>> President Trump: I'VE

ALREADY TOLD THAT TO PRESIDENT

ERDOGAN.

FAR MORE THAN SANCTIONS.

LINDSEY AND I FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

LINDSEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY

THERE FOR THE NEXT 200 YEARS

AND MAYBE ADD A COUPLE 100,000

PEOPLE EVERY PLACE.

I DISAGREE WITH LINDSEY ON THAT.

>> Sandra: PRESIDENT TRUMP

RESPONDING TO CRITICISM FROM

SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM AND

OTHER REPUBLICANS FOR PULLING

U.S. FORCES FROM SYRIA AHEAD OF

TURKEY'S MILITARY INVASION.

LET'S BRING IN SARAH SANDERS,

FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS

SECRETARY AND FOX NEWS

CONTRIBUTOR.

WELCOME BACK TO "AMERICA'S

NEWSROOM."

NICE TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, SANDRA.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> Sandra: YOU HAVE SEEN THE

CONTINUED CRITICISM THE

PRESIDENT FACED FROM HIS OWN

PARTY IN THE WAKE OF THAT

DECISION.

HOW IS THE PRESIDENT HANDLING

THIS?

>> LOOK, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY

DIFFICULT SITUATION.

CERTAINLY ONE THAT I DON'T

THINK WE WANT ANY AMERICAN

PRESIDENT TO HAVE TO BE IN.

I'VE SAT IN THE ROOM WHEN THE

PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO SIGN

LETTERS TO FAMILIES, MAKE

CONTACT WITH FAMILIES AFTER

THEY'VE LOST A CHILD IN COMBAT.

HE SAID IT EARLIER AND I'VE

HEARD HIM SAY IT BEFORE THERE

IS NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT IN

ANY PART OF HIS JOB THAN THAT

ROLE THAT HE HAS TO PLAY AS

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND I THINK

THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING THE

RIGHT THING BY LOOKING AT HOW

WE PROTECT THE AMERICAN

MILITARY.

THIS IS AGAIN NOT AN EASY

SITUATION.

YOU HAVE TURKEY WHO IS A NATO

ALLY.

YOU HAVE THE KURDS WHO HAVE

BEEN AN ALLY IN THE FIGHT

AGAINST ISIS.

UNFORTUNATELY THOSE TWO ALLIES

HATE EACH OTHER.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE

CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET STUCK

IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER

ENDLESS WAR.

IT IS A SAD TRAGEDY OF THE

MIDDLE EAST.

A NEVER-ENDING TALE OF THE

CONFLICT THAT EXISTS THERE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TRY

TO REDUCE IT.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE

CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE

TO PUT AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN

HARM'S WAY FOR AN ENDLESS WAR

AND EXTREMELY CLEAR IF TURKEY

RELEASES ISIS TERRORISTS THERE

WILL BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THE PRESIDENT

WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THROUGH

ON THAT SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR

TURKEY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING

THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

ONE OF THE GREATSEST

ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PRESIDENT

HAS HAD HAS BEEN IN HIS DEFEAT

AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO

DEFEAT THE ISIS CALIPHATE.

A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS

PRESIDENT.

>> Sandra: BUT FOR THAT VERY

REASON HE IS BEING CRITICIZED

FOR WHAT THIS MEANS IN EFFECT

BOLSTERING EYEIS.

YOU HAVE HEARD FROM VARIOUS

REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND MEMBERS

OF CONGRESS SAID IT INCREASES

THE CHANCES OF AN ISIS COMEBACK

AND ENDANGERS THE KURDS.

WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S

MESSAGING HERE?

AND WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO NOW

CONSIDERING THAT SENATOR

LINDSEY GRAHAM AND OTHERS

INTRODUCED SANCTIONS AS SOON AS

CONGRESS RETURNS?

THEY'LL TARGET THE ENERGY

SECTOR, THE MILITARY, PRESIDENT

SAID HE SUPPORTS THOSE.

BUT WHAT CAN THE PRESIDENT DO

NOW AS HE CONTINUES TO FACE

THIS CRITICISM?

>> WELL, I THINK HE HAS TO

CONTINUE TO DO WHAT HE HAS DONE

SINCE DAY ONE OF TAKING OFFICE,

BE TOUGH ON ISIS, BE TOUGH ON

WHO OUR REAL ENEMIES ARE AND

NOT GET LOST WHO THAT IS.

TURKEY AND THE KURDS ARE BOTH

ALLIES OF THE UNITED STATES.

ISIS IS THE ENEMY HERE.

WE SHOULD COLLECTIVELY COME

TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON ISIS.

THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS

TRIED TO DO AND YOU'LL CONTINUE

TO SEE HIM DO THAT AND WHY HE

SUPPORTS THE SANCTIONS AND WHY

HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE

CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE AND

NOT ALLOW ISIS TERRORISTS TO BE

RELEASED AND HE SAID THAT HE

WOULD GO MUCH FURTHER THAN

SANCTIONS AND PUT EVEN MORE

SEVERE CONSEQUENCES IF THAT

HAPPENS.

I THINK AGAIN THE PRESIDENT HAS

A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT

SITUATION.

THERE IS NO GOOD ANSWER HERE.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE FACE

EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT IS

LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE

LENS OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR

HAVING TO CALL MOTHERS AND

FATHERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR

CHILDREN IN THIS TERRIBLE FIGHT.

THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO

CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR AN

ENDLESS WAR AND CONTINUE TO

MAKE CALL AFTER CALL AND SEND

LETTER AFTER LETTER BECAUSE WE

HAVE TWO ALLIES THAT CAN'T COME

TOGETHER AND DECIDE TO FIGHT

THE REAL ENEMY, ISIS.

>> Sandra: WE'LL CONTINUE TO

WATCH REACTION TO ALL OF THAT.

MEANWHILE YOU HAVE THE HOUSE

FREEDOM CAUCUS DEMANDING ADAM

SCHIFF, CALLING FOR HIS

IMMEDIATE RECUSAL FROM THE

IMPEACHMENT PROBE, SARAH.

YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT FACING

THE SITUATION OBVIOUSLY WITH

TURKEY AND SYRIA.

YOU HAVE THE IMPEACHMENT THAT

HE CONTINUES TO FACE.

THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE.

THE PRESIDENT HAS A LOT ON HIS

PLATE.

MEANWHILE THE LATEST FOX NEWS

POLLING SHOWING THIS AS FAR AS

WHERE RESPONDENTS STAND ON THE

PRESIDENT BEING IMPEACHED AND

REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

IT SHOWS 51% SAY THAT SHOULD

HAPPEN.

I WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE TO

THAT BEFORE I LET YOU GO.

>> IF ANYBODY CAN HANDLE A LOT

OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THEIR

PLATE IT IS CERTAINLY DONALD

TRUMP.

HE HAS PROVEN THAT TIME AND

TIME AGAIN WHETHER IT'S

FOCUSING ON TRADE, THE DEFEAT

OF ISIS, REBUILDING OUR

MILITARY.

HE IS VERY CAPABLE OF DOING A

NUMBER OF THINGS AT ONE TIME.

I THINK THAT IMPEACHMENT IS

VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.

BUT FRANKLY, IT HAS NOT BEEN

BAD SO FAR FOR REPUBLICAN

FUNDRAISING OR CANDIDATE

RECRUITMENT.

I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS MEAN

INFINITELY MORE THAN A POLL A

YEAR OUT.

I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO GO AFTER

ADAM SCHIFF.

HE HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS CLEARLY

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND

POLITICALLY DRIVEN IN THIS

ENTIRE PROCESS.

HE IS WEAPONIZING IMPEACHMENT

AND IT IS DISGRACEFUL WHAT

DEMOCRATS ARE DOING TO THIS

PRESIDENT.

I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE A

PRESIDENT THAT WON'T SIT BACK

AND TAKE THE HITS LYING DOWN.

HE WILL FIGHT BACK AND I THINK

YOU'VE SEEN THAT SO FAR FROM

THE RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE

HOUSE.

I THINK THEY'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THE PRESIDENT I THINK AT THE

END OF THE DAY WILL BE FULLY

VINDICATED ON THE FAKE UKRAINE