TRUSTED. >> ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
FOR BEING ON THE SHOW THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. >> ANDREA, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
BREAKING NEWS THAT YOU WERE
LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF MINUTES
AGO.
AGO. HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS, AND ONCE
AGAIN ERDOGAN SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR
DONALD TRUMP, SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION, SHOWS
CONTEMPT FOR THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
OF AMERICA. >> IT’S INCREDIBLE ERDOGAN NOW
SAYING HE’S NOT GOING TO MEET A
DELEGATION THAT INCLUDES -- AND
THIS IN ITSELF IS UNUSUAL -- THE
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THE NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER, AND THE SECRETARY OF
STATE ALL TRAVELING TOGETHER TO
TURKEY BASICALLY TO PLEAD WITH
ERDOGAN TO REVERSE WHAT HE IS
DOING.
DOING. >> LET ME ASK YOU A LEADING
QUESTION THAT I ALREADY KNOW THE
ANSWER TO.
ANSWER TO. >> THE HUMILIATION IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
UNBELIEVABLE. >> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF
ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THIS
HAPPENING BEFORE?
HAPPENING BEFORE? >> NO, AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT
WITHDRAWN THE INVITATION THAT
THE PRESIDENT OFFERED BACK WHEN
HE TWO WEEKS AGO TALKED TO
ERDOGAN AND INVITED HIM TO
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THE LAST TIME HE CAME TO
WASHINGTON, YOU’LL RECALL, 17 OF
HIS BODY GUARDS WERE INDICTED.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> FOR BEATING ON THE HEADS IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT OF PROTESTERS.
>> PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
>> ON EMBASSY ROW AND THEN TOOK
THEIR DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND
LEFT THE COUNTRY WITHOUT FACING
ANY JUSTICE.
ANY JUSTICE. HE’S BRINGING THOSE SAME
BODYGUARDS
BODYGUARDS BODYGUARDS, IF THAT INVITATION
NOT WITHDRAWN.
NOT WITHDRAWN. HOW CAN ERDOGAN NOW SAY ONLY THE
DAY AFTER, IN FACT, TURKISH
TROOPS, TURKISH BACKED MILITIAS
WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN ALL OF OUR
U.S. LOCATIONS ACCORDING TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS,
THOSE TURKISH TROOPS CAME WITHIN
FOUR MILES OF ATTACKING U.S.
TROOPS AND SYRIAN KURDISH ALLIES
ON THE GROUND.
WE HAD TO SEND APACHES AND F 15s
TO GIVE AIR COVER AND WARN THEM
OFF, A BRUSH BACK IF YOU WILL.
>> THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
>> NOW WE ARE GOING AND PLEADING
WITH HIM TO BACK OFF?
WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL
DELEGATION WE’VE EVER SENT
ANYWHERE?
ANYWHERE? >> YEAH, AND HE WON’T EVEN SEE
THEM.
THEM. AGAIN, IT’S SUCH A SIGN OF
WEAKNESS BY THIS PRESIDENT AND
THIS PRESIDENT’S ADMINISTRATION
THAT HE ALLOWS TURKEY TO PUSH US
AROUND THIS WAY.
WITH ALL OF YOUR SOURCES
THROUGHOUT THE DIPLOMATIC
COMMUNITY B
COMMUNITY B COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT
COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON, THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS?
HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ANY INSIGHTS
AS TO WHY DONALD TRUMP WHO THE
IN THE PAST HAS KOWTOWED, OF
COURSE, TO VLADIMIR PUTIN,
KOWTOWED TO KIM JONG-UN, HAVE
THEY GIVEN YOU ANY INSIGHT IN
YOUR REPORTING AS TO WHY DONALD
TRUMP NOW IS BEING SO WEAK AND
MALLEABLE TO ERDOGAN?
>> PEOPLE, IT’S INEXPLICABLE,
ARE THE SAUDIS, THE ISRAELIS,
SOME OF OUR CLOSEST ALLIES WHO
HAVE THEMSELVES BEHAVED,
CERTAINLY THE SAUDIS, IN
INAPPROPRIATE WAYS AND THE
ISRAELI LEADERSHIP IN DISARRAY,
HOW HE COULD BE SIDING WITH
ERDOGAN AND GOING AGAINST EVEN
THOSE ALLIES TO SAY NOTHING OF
THE SYRIAN KURDS ON THE GROUND.
THE SPECULATION, OF COURSE,
AMONG DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS,
AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SO
DISTRESSED ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT
COULD BE BUSINESS INTERESTS.
WE DON’T KNOW THAT, BUT
CERTAINLY THE INTEREST THAT THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION HAS IN TURKEY
IS VERY LARGE.
BUT THERE’S NO CREDIBLE
EDUCATION PLA
EDUCATION PLA EXPLANATION FOR THIS, AND HOW
ANY OF THESE DEMOCRATS, IF THEY
WERE ELECTED COULD RESTORE
AMERICAN LEGITIMACY OVERSEAS IS
ANOTHER BIG QUESTION.
>> IT IS ALSO, THIS IS ABOUT
WEAKNESS.
WEAKNESS. THIS IS ABOUT FOREIGN LEADERS
NOT RESPECTING, AND I’LL SAY IT,
NOT FEARING CONSEQUENCES FROM
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS JUST A WEAK, WEAK MAN.
THEY SEE HOW HE BEHAVED IN
HELSINKI, THEY BELIEVE HOW HE
BEHAVED WITH KIM JONG-UN.
THEY SEE THAT KIM JONG-UN HAS
PLAYED HIM.
PLAYED HIM. THEY SEE HE CAN BE PLAYED.
THAT THE CHINESE ARE PLAYING
HIM.
HIM. HE HAS NO DISCIPLINE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON ANYTHING, AND THERE
ARE NO CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR BAD
ACTIONS?
ACTIONS? WE HAVE THREE MORE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES, STILL AHEAD,
SENATORS KAMALA HARRIS AND AMY
KLOBUCHAR JOIN US LIVE.
FIRST SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS