Donald Trump

This war is a perfect reflection of the man who started it.

Trump is contradicting himself from statement to statement.

He's lurching from one objective to another.

He's passing the buck instead of taking responsibility.

Donald Trump is treating the entire world like one of his construction projects.

And he's learning it's a lot easier to tear something down than it is to put it back together.

Joining me now, retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling and former U.S.

Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul.

Ambassador McFaul, you know, your head just kind of spins on all of this when you're trying to figure out exactly what we're going to do.

And I won't even get into what the allies are thinking, but I will.

Because we've treated them in such a poor way.

Is it any surprise to you that they're so wary of helping the U.S.

and so reticent?

And in fact, in the case of Spain and Italy, just outright saying no because of what Trump is doing and the way he's approached them.

Yeah, General Hertling, I really appreciate the words of the ambassador there, particularly in the context of putting it all in perspective and understanding how much we need our allies.

So how unusual is it for our allies like Spain, like Italy, to deny the U.S.

the military use of their bases for an operation like this?

You know, Ambassador, I got a little chuckle out of the general's point there about the American people.

People go, what are you thinking here?

I have to think our allies must be the same way, scratching their head going, what are you thinking here?