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The word war is not good. i am not sure what he's trying to do. i thought he would tamp it down. i thought some of his aids would get him to get under control, maybe general kelly or tillerson, he did not. he should be the guy be quiet and let his secretary of state and defense to be the bad cop and him weighing in at the appropriate time. that's not what's happening. by doing that, he's limiting his options and making things a little tenser. >> and again, he seems to be setting a confrontation that somebody has to blink on august 15th. >> yeah, this is plain chicken on geo political scale. if...

The lack of rhetorical patience. that is the time it takes for something to come into his mind and pop out of his mouth. the fact of the matter is, this is a very serious and dangerous moment. when which we think about president kennedy doing the cuban missile crisis and his insistence that the state department and the white house be on the same page with respect to the message. >> and they are. >> which presumes that there is a message. >> it just seems they had to come come out quickly and give a message than what the president said yesterday. we'll drill down deeper on this a little later. ...

Just of war, but perhaps preemptive war, also a collection of remarkable statements, and blunt language some directed to a key ally. the bottom line, plenty to talk about after two memorable appearances by the president today. here's a sample. >> the people of questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, many years. it's about time somebody stuck up for. >> reporter: what would be tougher than fire and fury? >> well, you'll see. >> reporter: do you have any response to the russian president expelling 755 wor...

He knows what happens in war. he compares itapolcolyptic lang. it was striking to me. when you look at trump and i was thinking about this today, it is very mump like a real estate guy saying, okay, my building is the biggest and the best and i am going to -- this is what i can tell you because you are going to have to go check me out and there is no way you can figure me out that it is not. he's using the same kind of tactic in real estate and new york only, it does not work in international diplomacy and it won't work in north korea. >> jonah mattis, he used the

We have not convinced him yet that it is in his best interest to take aggressive action to help him stop this threat. >> gloria, there is someirony, his name is mad dog is the one ratcheting down. he knows what war looks like which the president has not served and to actually have mattis but the one, say, look, we adodon't need to describe it any other way. >> i meryl streep ycould not he that general sciutto showed of a sober diplomat. he becomes the diplomat in this situation.