trust me on this issue, but here's what i would do if i was president, i will guarantee that those are going to be the first judges that i put up. For nomination. If i win, that tells me that. Yes, i can trust you with my vote because on the issues that matter most to me, i can tell that these people are going to hopefully rule as we would want them to the president elect <\/a>of the united states have america, donald trump conservatives did trust him with their vote in 2016. And trump gave them what they wanted today i, am keeping, another promise to the american people. By nominating judge neil gorsuch <\/a>starting with neil gorsuch, just weeks after taking office then brett kavanaugh <\/a>in 2018. And finishing off with amy coney barrett just a week before election day <\/a>we were looking in that moment at the cementing of a super majority of conservative justices with great fear because we knew the the potential would move very quickly to overturn roe the supreme court <\/a>has overturned roe v. Wade i'm here because i'm absolutely a static roe <\/a>has been overturned and that they're going to be babies lives saved from this president trump's appointments to the court are probably his lasting legacy. It's going along outlive donald trump, going long. I live his memory because a lot of the justices appointed judges are fairly young from a historical standpoint, it will obviously rank up there. Rank up there as one of trump's most consequential legacy a huge win for trump and his conservative base for 54 years. They were trying to get roe v. Wade terminated. And i did it but the reversal of roe would become a loss at the ballot box.<\/a> Blunting the expected red wave <\/a>in the 2022 midterms, and being very unpopular with voters as trump approaches 2024 he doesn't know how to talk about it everybody does. He tout it does he distance himself from it? he seems to choose a mixture of both. My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint. The states will determine by vote or legislation,<\/a> or perhaps both. And whatever they decide must be the law of the land <\/a>in this case, the law of the state. Donald trump thinks that he's been given a sort of a neat pass out of the debate by saying, well, we're just going to send it back to the states. And that's going to solve everything essentially. So that i'm going to throw up my hands and i don't have to worry about this anymore but many believe the issue will be back on president trump's agenda in a second term especially given his running mate's past support of a national abortion ban <\/a>i certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally. The president has been very clear, he would not sign a national abortion ban <\/a>that he does support ivf.<\/a> He does support fertility treatments <\/a>and he supports the exceptions for rape, incest, the life of the mother donald trump <\/a>said, when he was president, that he would sign a national abortion ban <\/a>if congress passed one and sent it to his desk i strongly supported the house of representatives <\/a>pain capable bill which would end painful late term abortions nationwide. What he's done is try for political reasons, not to emphasize that in this 2024 campaign, but i don't think there's really any doubt i believe he is saying what is politically convenient to get elected. So i'm not sure why i would start to believe him right now coming up immigration we are going to build a wall kamala harris, donald trump, the debate everyone's been waiting for follows cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and postdebate analysis. 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Plus ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card.<\/a> Call today! that's what we usually did for me i mourn liebermann at the pentagon this cnn closed captioning <\/a>brought to you by meso book <\/a>if you or a loved one <\/a>have knees of helium up,<\/a> we'll send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and we'll come to you 800 a31, 3,700 what mexico sends its people they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists if you look at trump's history as a political figure it begins with the demonization of immigrants. And it's been a through line forever, more. This sending prisoners,<\/a> murderers, drug dealers,<\/a> mental patients, and terrorists believes that this kind of demonization of immigrants and his use of this it's issue is the reason that he became the president in 2016 trump administration <\/a>will also secure, defend the borders of the united states and yes we will build a great wall.<\/a> And yes mexico will pay for the wall. We're going to pay from the. Start of trump's presidency, immigration would be at the forefront. He viewed it as his core political promise and he wanted to every element of the american government did good these numbers down seven days after taking office, trump issued a series of executive orders <\/a>banning citizens from majority muslim countries from entering the united states. Them establishing new vetting measures <\/a>to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. We don't want them here any close the border to all refugees i'm around the world it was a shock and awe campaign show <\/a>in a way, things have been done in this country from day one, we are doing totally differently, effective immediately. What does this mean? flight, just likes of them since decisions. And it was extraordinarily chaotic. It was all rolled out, if i remember correctly, on a friday night <\/a>and it created absolute having my kids lifts,<\/a> pool. So one whole year will be the, travel ban,<\/a> i think it was initially instituted because at some of these countries weren't vetting, people clearly and strongly enough get in our country the band faced months of legal challenges, but a revised version was ultimately upheld by the supreme court but trump's fixation for the next four years remained on the southern border, illegal immigrants at drugs pouring into aka he feels like the border patrol <\/a>needs to make immigration much more unpleasant, painful. In order to discourage people from trying to do it. In may 2018,<\/a> the trump administration <\/a>implemented what they called the zero tolerance policy. If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you want your child of be separated, them, don't bring him across the border illegally the five u. S. Attorneys stationed along the southwest border have really big concerns about what's going to happen to the children who are separated from their parents so that these prosecutions can take place. And what was the answer that they were given? jeff sessions <\/a>doesn't answer their question. What he does say is we need to take away children. If you're a parent and you're driving a car while you're toxic, hated when the police show up to take you away, they take your kid away. They take your kid and put them in child protective services you break the law. You're going to be separated from your family over the next several weeks. As many as 2000 children would be separated from their parents children were put into aged enclosures. These are meant to be temporary facilities where children can only remain for 72 hours maximum but the government became so overwhelmed with so many new immigration cases <\/a>of children remained stuck the ones who were old enough to understand what was happening would cry, would scream, would bag for help. Stories that were coming out where harrowing parents and children literally being pulled limb from limb from one another with children grabbing onto anything that they could. The next step was for children to be transferred into the custody of the health and human services department,<\/a> which was not prepared hard to take on as many as it had to you had facilities with staff who were not prepared or trained in how to handle traumatized children and how to respond to them i remember going to mcallen, texas to a garage type facility <\/a>with chain fences <\/a>around hundreds and hundreds of single man. There was not room for them to lie down, smelled it was pretty dreadful. I went in the room with mike pence,<\/a> who's the vice president <\/a>at the time, and you could tell parents were shocked by what he had seen to was the chaos and frankly, the suffering of these families was that the point if they wanted to send a message, they sought that family separation <\/a>would prove to be a very powerful deterrent. The cruelty is the point the cries of children who had just been separated from their parents heard on leaked audio from inside the facility six weeks after the policy took a fact that this is not the kind of thing we want in the country that we live in, right? i think a lot of people felt that way there was just an incredible backlash against the trump presidency,<\/a> former first lady laura bush.<\/a> She writes this in part, this zero tolerance policy <\/a>is cruel. It is a moral, and it breaks my heart fair what people begging them day in and day out to call it off. Some republican senators were begging the white house <\/a>to call it off. President's own family members <\/a>were saying something's got to give two days after that leak trump <\/a>abruptly ended the separations we're going to keep the families together. I didn't like the sight for the feeling of families being separated determined to deliver on his campaign promises some turned his attention to the border wall it was sort of a symbol of his presidency in his mind, big construction project,<\/a> you can touch it you could see it. And he first said mexico was going to pay for mexico, obviously did not pay for the wall. He simply decided to take the money from the pentagon and to repress graham.<\/a> It in order to build portions of his promised border wall under trump's watch, nearly 500 miles of border wall was built but not nearly as much as he hoped. And still claims effective border wall system.<\/a> The roads delighting the fiber optic cables,<\/a> game a border patrol <\/a>officials, a new capability that they didn't have trump. Probably accomplished more of changing how people see immigration, changing, what people want the country to do on immigration than any politician? we've seen in a while. And according to recent polling, the majority of americans today support the idea of a border wall. We have a crisis in america on immigration.<\/a> We haven't dealt with the issue of comprehensive immigration reform <\/a>for years and years. Every administration hicks down the road because it's so difficult to do three, congress actually tried to pass a bipartisan border deal <\/a>earlier this year. The motion is not agreed to but trump helped torpedo it so he could campaign on the issue this fall and day <\/a>one, we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation <\/a>in the history of our conscious. They're poisoning the blood of our country that's what they've done. I mean, it's disgusting, but it's not the first time that he's used hitler esque <\/a>language. And i think that the types of policies that he would pursue would be much more harsh and extreme when it comes to the border and immigration, people that don't have any legal right to remain here need to be removed from the country. Deporting individuals from any country is a fundamental part of any functioning country's immigration system <\/a>that this idea of mass arrests trump <\/a>is very committed to that as part of an immigration policy <\/a>of his reelected, does the trump campaign <\/a>see it as realistic? they do. I mean, remember this is a singular calling card <\/a>of his main policy adviser,<\/a> stephen miller.<\/a> These kinds of crackdowns could end up just making life so miserable for so many undocumented immigrants that they either leave or choose not to come when the first place the detention camps <\/a>to round up immigrants and deport them. How important is that visual part of the idea of that is a deterrence angle <\/a>and a toughness angle <\/a>where the visual is very important. He is promising sort of an immigration agenda.<\/a> We'd never really seen from a united states president <\/a>add that magnitude. He sees that drilling down on immigration enforcement <\/a>is a way to win elections. And so he's willing to do it to no coming up if i'm president, i will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours, and trump says he's going to just snap his fingers and all these problems are going way. Is there any policy behind that is just trump and bluster and salesmanship <\/a>and nothing else straight. Things in changing change and wife,<\/a> i'm not changed sexual orientation <\/a>of not changing political party. We don't go to the how fluid <\/a>what we got here. 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And one of the world's most reclusive dictators reached a dangerous peak on new year's day in 2018 he will want a genuinely hit cribs hadn't gone on it and kim jong un <\/a>warned that he had a nuclear button <\/a>on his desk and all of the u. S. Mainland was within range i think about donald trump. He likes to be alpha man <\/a>he wants to be tough and somebody is challenging him. He challenges back. That same evening, trump sent a tweet that shook the white house <\/a>and the world. I to have a nuclear button <\/a>but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his. And my button works how big of a concern was it among trump's aides that there could be a nuclear confrontation on the horizon i think it depends on who you ask. But one thing they knew is they were dealing with two unpredictable leaders donald trump was sending a very strong signal. You're not going to mess with the u. S. Is it strategy <\/a>or is it bluster <\/a>i think it was strategy. They were actually meetings and there were actually discussions about how we can start to move together the previous u. S. Policy had been tonight. Kim jong un trump <\/a>flipback, totally on its head for the hermit nation <\/a>it was a long gold for trump. He became the first sitting u. S. President to enter north korea.<\/a> It was just one of three facetoface meetings historic moment, the fact that we're meeting history making moment,<\/a> but not a breakthrough north <\/a>korea's nuclear buildup has only continued. And so did the warm relationship between the two leaders. Grim down <\/a>and did write trump multiple love letters <\/a>in trump's mind, he would often be in the oval office <\/a>and he would call out as assistant. Can you bring in the love letters <\/a>because he would want to show visitors will get the singer because i have from kim jong un <\/a>praising adversaries and pushing allies became a recurring theme for trump's presidency. We're joined by a common heritage of democracy the north atlantic treaty organization <\/a>founded in part by the united states in 1949, was trump's top target. Donald trump's worldview was been america's allies, rather than being assets, were ripping us off nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meat <\/a>their financial obligations donald trump looked at so many of these things when you make a commitment to say with nato spend 2% of your gross national product on the military then i expect you to live up to that deal. What trump would do instead of cultivating allies and trying to bring everyone together was he would threatened and cajole when bully these countries it worked military spending <\/a>from nato countries increased. But that did little to calm raw nerves in europe his very first visit to a nato summit.<\/a> All he really needed to do was to say the onesentence, the united states absolutely remains committed to article five of the nato treaty,<\/a> which is the mutual defense of our allies. It was in the draft of the speech. It was in the draft of this speech. Did not say who did not say it. A handful of words left unsaid then an image seen around the world trump <\/a>pushing aside the leader of nato, its newest member state montenegro.<\/a> It's like the visual representation of how donald trump saw his presidency and also how he saw our allies just as people to be shoved aside in 2018, trump can close to pulling out of nato entirely people do not fully appreciate how close the entire alliance came to unraveling with america's alliances, seemingly on the brink trump <\/a>prepared for a monumental meeting with vladimir putin <\/a>in helsinki there was no collusion at all and we watched him side with, with putin over u. S. Intelligence agencies.<\/a> And when u. S. Lead investigation <\/a>found that russia did indeed metal and the election prisoner putin <\/a>was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today <\/a>it shows the relationship between the two of them and how trump was willing to take an authoritarian leader metal <\/a>in u. S. Elections at his word he saw both vladimir putin and xi <\/a>jinping as his main piers on the world stage <\/a>and offered each of them a level of flattery and personal compliments very, very special man trump <\/a>heaped praise on chinese leader xi jinping.<\/a> My feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one, as we said, there's great chemistry he used tariffs to launch a trade war with china in 2018. China is been taken advantage of the united states for many years those tariffs were paid by americans, paid by american companies and ultimately by american consumers. The trump trade war <\/a>probably cost americans about 300,000 jobs. Probably cost the economy somewhere north of 40 billion <\/a>i think it's worth bearing in mind that president biden kept something well, these tariffs in place, but i think that there are reasons why economists have concerns about continuing down that path on a greater scale trump <\/a>and sit that if he's elected president again, he would quote, fundamentally reevaluate nato's purpose. If they're not going to pay, we're not going to protect. Okay. I don't think trump will walk away from nato. I think it is a bargaining chip.<\/a> I think it's a position of strength and negotiate from but if russia attacked us allies who don't spend enough on military defense,<\/a> i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay two wars, burning hot in gaza and ukraine <\/a>would also be on trump's agenda. If i'm president, i will have that war settled in one day hey, 24 hours. If you ask people in ukraine, they say that everything that we have fought for in the blood and treasure <\/a>that has been expended to try to protect ourselves would all be for nothing. Putin would win the war caused by the attack on israel, would have never happened if i was president. He is intrigued. Maybe fixated on this idea of peace in the middle east <\/a>he got the abraham accords, the normalization agreement <\/a>between israel and the united arab emirates <\/a>and back raid <\/a>the abraham accords <\/a>to be fair to him, where they deal, they actually were a significant accomplishment, but but it was not, you know, mideast peace when trump says he's going to just snap his fingers and all of these problems aren't going away. Is there any policy behind that or is that just trump? and the force of his personality is just trump and bluster and salesmanship <\/a>and nothing else. 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Trump felt and lots of others in america felt <\/a>that he got ripped off, that he was cheated trump, i think was having a week'slong tantrum about losing the election. And i don't think there was so much of a thought about what the future would look like in terms of his legacy and being known for not being the person who adhere to customs president <\/a>has now decided to snub the bidens for the 152 years so it's a president of the united states <\/a>refused to attend the inauguration of his successor. I think he just would not give biden that moment. He knew that he had lost the election. He had publicly acknowledged it to people based on my reporting, i think the moment of actually handing over the reins power <\/a>to joe biden <\/a>was something that he would not bring himself to do well, thank you very much president obama <\/a>probably didn't like president trump <\/a>very much. But he showed up and said, hey, listen, you're now the steward of our country. I think president trump <\/a>owed that to america instead, an unusual and unprecedented final farewell speech <\/a>have a good life. We will see you soon thank you. Thank you very was nothing like what we normally see in an election transfer <\/a>of power, and that is going to be part of donald trump's legacy in history we've never had a sitting president refuse to acknowledge that he was not reelected and be reluctant to pass the baton peacefully even cordially to the person who replaced him. That's never happened. A lot of times that we view some of these traditions and, and at some point someone's going to be the first to change that tradition and move <\/a>on traditions and norms that donald trump pushed back on since the very beginning of his presidency. Starting with the justice department general flynn,<\/a> the way he was treated very, very unfair when the president started asking than director comey <\/a>to actually drop investigations and stop pursuing lines of inquiry against people he liked it almost seemed like trump understood that there were these guardrails. But he either didn't care about them or intentionally wanted to blow past them you didn't really care that what he was doing is essentially undermining the ability of the doj and the fbi to continue functioning in a way that the american people could be i'm proud of president's have largely left fbi director's alone to avoid the appearance of political interference. But instead, trump fired comey, who is a show boat.<\/a> He's a grand grandstander <\/a>attacked his attorney general <\/a>jeff sessions for not doing enough to end the investigation. Into russian interference in the 2016 election. Are recuse myself and eventually fired him to that in the postwatergate era just violates what the norm has been after richard nixon <\/a>left office. And what has been adhered to by presidents for a very, very long time, trump saw no reason to have any distance between himself and the justice department trump <\/a>went to war publicly and privately against career public servants who stood in his way. You have trump ours who are saying they believe the department of justice <\/a>should pay reporting to the white house. So the white house <\/a>should tell the department of justice <\/a>white today. And what we have seen now recently is that unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats who don't change with administration's, they stay the same. They are the ones that are actually calling the shots in many cases, as we saw with president trump <\/a>actively working against the elected president of the united states <\/a>because they happen to disagree with him disagreeing when trump went after his political opponents he didn't want hillary clinton <\/a>investigated. He wanted james comey <\/a>investigated. He wanted john kerry <\/a>investigators in it so actually he already has a history of this and i expect that that would continue under no circumstances. You are promising america tonight.<\/a> You would never abuse power as retribution against anybody except for day one. He says you're not going to be a dictator, are you? i said no, no, no other than day one <\/a>as president trump <\/a>chafed at restrictions on his executive powers and openly admired for an authoritarians who had no such limits. I think we're going to do tremendous things for both china and for the united states. And it is a very, very great honor to be with you.<\/a> It would be unthinkable before donald trump for an american president to show hero worship <\/a>of foreign dictators. A lot of friendships have been made and this is been in particular a grave friendship.<\/a> He says they're strong, they're tough. And he says, quite clearly that that's somebody who i want to get to know often it's very striking because he will describe them as friends of mine.<\/a> You don't hear other presidents talking about authoritarian leaders that way it would all reach a dangerous and historic crescendo in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Frankly, we did win this election. The election was totally rigged. This was a massive fraud. How was a rigged election where in a position where we are in a a pitched battle <\/a>right now with some fundamental differences in terms of the direction of our country and there are many times when we need to make our opposition known. You don't think it mattered whether trump lied about whether he lost the last election, which he lost fair and square. That doesn't matter who. Look, they're there have been people questioning our elections in our election results,<\/a> going back for, for 25, 30 years i think it's the rationalization. There hasn't been an election where one party's supporters stormed the capitol during the electoral college <\/a>which certification of the election. So this is just fundamentally different. The extent of his challenges, the length of them, be projection of falsehoods about widespread fraud that we're just never substantiated. That is different than what we have seen i don't think you're going to have another election in this country if we don't win this election and he is laying the groundwork to undermine an election. Again, if he loses donald trump has told us from the very beginning of his time in politics that he would not respect the results of any election in which he was not the winner trump <\/a>is unquestionably a political survivor. This is what the end result <\/a>he's the first president to be impeached twice. The only president to be convicted of 34 felonies and charged with 54 more and just one of two former presidents who were shot and survived, shocking assassination attempts <\/a>what happened? i had god on my side,<\/a> donald trump has survived it all to now, run again for hafez. 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