Ladies and gentlemen. This is our president making clear that greenland is not for sail. The Prime Minister says they are in an absurd discussion. Thats where the discussion ends. Sounds like a grownup over there. Two weeks later he cancelled his plans snubbing the Prime Minister and the queen of denmark who issued the formal invitation. Last night, the president wrote, based on Prime Ministers frederiksens comments that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of greenland, i will be postponing this is bugsy siegl saying if you dont sell it to me im going to get you. After blindsiding with his cancellation. He went further today and called the danish Prime Minister nasty. I look forward to going, but i thought that the Prime Ministers statement that it was absurd, that was it was an absurd idea was nasty. I thought it was an inappropriate statement. All they had to do is say, no, wed rather not do that. Or wed rather not talk about it. Dont say what an absurd idea that is. Because shes not talking to me. Excuse me, shes not talking to me, shes talking to the United States of america. You dont talk to the United States that way. At least under me. Picking a fight with denmark, he scrambled a close relationship both countries have enjoyed for a long, long time. Denmark is a devoted u. S. Ally that has shown an incredible love for this country of ours. Its one of the few things overseas that celebrates american independence on the fourth of july. They celebrate our independence. Ive known this for years. More bizarre is that trump scrapped the trip after downplaying his differences with denmark on sunday when he said the prospect of buying greenland wasnt even a top concern of his. Well, ill talk to them a little bit. Its not number one on the burner, ill tell you that. Were looking at it. Its not number one on the burner. I can certainly talk about it. But not, not top on the list. Well, trumps sudden decision also appeared to blindside the u. S. Ambassador to denmark who tweeted, denmark is ready for the president. Just hours before trump cancelled his trip. Now that the president deepening the rift further by publicly accuses denmark of spinning too little on selfdefense to nato. He says the country is paying way short for the military protection provided. Sorry. Im joined by the New York Times columnist michelle goldberg, tim obrien, National Political reporter for nbc news, and White House Correspondent pbs news hour. Boy, we have a heavy weight group to talk about a light weight conversation. This is embarrassing. Michelle, i dont know how you can make a column out of this, its so small. Denmark is a good country. Its pro american as it would like we dream of any country like our country. Now this guy like bugsy siegl walks by like in a movie, i like that house, i want to buy your house. Right. Lets also remember this is a country that has suffered you know disproportion fat casualties supporting america in the various wars in the middle east. And he stuck to the nazis. This whole thing is so preposterous. Look, i said earlier, this is kind of, if you propose this as a worst Case Scenario for what the Trump Administration would unfold three years ago, people wouldnt have believed you. Right. This was this infan tile win. This completely absurd proposition that you are going to buy this sovereign territory. For what reason has never been made clear. This is just the kind of autocratic flight of fancy that he has now decided to use to throw American Foreign policy into chaos and what hes doing besides bullying this country that has historically been an ally, in part, i think because he cant tolerate countries led by women and particularly cant tolerate women who say no to him. Hes also put the world on notice that you are to humor, even his most ridiculous autocratic pronouncements, you have to take them seriously or hes going to use the full weight of the American Government and American Power to get revenge. And everyone who is tolerating this, everyone in the Republican Party, everyone in the Foreign Policy establishment in the state department, who keeps on acting as if we have a president , as if we have a functioning Foreign Policy, as if this country, as if he has not just taken you know american credibility built over decade and set it on fire is being you know to use the word that trump likes to use, disloyal, i think, to this country. My god. After accusing jewish people yesterday of being hes throwing out this crazy talk. Anyway, a danish Prime Minister said today she was disappointed and surprised the president decided to can sell the visit to our country. The former Prime Minister called it deeply insulting to the people of greenland and denmark. Danish lawmakers says no autonomous parts of our country are for sale. Alaska . Please show some respect. A former finance minister, its like, i dont know what to say. Denmark used to own the virgin islands. Are they going to ask for a resale . What is . Its crazy talk . I mean, look. There is nothing wrong with looking at a huge piece of land in the world and saying if you are a real estate tycoon. I would love to have that piece of land. Denmark is not selling reminds me if somebody calls me and says, id love to buy your house. This happens sometimes, somebody calls, says, id love to buy your house. This is like youre turning it down and theyre going to spray paint your house with epithets of your children and leaving grenades on your lawn. The behavior is incredible. You know i dont think the rest of the world is looking at trump and thinking to themselves, you know, were worried that trump is going to treat us this way. I think theyre looking at the United States and laughing at us. Tim, at the same time hes treating a pretty nice little country. I dont mean to be condescending. Its a nice small country. They cause us no trouble. In fact, they are devoted about our values. I have been reading how they celebrate the fourth of july over there. Then hes trying to get russia, one of the ogre powers of the world back into the g7. Everything is upsidedown. This has been this is fastian. Were going to be the worst people in the world to get something. What are we getting out of the worst people in the world . What are we getting out of trump . There is a faustian bargain. Its on the voters side who elected him and the politicians who continue to enable him. Remember, this is a day in which not only this farce about greenland continued, but, he embraced descriptions of himself as god and as the king. I forgot and the jews. And selfdescribed as he said i am the chosen one. And what were losing in the midst of this bonkers behavior, the this is what the president has been for 70 years. This is not inconsistent with who he is. He has done these outlandish things highs entire life. But when it comes right now to Foreign Policy and what hes doing in greenland, in the wake of this kind of behavior, hes not focused on kashmir. Hes not focused on iran. He is not focused on north korea. He is not focused on a failing nation state in venezuela. And i think whats unusual about this moment compared to past moments, is i think that you see trump moving almost into full panic mode. I think he is feeling the reality that the economy is spraying around the edges. He has farmers in the midwest who are upset about the costs of his trade war. He cannot control the outcome of those things. He had been branded a racist after weeks and weeks of fauxmenting racist division because he is a racist and hes not able to control that label. And i think you are going to see more of this. I think whats particularly worrisome on the International Stage is whether this bleeds into him taking actions against north korea or iran or another country in order to shore himself up. Wag the dog. As i mentioned at the same time, hes snubbing a close ally. Trump is again calling to be reinstated to the group of seven. Russia used to be a member. Their invasion of crimea got them injected back if 2014. He says president obama is to blame. Its come up, should we put russia back in . We spend a lot of time talking about russia at those meetings. And theyre not there. I think it would be a good thing if russia were there. They were taken out because putin outsmartd on crimea on the red line on other things, totally outsmarted obama. Obama was upset. They took them out. I think russia should be a part of it because were looking for world peace. You know, sometimes he acts like they do have something on him. Like they got picture, movies, they got something. Why is he their agent . Why is he working for russia again . Obviously, the white house would say, take issue with that, steven. What is he doing right there . I got the tape. Hes out there. Of course, what his two favorite topics which meshed together on the white house lawn out there was obama and russia. All this stuff with denmark, the reason im dock this is obama let people disrespect america. I need to somehow get americas respect back up around the world. You talk to his supporters. At least the people respect us again. When you listen to his statements or the music at his rallies, at least im an american, at least im flee free. There is this theme im the chosen one, im the person who can fix all of your problems. When if reality weve seen i have been talking to Foreign Policy expert s, people are on edge nobody knows how to deal with President Trump, nobody understands his Foreign Policy. I want to follow this up with you and the others, if i were president , i think about rarely, this does occur to me. You go to bed you are worried about kashmir and india and pakistan going to another war, which is not going to end well. You think about whats going on with russia and the inf treaty gone. The fact that we have no deal with iran now, nuclear weapons. All these things are up in the aired and you could well lose the pretty to the heart of donald trump to a woman. It is possible he could lose to Elizabeth Warren, its very possible. Hes miserable. So what is he doing . He engages in these stupid frisbee games, fighting with the danes, the danish Prime Minister is now among the many people who the president , most of them women has accused of being nasty. Look at this, that list includes, a lot of women here. Nancy pelosis nasty. Meghan markle is nasty. Kamela harris, the mayor of san juan, ted cruz, marco rubio and Hillary Clinton. Michelle, hes got a lot of nasties on his list. I think thats projection. I think hes a misogynist. Well e we weve all known that. He gets incensed like i said before, when a woman says no to him or when he feels he is being humiliated and laughered at by women. In effect he is getting laughered at by women all over the world, Women Leaders in scandinavia, in germany, every kind of everywhere there are women in power, they are laughing at this ridiculous example of male bluster run amuck. You can also look for women to be the first women to flee the Republican Party and supporting donald trump if a recession actually happens. You talk to women republicans, they have very, very already on edge with the president and i can see them saying, you know what, i dont have to put up with this. We got the numbers yesterday. And its not just 32 deficit among women as opposed to a 13 deficit before. Yeah. Its not just the suburban College Educated women we saw. You are seeing nonCollege Educated women who are a part of that, nonCollege Educated white women a part of that trump base in 2016 running away from him. I want the two women to respond. The first woman something to be done. It hasnt been done yet. We dont know how it happened, what type of situation. This situation we are in now with a president who is troubling to a lot of people. Mostly women. Troubling to people. May help create the opportunity for women to win the president seat. Normally there wouldnt be one there. This guy may be the enabler as weird as it seems. Hes so awful. It goes back to that ris crock joke george bush celebrated the africanamerican atmosphere that ushered in the barack obama for being president. Donald trump for all the flaws, he is really i think laid bare some of the flaws of america. Laid bare what people think of women. Laid bare what people think of black people, laid bare what people are telling their neighbors to go back to their country if they dont agree with that. I think that swell could usher in democrats electing a woman president. Michelle, hes not a great advertisement for male leadership, is he . There is a term in business called the glass cliff. Right. Which is that women are sometimes brought into companies when they have been so poorly run that kind of theyre finally willing to take a chance on a him who. That could be what happens in 2020. I mean, i certainly hope so. Yeah, my daughter has been running a company out west. I should mention. I never talk about it. Thats what shes doing. Now she will be mad at me. Thank you. My guests are sticking with us. Way over the heads of what we are talking about, which is trump. You guys as a group are way overhead. Coming up, President Trumps whiplash on guns, here he goes again. With background checks, we are dealing with democrats. We are dealing with republicans. We are dealing with the nra. We are dealing with gun owners. We are dealing with everybody. I think we will have something, hopefully, thats meaningful. Well, he says he wants to get something done on background checks right. After one phone call with the nra Wayne Lapierre, he retreats and starts parodying there flashing points. After attacking jewish points after what trump calls their disloyalty for israel he says thats where their loyal tis presume to lie. Keep up that chatter. We have much more to get to tonight. Stick with us. We have much more to get to tonight. Stick with us. Ok everyone our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentysix vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. And twentysix vitamins and minerals. They give us excellent customer otservice, every time. E. 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Ya i dont even know your phone anymore. Excuse me . what . I dont know your phone number. Aw well. He doesnt know our phone number you have our fax number, obviously. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Ill pass. What happened to the strong appetite for background checks . Oh, i have an appetite for background checks. We will be doing background checks. Were working with democrats. Were working with republicans. We already have strong background checks. But we will be filling in some of the lop holes as we call them. Huh, loopholes as we call them. That was President Trump today once again defending himself from what one Trump Administration described as the president s messy and confusing, an administration official, background checks for gun purchases. On the wakes of shootings in el paso and dayton, his statements have gone from one end of that spectrum to the other. There is a great appetite and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks and i think we can bring up background checks like weve never had before. There are things we can do, but we already have very serious background checks. We have strong background checks. Look, the nra has taken a tough stance. I understand it. Its a slippery slope. That leads to a lot of bad things. I dont agree with it. Im concerned that no matter what we agreed ed to, when we get there im concerned the democrats will say, oh, well, we now want this, and we want and you know its a slippery slope. You know, tim, in the old cowboy movies, they were politically incorrect im sure by todays standards, you have some guys, probably a hollywood writer say you pale face speak in two different direction at the same time or double talk. Whats changed with the president s comments . The president spoke to nra chief exec live Wayne Lapierre a couple times this past week. He denied they included talking about background checks and take him off the table. Watch him trying to get out of it. No, i didnt say anything about it. We had a great talk with wayne yesterday. Didnt say anything ab about that we talked about concepts, wayne agrees things have to be done also. Wayne, my friend, my wayne. Taking a line from nra talking points, the president has changed his focus not only on the gun or guns, but on the person pulling the trigger now. People shoot people, guns dont, saying the priority should be a mental helpth. Back with me now, tim, this double talk, it is four ton