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The president said we're not going to be in the middle east. we don't want to be part of those blood-stained sands. if you think about it, how does that resonate to a south korean? does that mean we're not going to be with our south korean allies in those snow-capped mountains of the korean peninsula? how does this sound to an estonian? does it mean that when the going gets tough the united states may not be there? so that credibility in our alliance structure which is our greatest single advantage in the world, john, is undermined badly by this decision. >> you're talking about the word of th...

Sidelines on russia. we have an approach to north korea that other people shrug kim jong-un -- their shoulders at. >> yeah. >> they have a wonderful this is a fundamental departure. relationship. of course, they had to be reminded that actually melania again, donald trump came into office you know this, joe, he believed two things has never met kim jong-un. but one bizarre claim after passionately. he believed that the entire set another. we'll go through all of those in of commitments he inherited a minute. we still though have to -- we wasn't worth it. that the price was much greater have to...

Pay. they were delinquent. they were delinquent. i'm tired of paying for other nations anyway. i have to be honest with you. [ cheers and applause ] and today our nation is stronger than ever before. >> our nation. he never -- he took the nato thing and he took it a step forward and it feels like the next step is i'm not going to pay the dues. >> this is why every foreign friend of the u.s. i speak to says i think we can make it through these four years, the next year and a half. emboldened and the implications that would have around the world of what people think about u.s. reliability and u....

And the host of "the noon hour eastern time" on weekdays on this very network. and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon, former counsel to house intel. and, jeremy, it is your past as someone who knows general mattis and has worked with him. how bad did it have to get for him to do this? second part of the question, where do you assess our risk right now?s >> extremely bad, brian, because secretary mattis has told confidants over the past several weeks that he was not going to quit out of fatigue or frustration. he would stand his ground unless the president asked him to ...

To destroy the alliance structure that has kept us strong since world war ii. and, in essence, to see a lot of territory and game to iran and russia in the middle east, that was enough for jim mattis. he's gone. he's been pushed out and president trump has jumped a key guardrail. brian, tonight i think he is driving american foreign policy into uncharted territory. and i think what is of concern tonight is that when adversaries see the united states in such chaos and such dysfunction, both domestically and internationally, that is a recipe for mischief by our adversaries. >> andrea, what is yo...