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Susan Rice

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The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

And that has never been

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

In the post-World War II international construct, how the United States has operated, we have been to our great benefit, a economic and national security superpower with an unmatched collection of allies and friends and partners that has enabled us to uphold a rules-based international order that has benefited us, made us more secure and made us more prosperous.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

And he's thrown all of that away.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

Nicole, I don't know Marco Rubio well.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

I certainly don't know J.D.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

Vance well.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

But both of them have demonstrated a really remarkable ability to change their stripes.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

They're, you know, classic chameleons.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

They are very different people, it would seem, or at least they are acting as very different people.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

than they did just a few years ago.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

And when people do that in the context of trying to ingratiate themselves to an authoritarian type leader, you have to assume that it is for power and influence and personal ambition.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

I don't know what else explains it.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

It would seem to me to be worthy of investigation as a war crime or a potential war crime.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

I'm not an international lawyer, but I do know that there are rules of war and there is international law.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

And I don't know a single reputable international lawyer who would argue that.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

based on what evidence we have so far, that the second strike was legally justified.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

In fact, many question whether the initial strikes are legally justified.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

But certainly the second strike raises enormous questions that I think merit investigation.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

Of course, they won't receive investigation.

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s “Grand Theft Larceny"

any more than the ICE officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis who killed Rene Good be investigated as he should be and as that incident should be.