DEATH PENALTY IN THAT CASE.
>> President Trump: I'VE
ALREADY TOLD THAT TO PRESIDENT
ERDOGAN.
FAR MORE THAN SANCTIONS.
LINDSEY AND I FEEL DIFFERENTLY.
LINDSEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY
THERE FOR THE NEXT 200 YEARS
AND MAYBE ADD A COUPLE 100,000
PEOPLE EVERY PLACE.
I DISAGREE WITH LINDSEY ON THAT.
>> Sandra: PRESIDENT TRUMP
RESPONDING TO CRITICISM FROM
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM AND
OTHER REPUBLICANS FOR PULLING
U.S. FORCES FROM SYRIA AHEAD OF
TURKEY'S MILITARY INVASION.
LET'S BRING IN SARAH SANDERS,
FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
WELCOME BACK TO "AMERICA'S
NEWSROOM."
NICE TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, SANDRA.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> Sandra: YOU HAVE SEEN THE
CONTINUED CRITICISM THE
PRESIDENT FACED FROM HIS OWN
PARTY IN THE WAKE OF THAT
DECISION.
HOW IS THE PRESIDENT HANDLING
THIS?
>> LOOK, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
CERTAINLY ONE THAT I DON'T
THINK WE WANT ANY AMERICAN
PRESIDENT TO HAVE TO BE IN.
I'VE SAT IN THE ROOM WHEN THE
PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO SIGN
LETTERS TO FAMILIES, MAKE
CONTACT WITH FAMILIES AFTER
THEY'VE LOST A CHILD IN COMBAT.
HE SAID IT EARLIER AND I'VE
HEARD HIM SAY IT BEFORE THERE
IS NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT IN
ANY PART OF HIS JOB THAN THAT
ROLE THAT HE HAS TO PLAY AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND I THINK
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING THE
RIGHT THING BY LOOKING AT HOW
WE PROTECT THE AMERICAN
MILITARY.
THIS IS AGAIN NOT AN EASY
SITUATION.
YOU HAVE TURKEY WHO IS A NATO
ALLY.
YOU HAVE THE KURDS WHO HAVE
BEEN AN ALLY IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST ISIS.
UNFORTUNATELY THOSE TWO ALLIES
HATE EACH OTHER.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE
CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET STUCK
IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER
ENDLESS WAR.
IT IS A SAD TRAGEDY OF THE
MIDDLE EAST.
A NEVER-ENDING TALE OF THE
CONFLICT THAT EXISTS THERE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TRY
TO REDUCE IT.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE
CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE
TO PUT AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN
HARM'S WAY FOR AN ENDLESS WAR
AND EXTREMELY CLEAR IF TURKEY
RELEASES ISIS TERRORISTS THERE
WILL BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THE PRESIDENT
WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THROUGH
ON THAT SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR
TURKEY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE GREATSEST
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PRESIDENT
HAS HAD HAS BEEN IN HIS DEFEAT
AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO
DEFEAT THE ISIS CALIPHATE.
A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS
PRESIDENT.
>> Sandra: BUT FOR THAT VERY
REASON HE IS BEING CRITICIZED
FOR WHAT THIS MEANS IN EFFECT
BOLSTERING EYEIS.
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM VARIOUS
REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS SAID IT INCREASES
THE CHANCES OF AN ISIS COMEBACK
AND ENDANGERS THE KURDS.
WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGING HERE?
AND WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO NOW
CONSIDERING THAT SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM AND OTHERS
INTRODUCED SANCTIONS AS SOON AS
CONGRESS RETURNS?
THEY'LL TARGET THE ENERGY
SECTOR, THE MILITARY, PRESIDENT
SAID HE SUPPORTS THOSE.
BUT WHAT CAN THE PRESIDENT DO
NOW AS HE CONTINUES TO FACE
THIS CRITICISM?
>> WELL, I THINK HE HAS TO
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT HE HAS DONE
SINCE DAY ONE OF TAKING OFFICE,
BE TOUGH ON ISIS, BE TOUGH ON
WHO OUR REAL ENEMIES ARE AND
NOT GET LOST WHO THAT IS.
TURKEY AND THE KURDS ARE BOTH
ALLIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
ISIS IS THE ENEMY HERE.
WE SHOULD COLLECTIVELY COME
TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON ISIS.
THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
TRIED TO DO AND YOU'LL CONTINUE
TO SEE HIM DO THAT AND WHY HE
SUPPORTS THE SANCTIONS AND WHY
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE
CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE AND
NOT ALLOW ISIS TERRORISTS TO BE
RELEASED AND HE SAID THAT HE
WOULD GO MUCH FURTHER THAN
SANCTIONS AND PUT EVEN MORE
SEVERE CONSEQUENCES IF THAT
HAPPENS.
I THINK AGAIN THE PRESIDENT HAS
A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION.
THERE IS NO GOOD ANSWER HERE.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE FACE
EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE
LENS OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
HAVING TO CALL MOTHERS AND
FATHERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
CHILDREN IN THIS TERRIBLE FIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO
CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR AN
ENDLESS WAR AND CONTINUE TO
MAKE CALL AFTER CALL AND SEND
LETTER AFTER LETTER BECAUSE WE
HAVE TWO ALLIES THAT CAN'T COME
TOGETHER AND DECIDE TO FIGHT
THE REAL ENEMY, ISIS.
>> Sandra: WE'LL CONTINUE TO
WATCH REACTION TO ALL OF THAT.
MEANWHILE YOU HAVE THE HOUSE
FREEDOM CAUCUS DEMANDING ADAM
SCHIFF, CALLING FOR HIS
IMMEDIATE RECUSAL FROM THE
IMPEACHMENT PROBE, SARAH.
YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT FACING
THE SITUATION OBVIOUSLY WITH
TURKEY AND SYRIA.
YOU HAVE THE IMPEACHMENT THAT
HE CONTINUES TO FACE.
THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS A LOT ON HIS
PLATE.
MEANWHILE THE LATEST FOX NEWS
POLLING SHOWING THIS AS FAR AS
WHERE RESPONDENTS STAND ON THE
PRESIDENT BEING IMPEACHED AND
REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
IT SHOWS 51% SAY THAT SHOULD
HAPPEN.
I WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE TO
THAT BEFORE I LET YOU GO.
>> IF ANYBODY CAN HANDLE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THEIR
PLATE IT IS CERTAINLY DONALD
TRUMP.
HE HAS PROVEN THAT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN WHETHER IT'S
FOCUSING ON TRADE, THE DEFEAT
OF ISIS, REBUILDING OUR
MILITARY.
HE IS VERY CAPABLE OF DOING A
NUMBER OF THINGS AT ONE TIME.
I THINK THAT IMPEACHMENT IS
VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
BUT FRANKLY, IT HAS NOT BEEN
BAD SO FAR FOR REPUBLICAN
FUNDRAISING OR CANDIDATE
RECRUITMENT.
I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS MEAN
INFINITELY MORE THAN A POLL A
YEAR OUT.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO GO AFTER
ADAM SCHIFF.
HE HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS CLEARLY
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND
POLITICALLY DRIVEN IN THIS
ENTIRE PROCESS.
HE IS WEAPONIZING IMPEACHMENT
AND IT IS DISGRACEFUL WHAT
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING TO THIS
PRESIDENT.
I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT THAT WON'T SIT BACK
AND TAKE THE HITS LYING DOWN.
HE WILL FIGHT BACK AND I THINK
YOU'VE SEEN THAT SO FAR FROM
THE RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I THINK THEY'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT I THINK AT THE
END OF THE DAY WILL BE FULLY
VINDICATED ON THE FAKE UKRAINE