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In terms of this particular issue, not only have the japanese companies been trying this, but the data doesn't work to support what the president's saying. in terms of jobs lost, manufacturing jobs lost, about 90% of the manufacturing jobs lost have gone to productivity, not to trade. he is just talking to this very narrow slice of americans that are his base who don't care about facts. and it may seem very confusing to foreign leaders because he doesn't make any sense. but he's talking to a few americans who live in a make believe world that dovetails with his interests and their interests an...

That are involved here. >> not to mention that the historic demilitarization of japan is something that the united states wanted after world war ii. this was a region that we very deliberately wanted to keep demilitarized as long as possible. >> yeah. well, you know, i mean, remember, you know, candidate trump suggesting that perhaps the best thing would be for the japanese to have their own nuclear capability so he's not really grounded in history or reason. >> but it's so odd to me that these are index card sized talking points that you have time for on air force one flying across the pacifi...

He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the united states. he will easily shoot them out of the sky and we make the best military equipment by far. it's a lot of jobs for us and a lot of safety for japan. >> joining us now, david rothkompf, a visiting scholar at a carnegie endowment for international peace. david, so much to talk about here. first of all, that comment of the era of strategic patience is over with north korea, what is the alternative to patience? >> well, there is no alternative to patience and i think one o...

Department of defense and the national security adviser are reining in the president because they're afraid he's going to say something reckless and insane because he keeps doing that. >> david, apparently no one's explained to the president why the national of samurai warriors has not been shooting down missiles. >> yeah. well, there are a couple of problems with the president's statement on this. not the least of which is that shooting down these missiles doesn't work very often and takes a lot of missiles to do it typically. and, you know, i just don't think he really quite understands the ...

With his interests and their interests and is about emotions and where facts play no role in it at all. >> david, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. coming up,connecticut senator chris murphy responds to the national rifle association's dismissal of the plague of mass murder in the united states. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what?