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A photo-op. you don't go and joke about vice president biden and others have to say. you promote american values like human rights and democracy around the world. what we've seen is not only that he had this infatuation with dictators. he's also taken this america first into america alone. so it's that much harder, be it in the middle east, be it in north korea, be it in iran, russia or even trade in china to actually bring our allies along with us to deter bad behavior. so i think that you stand up, you don't coddle.

And in a weird way obama's speech may be helpful to trump get his base out in the same way that every time trump makes a divisive speech in a rally it may be useful in obama base in getting them to come out this fall. >> ryan, as i pointed out president obama had not a lot to say before the election, but it didn't make much of a difference. it's weird watching he predicted all of this as a lot of people did. do you think it's going to make much of a difference now? >> well, i think, look, i think that his speech is being misinterpreted a little bit by a lot of people today. i didn't think it w...

Don't coddle nazis or use your justice department to go after political enemies. don't violate -- criticize the first amendment and call reporters the enemies of the people. and you know don't suck up to foreign adversaries like russia. these are all not that long ago those were all pretty nonideological ideas. >> ryan, i think you are right. what does that say about trump then? because. >> it's just like with the funeral where people would say bipartisan is great, mccain had character. >> these are statements of facts. they aren't political attacks. >> and people interpreted that as an attack...

Don't use the department of justice to -- don't use the department of justice to go after the political enemies. don't attack the first amendment and the press. and russia is an adversary. don't coddle an adversary. if you had read that, you wouldn't say it's a partisan speech. >> listen to the section about the press. >> i complained plenty about fox news. but you never heard me threaten to shut them down. or call them enemies of the people. it shouldn't be democratic or republican to say we don't target certain groups of people based on what they look like or how they pray. we are americans....

The constitution? >> in order to-- >> mr. president, don't coddle the union? the at some point he should have said end quote there. >> peter: i think what he says resonates with a lot of people in america who say, listen the public unions are making a lot more money than i am. they've got better benefits. they're not paying into the health care the way i do. in private employment situations so let's be realistic in this time period, but a lot of the state governments face fiscal debt. >> alisyn: and the tea party crowd seemed to like his message. >> peter: they did, fired up. >> alisyn: let's ...