LIMBAUGH CALLS PEOPLE THAT DO THIS KIND OF THING?
DITTO HEADS.
DITTO HEADS. THEY GO ALONG WITH WHAT THEY’RE
TOLD.
TOLD. >>> GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH JOINS
US RIGHT NOW.
GOVERNOR KASICH, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THE LEADERSHIP COMING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON THIS
ISSUE OF A LOST U.S. RESIDENT?
>> CHRIS, I THINK IT’S JUST
TERRIBLE.
TERRIBLE. LOOK, LET’S JUST SAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT’S RIGHT, WE DON’T
KNOW, BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS YET FOR SURE, EVEN THOUGH
THE GERMANS, THE FRENCH, AND
BRITISH HAVE CALLED FOR AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THE EVIDENCE HAS MOUNTED IN
TERMS OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE
PICKING THINGS UP.
I READ A LOT, I STUDIED
LIKELIHOOD, THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. BUT LET’S GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT, THEN YOU DON’T GO
TO A CONFERENCE OVER THERE SO
THEY CAN EXTEND THEIR ECONOMIC
POWER.
POWER. YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT HAVING ARMS
SALES.
SALES. YOU SAY WE’RE GOING TO FREEZE
THE ARMS SALES.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO THE THAT
UNTIL WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
THIS.
THIS. I’VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY
THIS IS ABOUT MONEY, THE ARMS
TRADE.
TRADE. YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEBODY SAY TO
ME THE OTHER DAY AMERICA IS AN
IDEA.
IDEA. IT IS AN IDEA.
THE THINGS WE BELIEVE IN, THE
THINGS WE STAND FOR THAT WE
BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS, SO
MONEY SHOULD NEVER TRUMP OUR
FOREIGN POLICY ACTIONS, SKPLGSZW
TO SEE A LOT OF THESE CEOs WHO
THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO BE IN
SAUDI ARABIA FOR MANY BIG
COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES,
STOOD UP AND SAID WE’RE NOT
GOING.
GOING. AND THEY DESERVE CREDIT FOR
THAT.
THAT. THEY NEED TO BE HELD UP AND WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO THEM
THAT THEY’VE PUT SOME PRINCIPLE
AHEAD OF PROFIT, WHICH IS WHAT
IS CRITICAL FOR THE ECONOMIC
SYSTEM OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE’S OUT
THERE FOR RAYTHEON AND FOR
BOEING.
BOEING. LIKE HE’S THEIR COMMERCIAL TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE.
REPRESENTATIVE. >> CHRIS, THAT’S NOT HOW YOU DO
FOREIGN POLICY.
FOREIGN POLICY. FOREIGN POLICY IS NOT JUST
ABOUT -- OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE JOBS AND ECONOMIC
CONTACTS.
CONTACTS. IT’S WHY WE SHOULDN’T BE IN ALL
THESE TRADE WARS.
WE SHOULD TRY TO GET OUR TRAVZ
DOWN FOR FREE TRADE.
WE BELIEVE IN FREE ENTERPRISE
AND PROFIT, BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE PRINCIPLES THAT
UNDERLIE PROFIT.
UNDERLIE PROFIT. LOOK, YOU’RE A GUY THAT STUDIES
A LOT OF THESE PHILOSOPHERS.
A FREE ENTERPRISE SIDE THAT IS
NOT UNDERLAID WITH VALUES IS
BANKRUPT.
BANKRUPT. LISTEN, CHRIS, THIS IS
UNANIMOUS.
UNANIMOUS. THIS IS A BIPARTISAN OUTRAGE
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU DON’T GO TO
THE CONFERENCE, MNUCHIN
SHOULDN’T GO TO THE CONFERENCE.
PRAISE THE CEOs NOT GOING TO THE
CONFERENCE, AND DON’T SELL THEM
ANYMORE WEAPONS.
ANYMORE WEAPONS. DON’T DO THAT UNTIL WE GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF IT.
AND WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
IT.
IT. >> GOVERNOR, THIS ISN’T THE
FIRST TIME THAT TRUMP HAS
ELEVATED THE ASSURANCES OF
DESPOTIC LEADERS OVER HIS
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY PRESIDENT
IN MODERN HISTORY, DONALD TRUMP
IS WILLING AND SOMETIMES EVEN
EAGER TO UNCRITICALLY REPEAT THE
ASSERTIONS OF AUTHORITARIAN
LEADERS, BREAKING WITH HIS OWN
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS.
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THOSE EXAMPLES.
THOSE EXAMPLES. >> HE’S A FUNNY GUY.
HE’S A VERY SMART GUY.
HE’S A GREAT NEGOTIATOR.
HE LOVES HIS PEOPLE, NOT THAT
I’M SURPRISED BY THAT.
>> I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN MY
INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE, BUT I WILL
TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN
WAS EXTREMELY STRONG AND
POWERFUL IN HIS DENIAL TODAY.
>> IT’S A GREAT HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE BECAUSE HE’S BECOME A
FRIEND OF MINE TO INTRODUCE
PRESIDENT ERDOGAN OF TURKEY.
HE’S RUNNING A VERY DIFFICULT
PART OF THE WORLD.
HE’S INVOLVED VERY, VERY
STRONGLY AND, FRANKLY, HE’S
GETTING VERY HIGH MARKS.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT,
GOVERNOR?
GOVERNOR? >> COME ON, CHRIS.
>> WHY DOES HE DO THIS?
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT WHEN
REAGAN IN THE BEGINNING SAID TO
DICK ALLEN, FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER, WE WIN AND
THEY LOSE.
THEY LOSE. HE WAS STANDING UP AGAINST
REPRESSION.
REPRESSION. NOW WE LOOK JUST NOT IN THE
VIDEO AND AUDIO THAT YOU HAVE
JUST PLAYED, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT
THE DEVELOPMENTS IN POLAND, THE
DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN HUNGARY RIGHT NOW, A LOSS OF
THE PROCESS, A SHUTDOWN OF THE
COURTS.
COURTS. HERE’S THE THING, CHRIS.
YOU CAN’T LOOK THE OTHER WAY
WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOCRATS.
THEY’RE EMBOLDENED TO DO THINGS
THAT TAKE AWAY PEOPLE’S RIGHTS.
I WAS JUST WITH A EUROPEAN
AMBASSADOR THE OTHER DAY THAT
SAID WHEN YOU START PLAYING WITH
FIRE WITH THE EXTREME RIGHT, ANY
OF THESE PEOPLE WHO BORDER ON
DEMAGOGUES, YOU PLAY WITH FIRE
AND YOU EMBOLDEN PEOPLE.
SO THIS NOTION THAT SOMEHOW
THEY’RE OKAY, NO, THEY’RE
TERRIBLE AND WE OUGHT TO POINT
IT OUT.
IT OUT. IT DOESN’T MEAN WE HAVE TO GO TO
WAR WITH THEM, BUT WE SHOULD BE
CLEAR ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THESE ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR
FREEDOM IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
IT’S WHAT OUR PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR
WHEN THEY LANDED ON THE BEACHES
IN WORLD WAR II.
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE ABOUT.
>> I’M WITH YOU, GOVERNOR.
>> I’M TRYING NOT TO GET TO
EMOTIONAL BUT WE’VE MADE HUGE
SACRIFICES FOR THESE THINGS AND
WE NEED TO HONOR THEM.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT JACK KENNEDY
SAID?
SAID? HE SAID THOSE WHO RIDE THE TIGER
END UP IN ITS MOUTH.