He has an obligation to instill pride, respect for their patriotism and sacrifice. He does anything but that when he goes in to the Pentagon or in the situation room and says you're a bunch of incompetents.
Cohen argues that President Trump fails to honor the military's service and sacrifices with his derogatory comments.
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I think the first thing is to make sure it doesn't get out of this country. I think it has to be brought down under control, if at all possible.
I think we, in the United States and the West have to make the decision right now, impose all of the sanctions because he's not going to be deterred, but he needs to feel some pain and the longer he feels it, the better it is going to be…
I think we have to take that into account, and then do what we can, to defend the Ukrainian people.
In the past, the Insurrection Act, which was passed in 1807 was invoked first by President Eisenhower to help Black children have safe passage into a school.
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