WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW I'M KRISTEN WELKER IN WASHINGTON, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN ESCALATING HIS THREATS AGAINST IRAN AS THE HUMAN AND ECONOMIC TOLL OF THE WAR RISES. THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDING THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF FOUR U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND. PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH AND CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL DAN CANE, CAN BE SEEN SALUTING AS THE BODIES OF THE FALLEN WERE TRANSPORTED OFF THE PLANE.PRE ...

Joining us, staff writer at The Atlantic and MSNOW political analyst Asey Parker, senior advisor for the Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and MSNOW contributor David Ignatius, FOR THE AMERICAN PROSPECT MAGAZINE, NMS NOW COLUMNIST PAUL WALDMAN. PAUL, WE'RE HANGING THIS ON YOU, MY FRIEND. DO YOU REALLY THINK HE'S LOST THE POWER OF persuasion.Well, I think his powers of persuasion were always kind of exaggerated. I think the fact that he is so adept at commandin ...