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DOD Abruptly Halts Troop Deployment to Poland

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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DOD Abruptly Halts Troop Deployment to Poland

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0:00.0

You know what? I'm sorry I didn't take you with me to China, JD. I would have, but I didn't want to.

0:06.5

But I brought you a present that President Xi Jinping gave me.

0:11.2

A finger trap. Very nice. What did you give him? Taiwan. Now, Jay-D., I need some time to relax and to not be around you.

0:22.5

You want me to leave? Is the Pope Catholic?

0:25.9

Not enough for me.

0:28.5

This week, President Trump traveled 14,000 miles a round trip to China for a 48-hour summit,

0:35.4

which historians are already calling,

0:38.4

could have been an email.

0:42.5

President Trump arrived in China,

0:46.1

but instead of Xi Jinping, he was greeted by the country's vice president,

0:48.5

Han Zhang, or as Trump called him,

0:49.4

Xi Jinping.

1:01.6

President Trump was greeted at the great hall of the people by school children jumping up and down in excitement, shouting, it's the man from the hats we make.

1:13.8

Saturday night live with those jokes about Donald Trump's trip to China. Welcome to morning Joe. Good morning. It's Monday, May 18th, and with us, we have co-hosts of our 9 a.m. hour staff writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire.

1:18.2

He's got a fascinating new article out. Also, co-hosts of The Rest is Politics Podcast, the BBC's

1:25.2

Caddy Kay. Editor at the Insider, Michael Weiss, columnist and associate editor at the

1:31.1

Washington Post, David Ignatius, and managing editor at the bulwark, Sam Stein. And so much to

1:39.9

talk about really quickly, though, Jonathan Lemire. You know, an incredible NBA game last night

1:47.0

you can talk about for a second. But I think yesterday proved to us, answer the eternal question,

1:52.5

would you rather the Red Sox win or the Yankees lose? I must say you were far more excited

1:59.0

about the Yankees losing yesterday and the way they lost,

2:03.0

then you've been excited about the Red Sox in a very long time.

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