>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING A
SERIES OF CRISIS AROUND THE
WORLD AT ONCE.
ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH IRAN.
WE ARE SENDING BOMBING TEAMS
OVER THERE.
OVER THERE. THE PENT SGON ORDERING ABRAHAM
LINCOLN OVER THERE TO START
SOMETHING PERHAPS.
SOMETHING PERHAPS. IN VENEZUELA, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL
AND TRYING TO KNOCK OFF NICHOLAS
MADURO WITH THE BLUFF.
IN NORTH KOREA, THEY HAVE TWICE
TESTED MISSILES IN THE PAST WEEK
AND NEGOTIATIONS APPEAR TO NOT
BE DOING WELL.
NO DEAL THERE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT,
HIS EFFORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE
WORKING.
WORKING. >> AND WE HAVE MADE A DECISIVE
BREAK FROM THE FAILED FOREIGN
POLICY ESTABLISHMENT THAT
SACRIFICED OUR SOVEREIGNTY,
SURRENDERED JOBS AND TIED US
DOWN TO ENDLESS FOREIGN WARS.
EVERYTHING WE DO, WE ARE PUTTING
AMERICA FIRST.
AMERICA FIRST. >> ENDLESS FOREIGN WARS IS LOOKS
LIKE HE IS COOK UP.
THE DEPUTY ADVISER UNDER
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. JOINING ME IS THE WHITE HOUSE
REPORTER FOR THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
PRESS. WHEN YOU COVER THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR THE AP, DO YOU SENSE THE
CRAZINESS OF ALL THE FRONTS WE
ARE ON.
ARE ON. SO MANY TROUBLE FRONTS.
EVERY ONE THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM.
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
KNOCKING OFF THE GOVERNMENT OF
VENEZUELA EXCEPT TO GET A FEW
MORE VOTES FOR THE OLDER CUBANS
IN FLORIDA.
IN FLORIDA. WHY ARE WE FIGHTING LIKE WE ARE
DOING IN THE MIDEAST WITH IRAN.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BEAT IRAN
IN OUR LIFETIME.
THEY ARE THERE.
WHY DOES HE WANT TO BEAT US UP?
>> IT’S A HOT SPOT ALL HAPPENING
AT ONCE.
AT ONCE. THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSING INWARD
ON DOMESTIC POLICY.
WE ARE SEEING A NUMBER OF THINGS
HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY BROKE OFF AND THE TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE
PRESIDENT’S ORDERS, A COUPLE
HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
TARIFFS.
TARIFFS. THEY WILL FEEL THAT.
THEY ARE INCLUDING THE VOTERS IN
THE MIDWEST WITH THE PRESIDENT
IS STILL COUNTING ON THE
REELECTION.
REELECTION. >> EXPLAIN THAT HOW IT WORKS.
YOU GET DOWN TO WAL-MART
WHENEVER YOU BUY YOUR COTTON
SHIRTS OR UNDERWEAR OR SOCKS.
BASIC GOODS.
BASIC GOODS. A LOT OF THEM COME FROM CHINA.
A 25% MARK UP.
>> IT’S POSSIBLE.
THAT’S WHAT CONSUMERS ARE DOING.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GOES A
STORE LIKE THAT TO BUY BASIC
GOODS THEY NEED EVERY DAY AND
THEY WILL BE PAYING MORE BECAUSE
OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING.
IT’S NOT JUST CHINA.
THE VENEZUELA MANEUVER THERE,
THERE ARE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES,
BUT IT’S A PLAY WITH AN EYE ON
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. NORTH KOREA, THE PRESIDENT BET
BIG HERE AND THINKS HE CAN
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HE FELT THAT IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS REGIME ON EARTH.
HE BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE OF A
SHEER POWER OF PERSONALITY
BECAUSE OF THE RAPPORT WITH
CHAIRMAN KIM, HE CAN GET NORTH
KOREA TO GIVE UP THE WEAPONS
THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY TO THEIR
EXISTENCE.
EXISTENCE. >> HOW DO YOU CHARM -- CHARM
DOES WORK IN LIFE, BUT HOW DO
YOU CHARM SOMEONE WHO CARRIES
AROUND HIS UNCLE’S HEAD IN A
BOX, THE GUY HE KILLED?
THAT’S NOT A GUY WHO IS
CHARMABLE.
CHARMABLE. >> NO, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE
WITH YOU, BUT THE PRESIDENT
BELIEVES HE CAN.
I WAS IN HANOI FOR THE SUMMIT
WHEN IT FELL APART.
HE SAID THIS SOFT APPROACH WITH
THE CHAIRMAN KEPT POINTING TO
THE FACT THAT NORTH KOREA
STOPPED THEIR MISSILE TESTS
THAT. NOW CHANGED.
THE TESTS HAVE STARTED AGAIN.
THAT POINTS TO THE LIMITS OF
WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE.
HE HAS NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING OUT
OF KIM SUBSTANTIAL.
THE NORTH KOREANS HAVE REAL
CONCERNS AROUND WASHINGTON.
WE MAY BE HURDLING BACK TO WHERE
WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE
PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT FIRE
AND 4Y AND UNLEASHING RHETORIC
AND TENSION ESCALATED.
>> LET ME GO TO BEN.
A LOT OF IT IS THAT THEY
COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT.
THEY WILL KNOCK IT OFF BECAUSE
OF WHAT?
OF WHAT? >> THEY SAID MADURO HAS TO GO
AND HE IS STILL THERE.
NORTH KOREA HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR
WEAPONS AND THEY DEPARTMENT AND
NOW THEY ARE TESTING AGAIN.
THEY SAID THE IRANIANS HAD TO
BEND TO THEIR WILL.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL RESART
PARTS OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
CHINA, ALL HE IS DOING IS
HURTING U.S. CONSUMERS WITH THE
TRADE.
TRADE. IT’S NOT JUST THE PRICES, BUT
THE SOY BEAN FARMERS.
ACROSS THE BOARD --
>> ONE AREA, WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE CHINESE ON TRADE.
>> NOT YET.
HE RATCHETING IT UP AND HE’S NOT
CLEAR WHAT THE STRATEGY IS.
THE RESULTS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE
NOT GOOD.
NOT GOOD. THESE HOT SPOTS ARE GETTING
WORSE.
WORSE. >> WHY DID HE HIRE JOHN BOLTON
WHO PUSH HIM INTO MOST OF THE
FIGHTS?
FIGHTS? >> THERE IS NO SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. WHEN IN OUR LIFETIME --
>> HE SAID HE WILL PICK IT UP.
>> I THINK BECAUSE JOHN BOLTON
WANTS TO CALL THE SHOTS AND THE
SECRETARY WOULD SAY I’M NOT
GOING GIVE UP VENEZUELA.
THAT’S CRAZY.
THAT’S CRAZY. THEY DON’T SEEM TO WANT THAT
THERE.
THERE. THE ONE THING THAT DEMOCRATIC
AND REPUBLICAN VOTERS AGREE ON
IS THEY ARE SICK OF THE WAR IN
THE MIDEAST.
THE MIDEAST. HE ESCALATED THE WAR IN
AFGHANISTAN AND RISKING NEW
WARS.
WARS. >> I DON’T KNOW A SINGLE TRUMP
VOTER WHO WANTED BOLTON IN
THERE.
THERE. TRUMP RAN AGAINST THAT CRAP.
>> HERE BROKE HIS PRESENCES AND
LIED AND SAID HE WOULD GET US
OUT OF THESE WARS.