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Speech, he preceded it by some very important words, and that was if the united states is forced to defend itself or its allies. so, you know, president trump has been careful even though he uses bombastic language, he couches it in self-defense. eric: and that is -- >> the north koreans aren't doing that. eric: that's always been the u.s. policy anyway, hasn't it been? >> it has been. and matter of matter of fact, ik at president trump's words, and fiery as they were, they really were just a restatement of u.s. deterrence policy which has always talked about massive retaliation if the united ...

>> they're basically following the united states rain now because trump has the initiative. you have to remember that what the president said was we will totally destroy north korea, but that was after the words if we are forced to defend ourselves or our allies. what trump did was he restated the american deterrence policy. he put it into different words in that choice of words is catching attention. not only of the chinese and russians, but the japanese and south koreans as you pointed ou out. >> julie: i want to point out the japanese because they have been extremely silent. definitely a si...

Intemperate -- with his intemperate moral weakness in response to charlottesville. it's very concerning for all of us as americans. while all this has been going on, of course, there's the debate over what to do about steve bannon. it was front and center when i was at the state department yesterday. mattis and tillerson both were asked about bannon undercutting the north korean deterrence policy. you have the japanese officials standing there and witnessing all of this. now, there are reports -- we have been reporting -- i was talking to kristen welker earlier -- that bannon may well be out t...

Many republicans have raised in the wake of charlottesville. you have bob corker coming out with some very strong language saying it all raises significant questions about the president's ability to lead. and could potentially peril the country. so not only is it a problem in terms of messaging, but it's a problem in terms of the president's relationship with his own fellow republicans. that could create some significant problems, not only as he grappled with the foreign policy issues you mapped out, but also for his domestic legislative agenda. >> this is a critical time regarding steve banno...

The united states invented the internet and it's time to maintain our values on it. speaks to a deterrence policy long overdue. >> bret: where are we on cybersecurity? lot of the news is focused on russia and what happened during the election. every day our institutions are under attack. >> the president trump issued an order in may and it took these issues. one key issue was the security of small and medium-sized businesses. global companies like mastercard and microsoft. small and medium-sized businesses have to manage cyber risks. it links to the larger companies. the focus of the institute...