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Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, Breaking News and international stories. I had an aide next to my ear nearly screaming within the last several minutes when the president was with the italian president in the oval office but its an example of just how hard they are trying to keep reporters from asking the president questions. Obviously they cant be do that in the News Conference coming p up. You may see the president with the investigation, the president may be tempted to call on somebody in the ...

Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, Breaking News and international stories. That he had been he had testified Behind Closed Doors with the House Intelligence Committee and apparently forgot about that meeting. I think it strains credulity to believe he forgot about that meeting. So what might bob muellers investigators be doing now . Because miss davis is close to him personally and professionally, theres been some reporting that, for example, she would keep his schedule. Of course, the investigato...

Tax revenues from corporations fell 22% from january. in fact, budget deficit is up 77% in the first four months of fiscal year 2019. it dwarfs the $587 billion during obamas second term. the trade deficit the president obsesses over, moving in the wrong direction as well. growing $100 billion and hitting a 10 year high. we know the businessman, donald trump, called himself the king of debt and borrowing money and spending lavishly and trying to renegotiate with banks. government doesnt work tha...

2016, $587 billion. it shows you that this budget blueprint is just a blueprint. its not going to become law because democrats are already rejecting it. its going to set the stage for further negotiations going forward, but at the moment this is the presidents priorities. he wants a big slice of money for his wall, which has already been rejected by democrats. what will they do when they get to the actual nitty-gritty of negotiating? thats going to be the big question in the weeks and months ahe...

Of the administration -- >> i want to hold you on the deficit because thats what he ran on. thats what paul ryan and other republicans -- take a look. lets show the economic fact. barack obama leaves with a $587 billion deficit that was decreasing. donald trump and the republicans come in, it jumped to $782 billion. now theyve lost control of the congress. is it wrong to run on something and then do the opposite? >> look, if thats the case, no politician would ever run for office. we see this fr...

Debt because this will also be the first vote since trump economics has been put in force in the tax cut and what is a growing deficit. take a look at this. >> were going to create a dynamic economy again. were going to bring the jobs back from china, from mexico, from japan. >> but you still owe them money. >> from vietnam. >> you still owe them money. so you bring it back. how are you going to get the debt down? >> because the country is going to start growing. >> even if you gin the economy u...

And him getting pushed about debt. this will be the first vote since trump economics has been forced into the tax cut and a growing deficit. take a look at this. >> we are going to create a dynamic economy again. we will bring the jobs back from china and mexico and japan and vietnam. >> you still owe the money. you bring it back, so how are you going to get the debt down? >> because the country is going to start growing. >> even if you gin the economy up, how does that pay down the debt? you ha...

>> isnt that wrong? >> yeah, thats wrong, but thats the hypocrisy of the swamp. >> but thats donald trump, the guy you like. let me put it up so voters can see. >> i appreciate you want to hold me accountable. >> here is barack obama. 587 billion when he was leaving office. donald trump runs saying deficits are a problem. kudlow is in charge, theyre growing the deficit to 782 billion. not just hypocritical but wrong. they promised the opposite. >> theres a number of layers to the question. the f...

Screen so you can see where its been. during the last year of the obama administration, the annual budget deficit, $587 billion. first year of the trump administration, went up to $666 billion. its probably going to be about 700 or 800 billion this year. in 2019, the congressional budget office is already projecting a $1 trillion annual budget deficit here in the united states. whatever happened to the conservative republican doctrine of a balanced budget? >> did you really have to rain on this ...

Screen 20678916 the budget deficit for that year, $587 billion. first year the trump administration went up to $660 billion. the congressional budget office suggesting it could be a trillion dollars next year. less revenue coming in because there have been tax cuts for the military and other issues as well. how does the koch network feel about a trillion dollar budget deficit coming up? >> we think thats awful. the problem is not a tax cut americans rightly deserve. that has stimulated the econo...