Mara Liasson

Doesn't look like it is so far. That's for sure.

Doesn't look like it is so far. That's for sure.

Right. But he's not reshaping the U.S. into being a kind of neutral bystander or someone who – or just an isolationist country. He actively – he parrots Kremlin talking points. He calls the president of Ukraine a dictator but he won't call Putin a dictator. He won't say that Russia invaded Ukraine. He says Ukraine started the war. So this has gone farther than just he kind of likes strongmen.

Right. But he's not reshaping the U.S. into being a kind of neutral bystander or someone who – or just an isolationist country. He actively – he parrots Kremlin talking points. He calls the president of Ukraine a dictator but he won't call Putin a dictator. He won't say that Russia invaded Ukraine. He says Ukraine started the war. So this has gone farther than just he kind of likes strongmen.

Right. But he's not reshaping the U.S. into being a kind of neutral bystander or someone who – or just an isolationist country. He actively – he parrots Kremlin talking points. He calls the president of Ukraine a dictator but he won't call Putin a dictator. He won't say that Russia invaded Ukraine. He says Ukraine started the war. So this has gone farther than just he kind of likes strongmen.

He's actively siding with Russia. And that vote in the United Nations, which was on the third anniversary of the invasion, and it was a motion – to condemn Russia. You know, there the United States was refusing to sign on and siding with North Korea, Belarus and Russia.

He's actively siding with Russia. And that vote in the United Nations, which was on the third anniversary of the invasion, and it was a motion – to condemn Russia. You know, there the United States was refusing to sign on and siding with North Korea, Belarus and Russia.

He's actively siding with Russia. And that vote in the United Nations, which was on the third anniversary of the invasion, and it was a motion – to condemn Russia. You know, there the United States was refusing to sign on and siding with North Korea, Belarus and Russia.

You know, Donald Trump has a very radically different view of how the government should work. The founders set up a system of broadly distributed power, three co-equal branches of government, so that if someone was elected with what they would have called monarchical tendencies or authoritarian tendencies, the system would prevent that person from doing too much damage.

You know, Donald Trump has a very radically different view of how the government should work. The founders set up a system of broadly distributed power, three co-equal branches of government, so that if someone was elected with what they would have called monarchical tendencies or authoritarian tendencies, the system would prevent that person from doing too much damage.

You know, Donald Trump has a very radically different view of how the government should work. The founders set up a system of broadly distributed power, three co-equal branches of government, so that if someone was elected with what they would have called monarchical tendencies or authoritarian tendencies, the system would prevent that person from doing too much damage.

Well, Trump and the people around him believe in something called a unitary executive. They want a vastly empowered president. Congress... right now has pretty much abdicated its role as a check on the executive branch. And Trump and his supporters are talking about impeaching judges. So he's going after the judicial branch, which is supposed to be the ultimate check on

Well, Trump and the people around him believe in something called a unitary executive. They want a vastly empowered president. Congress... right now has pretty much abdicated its role as a check on the executive branch. And Trump and his supporters are talking about impeaching judges. So he's going after the judicial branch, which is supposed to be the ultimate check on

Well, Trump and the people around him believe in something called a unitary executive. They want a vastly empowered president. Congress... right now has pretty much abdicated its role as a check on the executive branch. And Trump and his supporters are talking about impeaching judges. So he's going after the judicial branch, which is supposed to be the ultimate check on

on the executive, the branch that decides whether what the executive is doing is constitutional or not. And this hasn't come to a head, but it will, because a lot of the things that Trump is doing are headed for the Supreme Court.

on the executive, the branch that decides whether what the executive is doing is constitutional or not. And this hasn't come to a head, but it will, because a lot of the things that Trump is doing are headed for the Supreme Court.

on the executive, the branch that decides whether what the executive is doing is constitutional or not. And this hasn't come to a head, but it will, because a lot of the things that Trump is doing are headed for the Supreme Court.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.