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And so and they should be asked that question. and we ll see what they say. we saw what happened with cory gardener, u.s. senator from colorado who is up for reelection in 2020. so this is the questions and this is what republicans are going to have to deal with. and jeff, jake touched on this. this is a big deal. they are paying attention to this president s moves in moscow, beijing and tehran. and what they re telling other countries in the region that they are pressuring and leaning on and trying to win over is you cannot trust the americans. they will bug out. they will make commitments to you that they will not keep. so if you can mess with us, fine. we re not going anywhere. those guys are fair weather friends and that s a real problem for american foreign policy going forward. it s not so much are we there or not there, but if we re there and we ve made commitments to do something in this manner, actually creates the kind of problems that most american politicians are trying ....
Do you think one of the reasons why republicans have been so quick to criticize president trump on the syria issue is they didn t think they were able to do it on ukraine so they re letting off steam here? i think they didn t know anything about i. most of them think it s the wrong decision. if you look at this from abroad, think about the message our allies are getting from the united states. half of the government, the president s party, and the opposition party, are against a major decision he made in a theater in which we were very involved up until a week ago. the pentagon has sent signals of it. thinks it s not the best idea according to the reporting. i think this is a mess from a political point of view. typically when presidents make decisions of this magnitude in war zones and in form theaters, they come to capitol hill. the administration briefs committee chairs, and they have a discussion about the wisdom of that. not that the administration is deferring to congress, but ....
And the impeachment, there is something similar that donald trump does all the time which you guys alluded to it. there s no strategy. there s never a strategy with this president. right? and he s floundering. he s impulsive which is incredibly problematic. and yes, the reason senators were caught flat footed in familiar in syria. even though they may have been talking about it or the trump administration may have been alluding to it. lindsey graham, the thing he s the most upset about it, he didn t know and didn t have the opportunity to step in and tell the president no. and so here s what s going to happen. they all come back next week and as jake knows, they re all going to be asked questions. tuesday, this week. yeah. i meant to say this week. i forgot. it s sunday. right. it s sunday. but they re all going to be asked on the impeachment inquiry. they re going to be asked hey, is it okay for the president of the united states to ask a foreign government to interfere in our ele ....
Talking points prepared. and strategy discussions. the president did none of that here. we had chairman of committee say i had no idea this was coming. so this is a complete mess from a political point of view in addition to the military hardship, and the or ally the kurds kind of being left out to dry and seeking help from syria or russia or whatever other power is willing to help them at this point. what s your take? i think that s right. this is not this is sort of a surprise announcement, but this is also that s been hanging out there for a long time. the president threatened to do this in march and it led to his defense secretary resigning. usually there s a communication that goes on. there was communication, it s been for a number of years republicans and democrats have told this administration that we need to have a strategy in this region. this is a bad situation. there s no easy answer to what s going on here. but for three years the administration has just sort of ....
Drifted and we ve had no strategy and eventually i guess the president decided he can throw in the towel on it. that s what happens when you don t figure out where you want to go and communicate with people about what you want to do. and as the consequences have been outlined, they re significant. i think you re a little right. i think some people were blowing off steam. i think there s a lot of republicans who are upset with the president for a lot of reasons. this is something that s been building. there s been a communication talking to this administration telling them they need to get their act together in this region. and as a democratic strategist, i m sure you know well president trump has jumped from scandal to controversy and really paid no consequences for it. does this moment feel different to you? absolutely. especially when it comes to impeachment inquiry. t pretty clear what happened. right? he called a foreign government, the president of a foreign government, and th ....