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PEOPLE BACK IN RUSSIA, AND THEY’RE HEARING ABOUT THIS, TOO. THEY’RE HEARING ABOUT THIS, TOO. SO IT’S GOING TO HAVE DAMAGE. SO IT’S GOING TO HAVE DAMAGE. >> AND, BRETT, WHILE I HAVE YOU, >> AND, BRETT, WHILE I HAVE YOU, LATER ON THIS WEEK, THE LOWER LATER ON THIS WEEK, THE LOWER END OF MANHATTAN WILL BE LIT UP END OF MANHATTAN WILL BE LIT UP BY TWO BEAMS OF BLUE LIGHT BY TWO BEAMS OF BLUE LIGHT HEADING SKYWARD TO STAND FOR THE HEADING SKYWARD TO STAND FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS. WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS. THAT BEING THE CASE, SEPTEMBER THAT BEING THE CASE, SEPTEMBER 11th BEING ON THE WAY, WHAT 11th BEING ON THE WAY, WHAT WOULD YOUR REACTION HAVE BEEN IF WOULD YOUR REACTION HAVE BEEN IF WE WERE COMING ON THE AIR WE WERE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT TO REPORT THE HOUSE TONIGHT TO REPORT THE HOUSE GUESTS AT CAMP DAVID HAD BEEN GUESTS AT CAMP DAVID HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF THE TALIBAN MEMBERS OF THE TALIBAN LEADERSHIP? LEADERSHIP? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S ONE OF THE -- >> YOU KNOW, IT’S ONE OF THE -- LOOK, I’VE BEEN A LOT OF LOOK, I’VE BEEN A LOT OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. MEETINGS. I SPENT TWO YEARS ON THE TRUMP I SPENT TWO YEARS ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THIS IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST IDEAS I’VE EVER HEARD TO HAVE A IDEAS I’VE EVER HEARD TO HAVE A TALIBAN COME TO CAMP DAVID TO TALIBAN COME TO CAMP DAVID TO CULMINATE AN AGREEMENT THAT CULMINATE AN AGREEMENT THAT WASN’T REALLY EVEN CONCLUDED WASN’T REALLY EVEN CONCLUDED BECAUSE THE TALIBAN AND THE BECAUSE THE TALIBAN AND THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT HAD NEVER AFGHAN GOVERNMENT HAD NEVER TALKED. TALKED. THE TALIBAN IS STILL COMMITTED THE TALIBAN IS STILL COMMITTED TO OVERTHROWING THE AFGHAN TO OVERTHROWING THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT WHEN WE LEAVE. GOVERNMENT WHEN WE LEAVE. SO IT’S A REALLY HALFBAKED CRAZY SO IT’S A REALLY HALFBAKED CRAZY IDEA THAT APPARENTLY THE IDEA THAT APPARENTLY THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE COULD WORK PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE COULD WORK HIS MAGIC AND GET THESE TWO HIS MAGIC AND GET THESE TWO PARTIES TOGETHER. PARTIES TOGETHER. THAT WAS TOTALLY WISHFUL THAT WAS TOTALLY WISHFUL THINKING, AND REALLY, IT’S JUST THINKING, AND REALLY, IT’S JUST OUTRAGEOUS TO THINK ABOUT THE OUTRAGEOUS TO THINK ABOUT THE TALIBAN WHO HARBORS AL QAEDA TO TALIBAN WHO HARBORS AL QAEDA TO BE COMING ANYWHERE NEAR BE COMING ANYWHERE NEAR WASHINGTON LET ALONE CAMP DAVID. WASHINGTON LET ALONE CAMP DAVID. IT’S A CRAZY STORY, AND GLAD IT’S A CRAZY STORY, AND GLAD IT’S NOT HAPPENING. IT’S NOT HAPPENING. >> AND SHANNON, IS IT NOW BY >> AND SHANNON, IS IT NOW BY DESIGN THAT WE LEARN ABOUT DESIGN THAT WE LEARN ABOUT NOW-CANCELED MEETINGS VIA NOW-CANCELED MEETINGS VIA TWITTER? TWITTER? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON WITH A WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON WITH A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE STANDING HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE STANDING WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT, IS THIS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT, IS THIS ALSO THE WAY THEY LEARNED? ALSO THE WAY THEY LEARNED? >> THAT’S THE WAY WHITE HOUSE >> THAT’S THE WAY WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS LEARN ABOUT THINGS. STAFFERS LEARN ABOUT THINGS. OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW, INTERACTIONS WITH KIM JONG-UN, INTERACTIONS WITH KIM JONG-UN, INTERACTIONS WITH IRAN, WE’RE INTERACTIONS WITH IRAN, WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THEM ON TWITTER. LEARNING ABOUT THEM ON TWITTER. SOME MAJOR -- I MEAN, THERE’S SOME MAJOR -- I MEAN, THERE’S BEEN INSTANCES I HAVE BEEN TOLD BEEN INSTANCES I HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT IN THE PAST WHERE ABOUT IN THE PAST WHERE OBVIOUSLY THE PENTAGON WAS OBVIOUSLY THE PENTAGON WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. CAUGHT OFF GUARD. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE TIME WHEN I BELIEVE IT WAS THE TIME WHEN THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TROOP THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PENTAGON A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PENTAGON WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THAT. WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THAT. AND, OF COURSE, THOUGH, THIS AND, OF COURSE, THOUGH, THIS SPEAKS TO THIS PATTERN OF THE SPEAKS TO THIS PATTERN OF THE PRESIDENT HAVING A STRATEGY OF PRESIDENT HAVING A STRATEGY OF CALLING OFFING OUT OF A ROOM, CALLING OFFING OUT OF A ROOM, WALKING OUT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH WALKING OUT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH KIM JONG-UN, WALKING OUT OF KIM JONG-UN, WALKING OUT OF TALKS WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON TALKS WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON IMMIGRATION. IMMIGRATION. HERE, AGAIN, A VERY PUBLIC HERE, AGAIN, A VERY PUBLIC CANCELING OF THIS MEETING WHICH, CANCELING OF THIS MEETING WHICH, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT COULD OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE JUST DONE PRIVATELY. HAVE JUST DONE PRIVATELY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN JUST KEPT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN JUST KEPT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND AFGHAN BETWEEN THE U.S. AND AFGHAN NEGOTIATORS AND THE TALIBAN, BUT NEGOTIATORS AND THE TALIBAN, BUT HE MADE THIS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF HE MADE THIS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF IT AND IT’S ALMOST BECOME A IT AND IT’S ALMOST BECOME A BARGAINING TACTIC OR NEGOTIATING BARGAINING TACTIC OR NEGOTIATING TACTIC THAT HE SEEMS TO USE TACTIC THAT HE SEEMS TO USE WHERE HE WALKS AWAY FROM THE WHERE HE WALKS AWAY FROM THE TABLE WHICH IS SOMETHING HE DID TABLE WHICH IS SOMETHING HE DID AS A BUSINESSMAN AND THINKS AS A BUSINESSMAN AND THINKS THAT’S GOING TO HELP GET THEM THAT’S GOING TO HELP GET THEM BACK. BACK. SO IF PEOPLE HAD INITIALLY SO IF PEOPLE HAD INITIALLY PREDICTED IN THE START OF THIS PREDICTED IN THE START OF THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE WOULD ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE WOULD BE GOVERNING BY TWEET, THAT HAS BE GOVERNING BY TWEET, THAT HAS CERTAINLY COME TO FRUITION, NOT CERTAINLY COME TO FRUITION, NOT JUST ON FOREIGN POLICY BUT JUST ON FOREIGN POLICY BUT ANNOUNCING KEY CABINET MEMBERS, ANNOUNCING KEY CABINET MEMBERS, A DEFENSE SECRETARY BEING A DEFENSE SECRETARY BEING ANNOUNCED ON TWITTER, FIRINGS ON ANNOUNCED ON TWITTER, FIRINGS ON TWITTER. TWITTER. SO, YES, THAT IS THE WAY NOT SO, YES, THAT IS THE WAY NOT ONLY WE ARE ALL LEARNING ABOUT ONLY WE ARE ALL LEARNING ABOUT IT BUT PEOPLE IN THE IT BUT PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WHITE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WHITE HOUSE ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT AS HOUSE ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT AS WELL. WELL. >> HEY, ROBERT COSTA, WHO’S ON >> HEY, ROBERT COSTA, WHO’S ON THE INSIDE TO SAY, MR. THE INSIDE TO SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, TALIBAN, CAMP DAVID, PRESIDENT, TALIBAN, CAMP DAVID, 9/11 WEEK, NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR 9/11 WEEK, NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR SO MANY REASONS? SO MANY REASONS? >> ALMOST EVERYONE ON THE INSIDE >> ALMOST EVERYONE ON THE INSIDE HAS A MORE CONVENTIONAL APPROACH HAS A MORE CONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY IN NATIONAL TO FOREIGN POLICY IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND THERE ARE RISING SECURITY AND THERE ARE RISING TENSIONS INSIDE OF THIS WHITE TENSIONS INSIDE OF THIS WHITE HOUSE AND THE BROADER HOUSE AND THE BROADER ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S CONDUCT AND PRESIDENT’S CONDUCT AND DECISIONMAKING. DECISIONMAKING. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS AT NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS AT THE CIA, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE CIA, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE NSC, AND EVEN TOP OFFICIALS THE NSC, AND EVEN TOP OFFICIALS IN THE CABINET, THEY’RE TELLING IN THE CABINET, THEY’RE TELLING THIS PRESIDENT NOT TO PURSUE THIS PRESIDENT NOT TO PURSUE SOME OF THESE MORE SOME OF THESE MORE UNCONVENTIONAL AMBITIONS, YET UNCONVENTIONAL AMBITIONS, YET THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING BACK THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THEM AND THEY ALL ARE AGAINST THEM AND THEY ALL ARE TAKINGING A MORE FORMAL TAKINGING A MORE FORMAL POSITION, A MORE MAINSTREAM POSITION, A MORE MAINSTREAM POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE RUSSIA. LIKE RUSSIA. I WAS JUST ON THE ROAD WITH VICE I WAS JUST ON THE ROAD WITH VICE PRESIDENT PENCE FOR A WEEK IN PRESIDENT PENCE FOR A WEEK IN EUROPE AND HE WAS ARTICULATING A EUROPE AND HE WAS ARTICULATING A HAWKISH POSITION ON RUSSIA. HAWKISH POSITION ON RUSSIA. JUST DAYS AFTER, PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST DAYS AFTER, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THINKING ABOUT INVITING WAS THINKING ABOUT INVITING VLADIMIR PUTIN TO THE NEXT G7 VLADIMIR PUTIN TO THE NEXT G7 MEETING. MEETING. WHEN IT COMES TO AFGHANISTAN, WHEN IT COMES TO AFGHANISTAN, HE’S SURROUNDED BY SECRETARY OF HE’S SURROUNDED BY SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO, NATIONAL SECURITY STATE POMPEO, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON, FAR MORE ADVISER JOHN BOLTON, FAR MORE HAWKISH IN THEIR APPROACH, YET