OPINIONS.
I DO WANT TO GET ALL OF YOUR
TAKES ON WHAT SOME CALL
FLIP-FLOP, SOME CALL 180 DEGREE
TURN.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> I SAID, HERE IS THE PROBLEM
WITH NATO, IT'S OBSOLETE.
I SAID IT WAS OBSOLETE.
IT'S NO LONGER OBSOLETE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN AND
RUSSIA.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GETTING
ALONG WITH RUSSIA AT ALL.
WE MAY BE AT AN ALL-TIME LOW IN
TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH
RUSSIA.
>> LOOK AT THE DATES THERE.
THE DATES ARE A YEAR APART.
THE DATES REFLECT A TIME WHEN HE
WAS NOT PRESIDENT, NOT PRIVY TO
SOME OF THE MATERIALS HE WOULD
BE PROVIDED AS THE PRESIDENT.
SOME OF THE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET MATERIALS?
>> DOES HE NEED CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET MATERIAL TO KNOW NATO IS
RELEVANT?
>> HE HAD A CHANGE OF OPINION.
HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
>> YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?
>> I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I FEEL WE ARE ENTITLED TO CHANGE
WITH CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH TIMING.
>> IT'S FOOLISH TO HOLD ONTO A
PARTICULAR VIEW AND BE SHOWN
EVIDENCE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
>> YOU'RE COMFORTABLE HE NOW
BELIEVES IN WORKING WITH NATO,
HE NOW BELIEVES IN GETTING
INVOLVED, IF NEED BE, IN SYRIA,
HE NOW NO LONGER BELIEVES CHINA
IS A CURRENCY MANIPULATOR.
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH HIS
CHANGES OF POSITION.
>> I'M SATISFIED WITH THEM.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS
FLUID.
YOU CAN'T MAKE AN INFORMED
DECISION IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
PROPER INFORMATION.
>> DID YOU FEEL HE WAS NOT
INFORMED DURING THE CAMPAIGN?
>> I THINK HE WAS AS INFORMED AS
THEY COULD MAKE HIM.
>> HE WASN'T THE PRESIDENT?
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
HE GOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS JUST
LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA DID OF THE
UNITED STATES.
HE GETS FIRSTHAND INFORMATION
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
AS THE PRESIDENT -- THAT'S A
BUNCH OF CRAP AND YOU ALL KNOW
IT.
IT'S A BUNCH OF CRAP.
LET ME CALM DOWN HERE.
HE GOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
HE GOT SECURE INFORMATION ON
THIS COUNTRY JUST LIKE MRS.
CLINTON DID.
>> BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WHY WOULD THEY HIDE INFORMATION
LIKE THAT TO SOMEBODY THAT'S
GOING TO BECOME THE NEXT
POSSIBLE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
COME ON.
I KNOW --
>> SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE WAS
PRIVY --
>> NO, THEY DID CLASSIFIED
BRIEFINGS.
THEY DID.
ONCE THEY WERE NOMINEES, THEY
GOT -- HOLD ON.
ALEX, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH
THE SHIFT IN POSITION.
>> EXCEPT CHINESE CURRENCY.
>> WHY NOT?
>> BECAUSE CHINA IS CURRENCY
MANIPULATOR.
>> WHY IS HE SAYING THEY ARE
NOT.
>> BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY HE
NEEDS CHINA.
>> AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
NEGOTIATE.
HE NEEDS CHINA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT --
>> HE BOMBED THE PLACE, NEEDS
HELP NOW.
HE STARTED THE WAR, HE SHOULD GO
THERE AND FINISH THE DAMN THING.
>> HE DIDN'T START THE WAR.
>> THE COUNTRY BOMBED SYRIA.
>> COME ON.
THAT WAS OBAMA.
>> SYRIA WAS DISGUSTING, SAD.
>> HE DEALT WITH IT.
>> DURING THE CAMPAIGN --
>> THERE HAVE BEEN -- I GET IT.
BUT WHAT --
>> WHY DOES HE --
>> WHAT DID OBAMA DO IN ALL
THIS?
OBAMA HAD --
>> THE COUNTRY --
>> WHY --
>> TRUMP DID.
>> WHAT ABOUT MR. TRUMP'S
SHIFTING POSITIONS?
>> AT THIS POINT HE HAD A
SITUATION TO DEAL WITH.
DID WE WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE
OF NEXT DAY TAKING THESE PEOPLE,
POOR INNOCENT PEOPLE AND GASSING
THEM AGAIN.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT ALL
THIS?
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING
INTENTLY TO YOUR FELLOW
PANELISTS?
>> I WANT TO SAY DONALD TRUMP,
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE ALL GAVE HIM
A PASS BECAUSE HE WASN'T A
POLITICIAN, BUT HE'S STARTING TO
FIT THE BILL.
ADULTS ARE HUMAN.
I CAN'T AGREE WITH PANELISTS.
WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND LET THE
LEADER OF THE COUNTRY -- THE
POPULATION.
>> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH
WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION IS
TODAY ON NORTH KOREA.
>> I'M NOT.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THESE
PANELISTS BELIEVE THAT HE GETS
THE WRONG INFORMATION AND GOES
INTO NORTH KOREA AND DOES
SOMETHING STUPID, IT COULD BE
DETRIMENTAL TO THIS COUNTRY.
IT REALLY COULD.
>> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE
TOUGH TALK AGAINST NORTH KOREA?
>> I'LL TAKE ANY TOUGH TALK WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP IF HE'S GOING TO
BACK IT UP, BUT HE'S NOT BACKING
IT UP.
>> WHAT CAN WE DO?
WE'VE GOT THE LEADER OF A
COUNTRY THAT'S BEEN FLAUNTING
THE FACT HE HAS THESE MISSILES
AND HE SENDS THEM UP.
DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ONE OF
THEM IS NUCLEAR TIPPED AND TAKES
OUT ONE OF OUR ALLIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> THEN I HAVE TO AGREE WE AS A
COUNTRY NEED TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN OUR HEAD
ANYMORE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT.
>> YOU THINK TOUGH TALK WILL
TAKE CARE OF THAT?
>> LOOK, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
TOUGH TALK.
>> OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO TALK
AND TRY TO COME TO A RESOLUTION.
THE GUY IS A MANIAC.
HE'S INSANE.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KIM
JONG-UN.
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>> I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT.
IF YOU DON'T SIT