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Should have been making. that's his job. >> more to russia. there was a lot of conversation today about russia. i want to play the sound when president trump was asked specifically about recent acts by russia, things that were provocative and how would he respond. take a listen. >> i don't want to be one of these guys that say, yes, here's what we're going to do. i don't have to do that. >> there will be -- >> i don't have to tell you what i'm something to do in north korea. wait a minute. i don't have to tell you what i'm going to do in north korea. and i don't have to tell you what i'm going...

Today. >> i am the least anti-semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. number two, racism. the least racist person. in fact, we did very well relative to other people running as a republican. quiet, quiet. he lied about he was going to ask about a very straight, simple question. so welcome to the world of the media. let me just tell you something, that i hate the charge, i find it repulsive, i hate even the question. >> he cut off that jewish reporter who asked him that question. what did you think of that response? >> i look at that and say, you know, we have a president who ...

He also talked today about military restructuring and rebuilding the u.s. military. your response just in that vein, just to -- everything you heard him say about the military. >> it's true in the military, the first thing you want to do is tell the enemy what you're going to do because the element of surprise is one of the elements of war. we're not in the middle of a war. we're trying to make russia do things we would like them to do and keep them from doing things we don't want them to do. in that kind of circumstance, the best thing you can do is to telegraph, to say, i'm going to do this ...

Of news one now. thank you for being here. i'm going to start with ron, you get the honors because i'm curious as a republican strategist, as somebody who's been in the room when a boss says, i want to go out there, i want to talk to the press, have you heard anything like this before and who do you think the audience was? >> this is a great question and a great topic. first thing, i've tried to make sense of all of this. the parameter i use when evaluating every step donald trump takes is, does this advance the conservative movement? does this advance the cause of putting conservative public ...

Do you believe that would have been appropriate? >> well, it all depends on who said what. and it's really hard for you or i to analyze not knowing those things. i think once a president-elect is chosen, some interaction with foreign governments is natural and to be expected. now, obviously the question is exactly what those interactions consist of, were promises made, none of that we know. >> do you agree with the president that the reporting on his staff's connections with russia during the campaign, in his words, are a ruse, there is nothing here to investigate? >> again, my answer is i don...