>> MOSS POINT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I’M GOING TO TAKE OVER
HERE AND WE’LL HEAD INTO WHAT’S
ACTUALLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND
GENERAL THOUGHTS, BIG TAKEAWAYS,
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SPEAKING
IN LONDON.
IN LONDON. SO FAR RICHARD HAASS, YOUR
CONCERNS, YOUR TAKEAWAYS.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS A UNIQUE
STIFLE GOING INTO SUMMITS.
BEFORE THIS SUMMIT BEGAN,
ESCALATING THE TRADE WAR ARE
WITH FRANCE.
WITH FRANCE. ALSO UN LATERAL ANNOUNCING
TARIFFS FOR TWO COUNTRIES IN
SOUTH AMERICA FOR MANIPULATING
THEIR CURRENCY WHEN THERE’S NO
EVIDENCE OF THAT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T LOVE
DIPLOMACY AND MILITARY FORCE.
I THINK THE LARGEST STORY IN
EUROPE IS NATO IN DISARRAY.
PRESIDENT WENT AFTER MACRON THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. HE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE INTERVIEW
WITH THE ECONOMISTS CALLING NATO
BRAIN DEAD.
BRAIN DEAD. BUT THERE’S REAL DIVISIONS WITH
TURKEY AND HOW TO DEAL WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. PRESIDENT KEEPS HAMMERING THE
EUROPEANS FOR NOT SPENDING
ENOUGH ON DEFENSE.
BUT WE’RE SEEING THIS ALLIANCE
THAT WAS PIVOTAL TO THE UNITED
STATES AND THE WEST THROUGH THE
COLD WAR FOR FOUR DECADES.
INCREASINGLY THERE’S NO CENSUS.
AND CENSUS POLITICALLY IS ALWAYS
THE FOUNDATION OF AN ALLIANCE.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS A
TRANSACTIONAL APPROACH TO
ALLIANCES RATHER THAN THINKING
ABOUT STRATEGIC PURPOSE HE
CONSTANTLY HAS A LEDGER AND
BASICALLY ASKS ARE OTHERS PAYING
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. >> FOCUSED ON MONEY.
>> RATHER THAN SAYING ARE WE
GETTING ENOUGH OUT OF IT?
WHICH IS SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >> APART --
>> ISN’T THERE TRANSITIONAL
SITUATION IN EUROPE AS WELL
BECAUSE MACRON IS STEPPING BACK?
SORRY, MERKEL IS STEPPING BACK,
MACRON’S TRYING TO ASSERT
HIMSELF AS KIND OF THE NEW MAN
OF EUROPE?
OF EUROPE? >> HE IS.
>> HE IS. THE PROBLEM IS, FRANCE ALONE
ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH DO IT AND
FRANCE DOESN’T HAVE A EUROPEAN
PARTNER.
PARTNER. ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE
GERMANY, MERKEL SAID NO THANKS.
THE MERKEL ERA IS OVER, AS YOU
SAY.
SAY. I THINK BREXIT IS ALMOST A
FOREGONE CONCLUSION NOW GIVEN
THE ELECTION ON DECEMBER 12th,
THE ILLIBERALISM WE’RE SEEING.
EUROPE IS GOING THROUGH THE
SINGLE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT
SINCE THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN
EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II.
>> JOE.
>> JOE. >> BUT, WILLIE, IT SEEMS EVERY
MOVE TRUMP MAKES ON THE
POLITICAL STAGE BENEFITS
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
VLADIMIR PUTIN. WE HAVE HIM ONCE AGAIN GOING TO
A NATO SUMMIT.
ONCE AGAIN ATTACKING NATO
ALLIES.
ALLIES. ONCE AGAIN UNDERMINING AN
ALLIANCE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT
TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSES OF
HOLDING RUSSIA AND RUSSIA
EXPANSION IN CHECK.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE STARTED
EVEN MORE TRADE WARS WHEN THE
TARIFF TAXES THAT HE’S IMPOSED
ON WORKING CLASS AMERICANS IS
REALLY STARTING TO BE FELT IN
THIS ECONOMY.
THIS ECONOMY. WE’VE GOT A MANUFACTURING
RECESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
A DECADE.
A DECADE. AND EVERY ECONOMIST SAYS THAT’S
BECAUSE OF THE TARIFF WARS.
HE SAID IT WAS -- THAT THESE
TRADE WARS WERE EASY.
IT’S PROVING TO BE JUST THE
OPPOSITE AND YET, HERE WE ARE
THIS MORNING WITH THE PRESIDENT
EXPANDING THOSE TRADE WARS EVEN
MORE.
MORE. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND AT A TIME WHEN THESE
ALLIANCES ARE FRAYED ANYWAY, AS
RICHARD SAID.
RICHARD SAID. WHEN EUROPE IS SHAKING ON ITS
OWN, YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT
COMING IN AND SHAKING IT UP EVEN
MORE.
MORE. THERE’S SOME IRONY IN PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S CRITICISM ALTHOUGH IT
MAY BE WELL FOUNDED OF MACRON
SAYING MACRON’S BEING