>>> HE’S A CHARACTER. AND HE’S A REAL PENALTY.
AND HE’S VERY SMART.
HE’S SHARP AS YOU CAN BE AND
HE’S A REAL LEADER AND HE’S
PRETTY -- I DON’T SAY THAT
NECESSARILY IN A BAD WAY.
BUT HE WAS TALKING TO THE PRESS
A LITTLE BIT AND HE’S NOT BIG
INTO TALKING TO THE PRESS BUT
THE PRESS CAME IN.
LOOK, BOTTOM LINE, I THINK HE
WANTS TO GET SOMETHING DONE BUT
THIS WASN’T THE RIGHT TIME.
>> RIGHT TIME.
>> STILL WITH US, EUGENE
ROBINSON AND RICK WILSON.
RICK, HE IS A CHARACTER.
HE HAS KILLED RELATIVES WITH
ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE. >> STARVED MILLIONS OF HIS
PEOPLE, YES.
PEOPLE, YES. >> WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM?
>> LOOK, DONALD TRUMP IS
DICTATOR CURIOUS.
DICTATOR CURIOUS. THIS IS A GUY WHO LOVES THESE
KINDS OF AUTHORITARIANS.
THESE THUGS, THESE WAR LORD
TYPES BECAUSE HE ENVISIONS HOW
HE WOULD LOVE TO LEAD.
AND I’M NOT SAYING HE WANTS TO
KILL HIS RELATIVES WITH AN
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. >> THAT WAS NICK KRISTOF’S
THEORY.
THEORY. >> THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS A LONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH LOVING THE
STRONG MAN, LOVING THE TOUGH
GUY.
GUY. I GUESS IT’S PROJECTION IN SOME
WAYS BUT IT REALLY SHOWS US
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHO DOES HE TRUST?
KIM JONG-UN.
KIM JONG-UN. VLADIMIR PUTIN.
VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE TOUGH GUYS IN THE WORLD.
WHO DOES HE NOT TRUST?
THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES.
AGENCIES. HE DOESN’T TRUST THE PRESS.
HE DOESN’T TRUST THE
INSTITUTIONS AROUND HIM.
HE DOESN’T TRUST ANYBODY THAT
DOESN’T SUCK UP TO HIM.
SO WHEN KIM JONG-UN LEARNED TO
PLAY DONALD TRUMP’S EGO AND
VANITY, IT GOT HIM TO THE POINT
WHERE HE GOT HIM BACK THERE A
SECOND TIME SO HE COULD PRANK
HIM A SECOND TIME IN FRONT OF
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. >> EUGENE, YOU THINK ABOUT AND
WRITE ABOUT BIG THOUGHTS.
IT SEEMS TO ME ONE OF THE LAST
SERIOUS VESTIGES OF THE CITY
WHERE YOU LIVE, WASHINGTON,
D.C., IS THAT FOREIGN POLICY
ESTABLISHMENT FROM CIA TO STATE
TO PENTAGON AND BEYOND, THAT
STILL CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS.
>> IT DOES.
>> WE HAD DONALD TRUMP PLAYING
WITH HOUSE MONEY, CONDUCTING
DIPLOMACY FOR THIS COUNTRY
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. HIS SON-IN-LAW IS TRYING TO
ACHIEVE MIDDLE EAST PEACE,
CONDUCTING DIPLOMACY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> TONIGHT.
>> TONIGHT. >> WELL, WHAT’S LEFT OF THAT
ESTABLISHMENT, YES, CARES DEEPLY
ABOUT OUR FOREIGN POLICY, CARES
DEEPLY ABOUT AMERICA’S PLACE IN
THE WORLD, KNOWS HISTORY.
>> THEY’VE KEPT THE PEACE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. AND -- BUT THIS PRESIDENT IS
TRYING TO DESTROY, DISRUPT,
DISMANTLE THAT FOREIGN POLICY
ESTABLISHMENT.
ESTABLISHMENT. AND HE’S HAD AN IMPACT ON IT.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> REX TILLERSON’S TIME AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, WHILE I THINK
TILLERSON WAS A PRETTY GOOD GUY,
BUT HE WAS A DISASTER AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
STATE DEPARTMENT. HE DIDN’T FILL A LOT OF SLOTS.
IT JUST WASN’T HAPPENING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS WHOLE
NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NEVER
FUNCTIONED THE WAY A NATIONAL
SECURITY APPARATUS -- YOU SAW IT
IN THE SUMMIT.
WHEN I SEE THE HEADLINES ON THE
CHYRON SAYING SUMMIT COLLAPSES.
IN ORDER TO COLLAPSE, IT HAS TO
HAVE BEEN A THING.
IT WAS NEVER A THING.
IT WAS NEVER THE SCAFFOLDING AND
PREPARATION DONE TO MAKE IT AN
ACTUAL SUMMIT.
ACTUAL SUMMIT. SO OF COURSE IT COLLAPSED.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
CAN THE WORLD’S LEADING MILITARY
AND ECONOMIC POWER TRY TO