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I actually think what he's trying to do is set up a series of speeches and statements that shows he's turning over a legacy in a country that's in much better shape than it was when he got it. and that's obviously true in regard to the economy, but he's also now making the point that, look, we're doing better against isis than we were. we're making gains against isis. >> whether people want to believe that or not. >> whether people want to -- >> i have to get to the break, david. van, you wanted to make one last point. go ahead. >> i just want to say there are the hawks and the isolationists a...

Sense of it, the fleet was all there. >> right. >> we were wiped out. >> it was a terrible mistake. it was fdr's mistake. to the people who said did he do it deliberately, i don't think he would have wanted to start a war by something he would be rightly blamed for, this mistake of putting all the ships in one place in pearl harbor which was harder to defend. >> how did the american industrial complex such as it was then rebuild the fleet and mobilize so rapidly for the world war? >> we had a good start. roosevelt was conscious of the fact that so many americans were isolationists in 1940. he ...

Than we were. we're making gains against isis. >> whether people want to believe it or not. i have to get to the break, david. one last point. go ahead. >> i just want to say there are the hawks and the isolationists and trump makes promises to both. a promise to one is a lie to the other. at some point these things have to catch up. you're either going to go there and be more aggressive or you're going to stay at home. at some point this conservative populist alliance is going to have to be rebalanced if it doesn't break. >> thank you, gentlemen. i'll see some of you a little later shoethe sh...

They're isolationists. they're not for free trade and they're not pro-life. they actually have this nichial world view that is the opposite of my view of conservatism. i also agree with peter, you can't exactly blame donald trump. what he should do is say what ronald reagan said in 1984, many people are welcome in our house but not the bigots. he needs to call them out. >> he needs to do more in this transition -- >> wait, i would say one more quick thing. there were 200 people in that room. maybe 300. so it's horrible. i denounce them. but a couple hundred people, you know, this isn't exactly...

Because they feel like they have a friend in the white house and they are not entirely wrong in that feeling. >> wait, you're saying they have a friend in the white house? >> they believe -- they have watched what donald trump has done, they have watched he go again and again after vulnerable religious and racial minorities and they have taken aid and comfort from that and that's also part of the reason we now see this kind of wave of hate crimes across the country. i'm not saying donald trump agrees with these people. i am saying that he has done specific things that have made it much easier ...