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Response that he doesn't know mcgurk and that president obama appointed him. well, he served president george w. bush as well. mcgurk joins james mattis who also resigned this week. the president said he gave him a second chance after obama fired him. joining us is a foreign correspondent for "the new york times." thank you for being here with me. let me start with you. this is significant for a couple of reasons. one, this was the top official in charge of fighting isis. >> it is. >> and number two, it could be an indication of things to come. talk about the significance of the departure. >> ...

Lederman reports on -- an nbc news reporter that essentially he was guaranteed the -- the president was guaranteed that turkey would take over fighting isis and yet turkey has been attacking the kurds. what do you make of that? >> not only has turkey been attacking the kurds but one of the biggest roadblocks that mcgurk and the coalition dealt with was turkey. turkey did not want us to be backing the kurds because they consider the kurds to be an existential threat since a wing of this movement has been leading the insurgency in turkey. so to me it's unlikely that turkey is now going to sudden...

So much push back. one of the things that's been most frustrating with people on both sides of the aisle trump has not provided any information behind his decision explaining why what he's doing is actually the right thing, despite what all of the foreign policy experts said. even when he comes oud and says, well, turkey is going to take over he hasn't explained how they'll take over and how it's more effective than what the united states is already doing. he's making the decisions in his head apart from the advice of experts and those who know. >> i think this is an important point, ali, who ...