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Don't have a doctrine. >> i like to think of myself as a very flexible person. i don't have to have one specific way and if the world changes, i go the same way. i don't change. well, i do change. >> reporter: trump says he trusts himself commands are pressing him to flex military muscle. in yemen, in iraq and syria where trump has spent hundreds of additional troops since taking office and in afghanistan, where general h.r. mcmaster is traveling soon to plot the military. >> i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. >> reporter: military experts are talking to a popular saying,

It's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: abandoning his hardline stance on china. >> great relationship. >> reporter: calling president xi jinping a partner to counter north korea's nuclear threats. >> president xi wants to do the right thing. we had a very good bonding. i think we had a very good chemistry together. i think he wants to help us with north korea. >> reporter: if a trump foreign policy is emerging, it would be don't have a doctrine. >> i like to think of myself as a very flexible person. i don't have to have one specific way and if the world changes, i go the same way. i don't chan...

Could lead to balance issues. that's because i'm trained to report any changes in behavior, no matter how small, so tom could have peace of mind. we'll be right there. we have to go. hey, tom. you should try right at home. they're great for us. the right care. right at home.

Was introspective about it last week as he preserved military targets in that he was once against. >> i like to think of myself as a very flexible person. i don't have to have one specific way. and if the world changes, i go the same way. >> reporter: to be sure, on many of his 180s, from nato to syria, the world has not changed. so the question is what has. sources close to trump tell me there are several ways to answer that. first, the obvious. he is a novice to politics and foreign policy who is getting a high stakes on the job education leading him to change some views. second, he is and a...

The past year in afghanistan overtly lending legit massly to the taliban claiming they're fighting isis there. he also says the military there, iran is supporting the taliban in that country. this is after the u.s. in 2001 ousted the taliban, the u.s.-backed government has had issues getting rid of the taliban throughout the whole country and the taliban has become more aggressive taking back portions from the western-backed government there. >> bill: back in the headlines. thank you, rich at the state department. thanks. >> shannon: mainstream media accusing president trump of flip-flopping. ...