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. >> i mean, brian, it all changed when donald trump hung up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there was president trump wasn't following a script. he was kind of riffing in that call with president erdogan, which is frankly what he does in a lot of his conversations with foreign leaders. he was not following the direction of his advisers for months now. the national security team around a president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this sort of series of dominoes that would fall from that decision, and trump has largely ignored their advice and wanted to follow his own impulses. he did that with the phone call, and in the span of really only a week, we've now seen calamity. this is a human story of what is happening there in story, but it's also a geopolitical one because it's a huge win for russia. it's a win for assad. it could be a win or at least giving new life to isis, and president trump is trying to defend the decision in tweets, but he has not sort of come forward and fully expl
. >> i mean, brian, it all changed when donald trump hung up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there was president trump wasn't following a script. he was kind of riffing in that call with president erdogan, which is frankly what he does in a lot of his conversations with foreign leaders. he was not following the direction of his advisers for months now. the national security team around a president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops...
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. >> i mean, brian, it all change when donald trump hang up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there, president trump was not following a script, he was kind of rif'ing with president erdogan. he was not following the direction of his advisers. for months now the national security team around the president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this series of dominos that would fall from that decision. trump has largely ignored their advice and wanted to follow his own instincts. he has done that. this is a human story of what's happening there in syria, but it's also a geopolitical one. it's a huge win for russia. it's a win for assad. it's at least giving new life to isis and president trump is trying to defend the decision in tweets but he has not come forward and fully explained what happened and why he did what he did and when to the american people. there's been no address or sort of formal communication from him to explain what's happening. all we're seeing are the images coming over of
. >> i mean, brian, it all change when donald trump hang up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there, president trump was not following a script, he was kind of rif'ing with president erdogan. he was not following the direction of his advisers. for months now the national security team around the president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this series of dominos that would fall from that decision. trump has...
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the president has been very clear on that point and reiterated that to president erdogan today. president trump pressed him very strongly in a telephone call
the president has been very clear on that point and reiterated that to president erdogan today. president trump pressed him very strongly in a telephone call
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erdogan got what he wanted. the russians can sit back and let the damage unroll while the americans are shown to be an inconstant ally and friend and if we do try to oppose the turks on this, now we have a problem inside nato, putin's fondest wish, to see nato fall apart. he doesn't have to lift a finger to make it fall apart, the president is doing the work for him. >> colonel jack jacobs and tom nichols, gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, the president says he's not cooperating with congress, period, because democrats are not being fair. what that might mean for this ongoing and burgeoning impeachment inquiry when we come back. >>> have you decided just finally that there will be cooperation with with the house impeachment? >> i made clear, i think the white house has made very clear, we will ensure that we do everything we're required to do by the law and the constitution, every time. >> those comments came a day after the white house appeared to declare a war on the house impeachment inqui
erdogan got what he wanted. the russians can sit back and let the damage unroll while the americans are shown to be an inconstant ally and friend and if we do try to oppose the turks on this, now we have a problem inside nato, putin's fondest wish, to see nato fall apart. he doesn't have to lift a finger to make it fall apart, the president is doing the work for him. >> colonel jack jacobs and tom nichols, gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, the president says...
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it's very important to president erdogan of turkey to push the kurds away from the border. it's clearly very important for the russians to maintain some sort of influence in that situation. so there are very real consequences there could be serious destabilization of the region. it's been suggested by analysts who are concerned that this could actually herald the resurgence of isis when there had been success clearly at defeating isis and routing it in the islamic state in iraq and syria. there are very real consequences. but it's interesting, as peter said, to connect it in a way with the context of the impeachment. there is also concern that as the president feels increasingly embattled and as adversaries, they'll feel increasingly emboldened to perhaps take advantage of the situation. and i think that's what we saw, at least with the white house initial characterization on sunday. it effectively was, well, the president spoke to president erdogan, the turkish president, and we decided to step aside and let them move forward with this offensive. now in the last couple of
it's very important to president erdogan of turkey to push the kurds away from the border. it's clearly very important for the russians to maintain some sort of influence in that situation. so there are very real consequences there could be serious destabilization of the region. it's been suggested by analysts who are concerned that this could actually herald the resurgence of isis when there had been success clearly at defeating isis and routing it in the islamic state in iraq and syria. there...
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i mean erdogan came out and said that as pompeo was on his way over there. so what's the point of this? >> and i thought that was mayor pete's strongest defense tonight. you know, you're right, eugene, that he is kind of smooth in the way he communicates. he's not rough around the edges. but there's an eloquence to it. >> he's got the eloquence. >> i do think that his eloquence actually is authentic. i think it's a little bit like barack obama. >> yeah. >> that barack obama had an ability when he was speaking, especially in speeches, to kind of soar and inspire people. and i think that mayor pete may do that. >> look, i'm just -- >> nobody had a really bad night tonight. i just want to say that. nobody had a really bad night tonight. elizabeth, while she was, you know, was getting attacked, it was tough for her. but, you know, she does really well at making her points. >> and she stuck to her message. >> forgive me, eugene. i owe you. beto o'rourke standing by with chris hayes. >> brian, thanks. congressman, there was an exchange tonight around mandatory gun
i mean erdogan came out and said that as pompeo was on his way over there. so what's the point of this? >> and i thought that was mayor pete's strongest defense tonight. you know, you're right, eugene, that he is kind of smooth in the way he communicates. he's not rough around the edges. but there's an eloquence to it. >> he's got the eloquence. >> i do think that his eloquence actually is authentic. i think it's a little bit like barack obama. >> yeah. >> that...
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his conversation most recently with the president of turkey, erdogan, and ultimately trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria hours after that phone call. the move clears the way for a turkish military operation in the region. it also leaves our closest regional ally in our fight against isis, the kurds, who have fought side by side with us for years, open to attacks from turkey, which views the kurdish forces to be a terrorist insurgency, every one of them. nbc news reports trump's decision blindsided kurdish forces as well as senior officials at the pentagon, as you might imagine, and the state department, and the white house, lawmakers on the hill and our own european allies. this morning trump sent out a warning saying, quote, if turkey does anything that i, and we're quoting here, in my great and unmatched wisdom consider to be offlimits, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey. i've done before. no one knows what that last item is a reference to. and yes, congress quickly piped up, and some members of congress are genuinely outraged, but the
his conversation most recently with the president of turkey, erdogan, and ultimately trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria hours after that phone call. the move clears the way for a turkish military operation in the region. it also leaves our closest regional ally in our fight against isis, the kurds, who have fought side by side with us for years, open to attacks from turkey, which views the kurdish forces to be a terrorist insurgency, every one of them. nbc news reports...
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an exceptionally stern faced mike pence negotiated the agreement with turkish president erdogan in which the white house conveniently agreed to hold off on imposing new sanctions. the kurds were not part of those negotiations. the deal essentially gives turkey what it wants, control over that land. as our own richard engel put it tonight, trump just gave away the homeland to the kurds' sworn enemy. today, senator mitt romney, who opposed trump's decision to pull troops out of syria, clearly had had enough. he went to the senate floor and suggested the administration may have been bullied into this deal. >> it's been suggested that turkey may have called america's bluff, telling the president they were coming no matter what we did. if that's so, we should know it. for it would tell us a great deal about how we should deal with turkey now and in the future. was there no chance for diplomacy? are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that turkey forced the hand of the united states of america? turkey? >> here for our lead-off discussion on this consequential thursday night, anna kumar, whi
an exceptionally stern faced mike pence negotiated the agreement with turkish president erdogan in which the white house conveniently agreed to hold off on imposing new sanctions. the kurds were not part of those negotiations. the deal essentially gives turkey what it wants, control over that land. as our own richard engel put it tonight, trump just gave away the homeland to the kurds' sworn enemy. today, senator mitt romney, who opposed trump's decision to pull troops out of syria, clearly had...
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erdogan got what he wanted. the russians can sit back and let the damage unroll while the americans are shown to be an inconstant ally and friend and if we do try to oppose the turks on this, now we have a problem inside nato, putin's fondest wish, to see nato fall apart. he doesn't have to lift a finger to make it fall apart, the president is doing the work for him. >> colonel jack jacobs and tom nichols, gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, the president says he's not cooperating with congress, period, because democrats are not being fair. what that might mean for this ongoing and burgeoning impeachment inquiry when we come back. impeachment inquiry when we come back ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, s
erdogan got what he wanted. the russians can sit back and let the damage unroll while the americans are shown to be an inconstant ally and friend and if we do try to oppose the turks on this, now we have a problem inside nato, putin's fondest wish, to see nato fall apart. he doesn't have to lift a finger to make it fall apart, the president is doing the work for him. >> colonel jack jacobs and tom nichols, gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, the president says...
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troops out of northern syria after that weekend conversation he had with erdogan. he has been subject to withering criticism ever since. today trump announced the turkish president will be visiting the white house next month. here for our lead-off discussion on a tuesday night, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." we welcome to the broadcast molly o'toole, reporter for "the los angeles times," and back with us jill wine-banks, attorney, former assistant watergate special counsel. good evening and welcome to you all. peter baker, that old term "stonewalling" is back in our lexicon. it seems to me it worked for this administration on aspects of the mueller report. stonewalling even worked for them in person when lewandowski went before the committee, and yet for much of it was not present. do they think they can win this going forward that way? and does this ever end with another sitting president deposed? >> yeah, it's a great question. look, this is a strategy to take it from the playbook of two other presidents who faced impeachme
troops out of northern syria after that weekend conversation he had with erdogan. he has been subject to withering criticism ever since. today trump announced the turkish president will be visiting the white house next month. here for our lead-off discussion on a tuesday night, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." we welcome to the broadcast molly o'toole, reporter for "the los angeles times," and back with us jill wine-banks, attorney,...
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three days after trump told erdogan that he would withdraw u.s. troops from syria. the letter was first released by trish regan of fox business and it reads, quote, dr. mrdr. mr.-- dear mr. president, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy. and i will. history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. it will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. don't be a tough guy. don't be a fool. i will call you later." there was also this from the president today while alongside the leader of italy. >> our country is looking into the corruption of the 2016 election. it was a corrupt election, whether it's comey or mccabe or strzok or his lover lisa page, the two great lovers. there was a lot of corruption. maybe it goes right up to president obama. i happen to think it does. >> with that and here for our leadoff discussion on a wednesday night, we welcome back to the broadcast peter baker, chie
three days after trump told erdogan that he would withdraw u.s. troops from syria. the letter was first released by trish regan of fox business and it reads, quote, dr. mrdr. mr.-- dear mr. president, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy. and i will. history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. it will look upon you forever as the...
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just today, as we will hear richard engel report tonight, putin of russia and erdogan of turkey basically carved up the region in a total victory for them as u.s. forces retreat. one former u.s. ambassador to russia says the crisis in syria and the ukraine scandal are examples of trump's insistence on carrying out a foreign policy of one. >> what you see here is you see the president of the united states, somebody with zero national security experience, zero experience in diplomacy, making it up as he goes along, not trusting his advisers, not trust the interagency process. >> today we also learned the senior official who is the anonymous author of last year's "new york times" op-ed i am part of the resistance inside the trump administration, that guy or woman has written a tell-all book to be published next month. the book is a behind-the-scenes portrait of the trump presidency. the book will list the author as anonymous. on that note, here for our lead-off discussion and on the record on a tuesday night, ashley parker, pulitzer winner for "the washington post," anne gearan, "washington
just today, as we will hear richard engel report tonight, putin of russia and erdogan of turkey basically carved up the region in a total victory for them as u.s. forces retreat. one former u.s. ambassador to russia says the crisis in syria and the ukraine scandal are examples of trump's insistence on carrying out a foreign policy of one. >> what you see here is you see the president of the united states, somebody with zero national security experience, zero experience in diplomacy,...
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president erdogan in turkey is satisfied with it, and we are in a very strong position. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rather excoriated trump late today in a "washington post" opinion piece. this was unusual to look at. he writes, quote, withdrawing u.s. forces from syria is a grave strategic mistake. it will leave the american people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances. another republic, congressman adam kinzinger who served in iraq had this warning for trump about this cease-fire. >> keep in mind by the time this expires, erdogan and putin are meeting. so the question is are they going to have a meeting and carve up syria for themselves? and a cease-fire isn't success. it's basically saying, we're going to take a pause. what we hear about if is it's actually allowing the kurds to withdraw, which is what turkey's intention was in the first place, evident by the fact that we had to bomb our own military base. it was a hasty withdrawal, and it reminds me a lot frankly of what we saw unfortunately in somalia when we just beat feet and took
president erdogan in turkey is satisfied with it, and we are in a very strong position. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rather excoriated trump late today in a "washington post" opinion piece. this was unusual to look at. he writes, quote, withdrawing u.s. forces from syria is a grave strategic mistake. it will leave the american people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances. another republic, congressman adam kinzinger who served...
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a takeoff on the president's correspondence with erdogan of turkey. she came out after tulsi gabbard. >> right. >> she came out after jill stein, and you know something is up when the president then defends jill stein and tulsi gabbard. what do you think is going on here? >> look, every day she wakes up knowing she lost to donald trump. that's not an easy thing for her to carry. i think that's a very painful thing. i think it shapes her view of the world. i think the russian interference shapes her view of the world. so i think it's not easy for her to kind of let go of the very raw feelings from that loss. and from a human level, you can understand why. >> also she's on book tour, and people are asking her for comment wherever she goes. >> yeah. but i would say i think that's exactly right. but she is freer now than, say, she was as a candidate. she was an extremely cautious candidate, and now the way that she talks about tulsi gabbard and sort of the jokey personality on twitter is very different from what we saw when she was running for office. >>
a takeoff on the president's correspondence with erdogan of turkey. she came out after tulsi gabbard. >> right. >> she came out after jill stein, and you know something is up when the president then defends jill stein and tulsi gabbard. what do you think is going on here? >> look, every day she wakes up knowing she lost to donald trump. that's not an easy thing for her to carry. i think that's a very painful thing. i think it shapes her view of the world. i think the russian...
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house diplomatic room trump also announced that the united states will lift sanctions on turkey, giving erdogan yet another victory while taking credit for orchestrating the outcome. >> let someone else fight over this long, bloodstained sand. countless lives are now being saved as a result of our negotiation with turkey, an outcome reached without spilling one drop of american blood. no injuries, nobody shot, nobody killed. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned. and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome. congratulations. >> remember, please, that george orwell's novel "1984" opens with the clock striking 13. keep that in mind as you hear this. earlier on this network a decorated four-star u.s. army general and former ground division commander in the gulf war said flatly, "our country has never operated this way." >> how does donald trump give that speech when 100 isis fighters are now in locations unknown to the u.s. government? >> there's an orwellian fantasy quality to what's coming out of the white house. obvio
house diplomatic room trump also announced that the united states will lift sanctions on turkey, giving erdogan yet another victory while taking credit for orchestrating the outcome. >> let someone else fight over this long, bloodstained sand. countless lives are now being saved as a result of our negotiation with turkey, an outcome reached without spilling one drop of american blood. no injuries, nobody shot, nobody killed. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey...