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Its like that feeling you get when a baby gets ahold of a hammer. it just feels really, really odd. you are not supposed to laugh at my jokes. >> its really funny. i hadnt heard that. >> i will tell you the one thing that bothered me about it is that the adulation -- this was the first big formal cabinet meeting which is normally a substantive meeting that you would hope gets on to a more substantive conversation. but this whole -- it seemed so clumsy. if they were going to do a big adulation as...

Strength. >> there you go. you need more of that. people talking about the sacrifices and the selflessness of people in the military, people who do their jobs each and every day and do not require adulation around a table. my god that was embarrassing. >> that was sick. sick is the word. its also deeply un-american to turn a cabinet meeting to the president of the united states in the white house into a cheerleading routine where everybody is supposed to go around the table and praise him. how w...

Adulation is a big part of american politics. you see it on the house floor. they say, mr. speaker, and my great and good friend on the other side of the aisle who i will proceed to rip their face off here in a few minutes, this has all been part of politics. what was a little odd about this today was it was -- it was clearly scripted. and it was a very clumsy way about saying, no problems here, were doing great things. i just -- it just didnt rise to the level of a presidential appearance not o...

The last year and even greater honor to be serving in your cabinet. >> have you ever seen anything like that before? >> no, have you? never. >> covered a lot of opening photo ops with cabinet members. >> this was beyond a photo op, and, you know, senator shelden whitehouse, who is a democrat, tweeted today maybe a bit too dear leaderish and i think thats what it kind of sounded like. and i think that usually cabinet meetings are held when the president in private wants to get unvarnished advice ...

>> dana: this is why president obama didnt deserve all of that adulation at the time. >> jesse: itsot nonbinding and there is no penalty for not reaching a goal and you can pull out and theres no penalty penalty for that thing either. the whole thing is worthless. under trumps current policy approach, by 2025, our carbon emissions will be going down 19% lower than they will have been in 2005. they are already projecting lower emissions significantly if we just continue down the path we are going...

The institute for social policy and understanding. we have a "new york times" contributing opinion writer and attorney as well. thank you both. it was about 30 minutes for those who were able to watch it. 32, 3300 words. depending on how you count it. is this a new president trump doctrine if you will or belief when were talking about the muslim world abroad? >> probably the most disturbing part of the speech out of a disturbing speech was that if you flatter donald trump he does whatever you te...

All of the pomp and circumstance, all of the adulation. we know that president si si of egypt said he was a leader among leaders. he overcame historic odds. these kinds of things played at president trumps vanity and hes loving every moment of it. >> he did chuckle at that one. the a.p. reported that there was more cooperation with this arms deal and possibly oil deals down in the future. do you see that as a possibility? >> i mean, i do right now. i think this administration is very well-set to...

Loved. a lot of people might be surprised to hear that. my interviews with him and other people i have talked to who have spent time with him, theres a need of him -- i have never met somebody at his level who does kind of look for approval in some way from -- you know, if you give him a compliment, you can see it wash over him. >> no question. he lives in deficit. i describe him in this piece as a black hole. you pour adulation and achievement and conquest into him and it just pours out the oth...

My interviews with him and other people i have talked to who have spent time with him, theres a need of him -- i have never met somebody at his level who does kind of look for approval in some way from -- you -- if you give hmmim a compliment, you ca see it wash over him. >> no question. he lives in deficit. i describe him in this piece as a black hole. you pour adulation and achievement and conquest into him and it just pours out the other end. it doesnt stick. all i think he wants is for peopl...

Sundry things that hes done, but our voters are the ones who decide who should and shouldnt be in office. so when youre saying how can someone be in office, the answer to that always is that unless -- >> tucker: im not saying that. im not asking that question. im not arguing against democracy. i dont think she ought to be in office, but what i really dont think is she ought to have the adulation or even the cover of her colleagues. fellow democrats. i find it inexplicable that you would be held ...