Of course, this sort of more clear cut strategic directive at curtailing China becomes a lot more muddled when it comes to the various trade tiffs and and tariff uncertainties that the US has going with a number of these countries. How complicated does this become, particularly at a time where there's also gripes about Trump wanting Indo-Pacific allies to be spending more on defense post the NATO meeting. Yeah, that's a great question, because the impetus for the Trump administration is to reaffirm the impo ...

We want to bring in NBC's Camila Bernal in Los Angeles. Peter Baker is a New York Times White House correspondent and of course MSNBC political analyst. Retired Army Colonel Jack Jacobs is a Vietnam vet, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and an MSNBC military analyst.And Barbara McUade is a former US attorney, law professor at the University of Michigan. And what else. An MSNBC legal analyst.Peter, I want to start with you. Ending the protests in LA is what the administration is saying is their stated goal ...