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To vladimir putin. and i'm sorry, you have to ask the question why is donald trump the only person in washington, d.c. that wants to give this massive favor to vladimir putin? why is donald trump the only foreign policy thinker in washington, d.c. that wants to help a vladimir putin in a way that has russia celebrating openly? you have to ask the question. and i'm sure we're going to find some answers in the future. >> admiral, thank you very much. still ahead on "morning joe," more from the president's taped announcement on syria policy where he invokes the memory of fallen american troops ...

By the president of the united states. first asked about the president's declaration that isis has been defeated. president putin said quote donald is right and i agree with him. then asked about the pledge to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. he said it's the right thing to do. what is your reaction to putin's reaction to donald trump? >> it's amazing. next you know, we may as well as pull out of ukraine and call georgia ukraine and nato enemies and russia will praise us even more for that. the russians wanted us to leave, they want the middle east. if they think isis is defeated they are feed...

The state department that it would be, quote, reckless to simply declare victory and leave. this was just last week. the trump administration also stated just last week that there was months of fighting still left. just look at what the trump administration was saying just last week. if. >> we really are now down to the last 1% of the physical territory. we're prepared to maintain the stabilization effort in iraq and syria. this will take a period of years. so the enduring defeat of isis means not just physical defeat, but make sure we are training local security forces. we also have other int...

Ensure that defeat is enduring. >> our parents taught us if something seems too good to be true, then it's not true. i always tell my kids, if something doesn't make there's, there's a reason it doesn't make sense. you have the pentagon, the nato community, everybody across the world except for the mullahs in iran, the terrorists of isis and vladimir putin in russia saying this is a terrible move. yesterday donald trump is doing it, anyway, when his own administration is saying what a dreadful mistake it is to cut and run. nobody supports this in the foreign policy establishment. none of our a...

Radical islam, i understand it. they're not tired of fighting you. if you don't get that, they're making a huge mistake. 2200 troops is a very small footprint. it's an insurance policy against isis coming back. above all else, i want to defend the nation against threats and i want allies. and what you've done if we withdraw, you're going the make it harder to find allies. >> honestly, this makes what obama did in iraq -- it's replicating that, but in many ways it's worse because we're in a situation where we're very close. it's a terrible thing for our nation. it's a terrible thing for the. al...