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How did he advance america's interests, how did he hinder them? here to talk about this is our panel. eliot abrams joins us from washington, he was the national security advisor for george w. bush and reportedly a top contender for the deputy secretary of state job in the trump administration. ann applebaum, columnist for "the washington post" and pulitzer prize winning historian. let's do this sequentially. ann, what did you think of donald trump's speech in poland. i was struck by the way in which he spoke of the west really as a kind of civilization more than an idea. >> yes, that was very ...

Relentlessly, and by name. >> i and others said that this is a very dangerous thing to do because you're personalizing this. >> you told him that? >> but marina and others believe the ultimate motive may not have been personal at all. rather, it was all about money. we learn that in 2005 and 2006, litvinenko made multiple visits to spain, helping prosecutors take down a major organized crime ring. one that litvinenko publicly claimed had financial ties to president putin. putin's office has never responded to that allegation. ann applebaum, a pulitzer prize-winning author and expert on russia....

Why? we have ann applebaum and nigel farage up next to explain. now that fedex has helped us simplify our e-commerce, we could focus on bigger issues, like our passive aggressive environment. we're not passive aggressive. hey, hey, hey, there are no bad suggestions here... no matter how lame they are. well said, ann. i've always admired how you just say what's in your head, without thinking. very brave. good point ted. you're living proof that looks aren't everything. thank you. welcome. so, fedex helped simplify our e-commerce business and this is not a passive aggressive environment. i just ...

I'm here in london for this special edition of "gps." we're going to talk about the rise of populism around the world. it's not just brexit, not just trump. it's happening many places. joining me in london, nigel farage, and in warsaw, anne applebaum, who is a past recipient of the pulitzer prize for nonfiction. nigel, you heard the previous panel. they're all as foreigners shocked by donald trump and shocked. you're not, right? >> no, i'm not. can i say that the word populism, i first heard it ten years ago. the present european commission called me a populist, which i thought was a complimen...

At the average american person and says your life seems hard. it's all the fault of mexicans and muslims and chinese people -- >> that's your interpretation. >> and i'll get tough on them. isn't he directing a lot of that fury or angst to the other, to the outsider, to the foreigner? >> well, i don't think he's blamed all the world's problems on minorities. you know, he's got a lot further than i would have gone in some of his speeches. i get that. and it's very interesting. you know, anne applebaum talks about the far right and the far left. very interesting, isn't it? when you're in the midd...