>>> I WOULD GIVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UK AND NOW
ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE TWO DAYS
WITH YOUR PRIME MINISTER, I
WOULD SAY THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. AM I ALLOWED TO GO HIGHER THAN
THAT, I’M NOT SURE.
BUT IT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE, A VERY
SPECIAL COUNTRY.
SPECIAL COUNTRY. >> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL."
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRYING TO MEND
FENCES AFTER TAKING HIS WRECKING
BALL.
BALL. TRYING TO EXPLAIN AWAY HIS
COMMENTS TO THE BRITISH TABLOIDS
THE SUN TRASHING THERESA MAY’S
HANDLING OF BREXIT.
>> I WOULD HAVE DONE IT
DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. I TOLD THERESA MAY HOW TO DO IT.
BUT SHE DIDN’T DO IT.
SHE WANTED TO GO A DIFFERENT
ROUTE.
ROUTE. >> SO YOU WOULD BE PREPARED TO
WALK AWAY IF THEY TOONTDON’T GIV
THE RIGHT TERMS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMP
TRIED TO WALK BACK THOSE
COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. >> I DIDN’T CRITICIZE THE PRIME
MINISTER, I HAVE A LOT OF
RESPECT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A STORY
WHICH WAS DONE WHICH WAS
GENERALLY FINE BUT DIDN’T PUT IN
WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE PRIME
MINISTER.
MINISTER. ONCE THE BREXIT PROCESS IS
CONCLUDED AND PERHAPS THE UK HAS
LEFT THE EU, I DON’T KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE GOING TO DO, BUT
WHATEVER YOU KNOW IS OKAY WITH
ME.
ME. THAT’S YOUR DECISION.
>> THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS
SWARM THE STREETS OF LONDON TO
PROTEST TRUMP’S VISIT.
FOR MORE, JOINED BY SENIOR
POLITICS EDITOR.
POLITICS EDITOR. AND BOBBY GOSHE.
>> THESE THINGS CAN FALL TAST.
HE GOES OVER THERE AND HITS HER
IN THAT INTERVIEW WHERE SHE IS
MOST VULNERABLE ON BREXIT.
AND WHERE DOES SHE EMERGE
POLITICALLY THIS WEEK.
AND THEN THE QUESTION OF THE
U.S. BRAIN RELATIONSHIP.
>> IRONICALLY, FOR THE
UNEXPECTED REASONS SHE MIGHT
COME OFF LOOKING BETTER BECAUSE
SHE HELD HER NERVE.
SHE REMAINED GRACEFUL.
HER GOVERNMENT IS VULNERABLE.
HE REPEATEDLY PRAISED BOTH IN
THE SUN INTERVIEW AND IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE, HE REPEATEDLY
PRAISED HER RIVAL.
HE BASICALLY NOT ONLY PUT PETROL
OVER THE SITUATION, BUT THEN PUT
A MATCH.
A MATCH. THE BRITS DO RESPOND WELL, IF I
CAN BE PRESUMPTION TO SPEAK FOR
THEM, PERFORM WELL UNDER FIRE.
THAT MIGHT WIN HER A FEW MORE
BROWNIE POINTS.
BROWNIE POINTS. >> ON THE ONE HAND, WE DON’T SEE
PRESIDENTS GO OVER TO BRITAIN.
ON THE OTHER HAND DONALD TRUMP
DID CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY, THE
POSTURE AND THE ATTITUDE HERE IS
SOMETHING HE TALKED ABOUT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
>> HE LIVES IN HIS OWN REALITY
BUBBLE AND SEEMED TO THINK THAT
THERESA MAY WOULDN’T HAVE READ
THE ARTICLE.
THE ARTICLE. WHAT I SAID WAS THIS.
AND YES, WE ARE USED TO THIS
WITH DONALD TRUMP, THAT BLACK IS
WHITE AND UP IS DOWN AND HE IS
PERSUASIVE WHEN HE DOES SO.
SO HE PERHAPS CONVINCED A FEW
PEOPLE, MAYBE WHAT HE CLAIMED TO
HAVE SAID IN THE MAGAZINE
DOESN’T MATTER AT ALL.
HE WENT OVER, HE CRITICIZED
THEIR PRIME MINISTER IN HER
COUNTRY, AND THEN HE CRITICIZED
THE PRESS, BLAMED THE PRESS FOR
THE MISHAP OF COMMUNICATION WHEN
THERE WASN’T ANY, OUR PRESS ON
FOREIGN SOIL.
FOREIGN SOIL. BECAUSE WE ARE SO NUMB TO
EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP DOES, WE
SAID, WELL, HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
>> YOU ARE READING IT AND HE WAS
VERY CONFIDENT DISSING HER AND
THEN GETS FACE TO FACE, AND IT
IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
ATTITUDE.
ATTITUDE. LET ME SHIFT GEARS.
TRUMP AND PUTIN, THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYING IT IS STILL ON.
DEMOCRATS OUT THERE SAYING IT
SHOULDN’T BE.
SHOULDN’T BE. IS THIS INDICTMENT, ARE THESE
INDICTMENTS TODAY GOING TO
IMPACT WHAT DONALD TRUMP DOES IN
THAT MEETING?
THAT MEETING? >> WELL, IT OUGHT TO.
BY EVERY RATIONAL LOGICAL
RECKONING, IT OUGHT TO.
ENOUGH SAYING KNEE-- WE HAVE
REPEATEDLY SHOWN, HE IS CAPABLE
OF LIVING IN A FACT FREE BUBBLE.
IF HE SAYS ANYTHING AT ALL, THE
FACT THAT THERE IS NO THE GOINGT
BE ANY AIDES IN THE ROOM, WE
WON’T KNOW.
WON’T KNOW. SO IF I WERE PUTIN, I WOULDN’T
BE PARTICULARLY WORRIED WITH ANY
OF THIS.
OF THIS. >> TRUMP ON THIS SUBJECT
DEFENDED HIS PERFORMANCE.
DOES NOT UNDER MINDMINE THE ALLI
WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING.
WE HAVE LEFT NATO WITH MORE
MONEY, WITH MORE UNITY, WITH
MORE SPIRIT THAN NATO PROBABLY
EVER HAD.
EVER HAD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN TERMS OF RUSSIA, I
GUARANTEE, WHOEVER IT IS IN
RUSSIA, WE THINK, OH, GEE, WE
WISH TRUMP WAS NOT THE VICTOR.
WE HAVE BEEN TOUGHER ON RUSSIA
THAN ANYBODY.
THAN ANYBODY. >> RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
PLAN IS ONE-ON-ONE TRUMP.
THE PRESIDENT TRUMP OF THE
UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT BE
ONE-ON-ONE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER
AMERICAN IN THE ROOM.
WHAT CAN HE COME OUT OF THE ROOM
AND SAY.
AND SAY. >> THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BEFORE
THE INDICTMENTS CAME DOWN.
GO TO THE MEETINGS WITH NO NOTE
TAKING AND NO AMERICAN GIVE
WITNESS TO WHAT WAS SAID.
EVERYTHING IS AS PLANS AND THERE
IS NOT GOING IT BE CHANGES.
WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WITH
RESPECT TO HOW HE LOVES TO
APPEAR WITH ANYONE, INCLUDING
ALLIES IN NATO, VERY TOUGH.
I AM THE ALPHA MALE.
EXPLOIT WEAKNESS AND YET HE
DOESN’T WANT TO APPEAR TOUGH AT
ALL IN RUSSIA.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GO
OVER THERE AND SAY, YOU ARE
NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN TO US.
CUT IT OUT.
KNOCK IT OFF.
BUT HE WON’T.
HE IS ALWAYS SO IN THE THRAL OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
VLADIMIR PUTIN. SIM
SIM SIMPERRING PLACE OF FEAR.
>> DID ANYTHING THIS WEEK
SURPRISE OUR ALLIES IN TERMS OF
HOW THIS WENT DOWN?
>> I DON’T THINK THEY WERE
SURPRISED.
SURPRISED. I THINK THIS WAS A MOMENT OF
RECKONING FOR THEM.
A MOMENT FOR OUR ALLIES TO
RECOGNIZE THERE HAS BEEN A
TENDENCY OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES, SOME IN THE U.S. TOO, TO
THINK ABOUT TRUMP AS IT IS PLAY
ACTING.
ACTING. SURELY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CRUNCH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
RUBBER MEETING THE ROAD, THIS IS
ALL FOR THE CAMERAS.
SURELY HE WILL BE MUCH MORE
SENSIBLE.
SENSIBLE. WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU GET.
THERE IS NO SECOND TRUMP.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHO HE IS AND HE
IS 100% AUTHENTIC.
HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
THIS WAS A MOMENT I THINK FOR
EUROPEAN LEADERS, NATO ALLIES TO
RECOGNIZE THE GUY IS WHO HE SAYS
HE IS.