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Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Monday, February 12th.

The talk of the Beltway over the weekend largely centered on former President Donald Trump,

number one, inviting Russia to invade NATO countries,

and number two, mocking Nikki Haley's husband for serving in the military overseas.

And if you're doing something of a double take right now, you should probably go watch his

rally from Saturday. This morning, we have exclusive interviews from two of the more

traditionally minded GOP Hawks. These are Republicans who are

clearly hoping to be the moral conscience of a GOP increasingly swayed by isolationist tendencies,

Nikki Haley herself, and House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner. Let's start with Haley. The former

South Carolina governor, unsurprisingly, was unhappy with

Trump cheering Putin at the expense of U.S. allies. We talked on the phone yesterday afternoon,

and here's a clip from our conversation. But bear in mind, the quality isn't great.

To me, it's unthinkable that people would not be shocked, that he said not only would he not defend a friend who couldn't pay their

full NATO dues, but that he would encourage Putin to invade them, that should send a chill up

everyone's fine.

The problem, Haley told me, isn't just that what Trump said was wrong.

It's that what he said makes Joe Biden look, quote, clear-headed

and like a genius. That's right. Just days after the special counsel questioned Biden's mental

faculties, Haley suggested Trump's Saturday tirade exposed his own delirious instincts. Haley also hit back

at Trump for implying that she has a rocky marriage because her husband is serving overseas in the Horn of Africa as part of the South Carolina Army National Guard.

She said the ex-president knows nothing about what it means to serve, mocked him for dodging the Vietnam draft by claiming he has, quote, bone spurs.

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