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Than he has as president. so how does that square with what he is now saying about admiral mccraven? >> i'm not sure it does square. certainly there has been a key budget increase over the last year, not truthfully all that significant compared to past budget increases. but i'm trying to kind of square that with, you know, the way he has coordinated with our allies, the ways he has made it tougher in some cases for our military to maintain those alliances, to counter some of the things that are going on around the world, the broadening of various threats and how we are addressing them from a n...

2011 after the bin laden raid was successful and took out osama bin laden he gave a statement saying i want to congratulate president obama and u.s. forces on a job well done. that is a pretty big departure from what he had been saying. >> a job well done overseen by admiral mccraven. >> thank you so much. joining us now, someone who served with the admiral, also cnn global affairs analyst max boot. i want to start with you. president trump maintains that he has quote done more for the military than any president in many, many years and that nobody has been more with the military than he has...

Sacrificing, that of all the places that he goes, notably his golf courses, he ought to have been able to find the time to go to both iraq and afghanistan a long time ago. >> and what message does it send the fact that he hasn't? >> well, i don't think -- i think the obvious message to the troops is that he doesn't support them. he's not concerned about what they're doing and their welfare and the performance of their mission. >> he talks about the troops an awful lot, though, and he talks about the pay raises that he has pushed through and the military spending increases that he helped usher ...

Of -- no, no. just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase which they didn't even ask for. capitalism has not always existed in the world and it will not always exist if the world. medicare for all is actually much more -- is actually much cheaper than the current system we pay right now. >> you hear democrats these days saying, oh gosh, the president is telling fibs, we're going to fact check him. you should check what every politician says. now their darling there, they're fact checking her and the washington post goes through all some of the claims and find there are a...

The ambassador so he had an uphill climb because he was the incoming governor. now is leading by 800 votes. if you have a m aga candidate instead of an establishment pick it will make it more interesting. it goes a long way. rob: appreciate your time. jillian: 18 after the hour. alexandria ocasio-cortez doesn't always have her facts straight. >> employment is low because everyone has two jobs. we gave the military $700 billion budget increase which they didn't even ask for. jillian: wait until you hear what she says about the middle class. rob: taking a stand for the and them, turning off the ...