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Rails. current current and former officials said his daily update is often structured to avoid upsetting him. according to another i former high-ranking trump administration official there is an unspoken understanding within the national security council that to raise the matter is to acknowledge its validity, which the president would see as an affront. its confirmed president trump spoke with vladimir putin today, according to the kremlin the white house initiated the call. national security a...

A cabinet meeting about russian interference or what to do about it. never. not once. one former high-ranking trump administration official tells "the post," theres an unspoken understanding at the national security council not to raise the issue because that would acknowledge its validity which the president would take as an affront. keeping them honest, a threat to national security should trump one mans feelings, especially if that man is the president of the united states. jeff zeleny joins ...

Keep trying to do more of it but the post reports that trump has never convened a cabinet level meeting on russian interference or what to do about it. in terms of the national security counsel, one official said there is an unspoken understanding within the nsc that to raise the matter of russia is to acknowledge its validity, which the president would see as an affront. after the new national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster brought in an expert, trump demeaned and insulted her in a way hard to...

The intelligence committee, do you believe the 2017 intelligence community assessment accurately characterized the extent of russian activities in the 2016 election and its conclusion that russia intelligence agencies were responsible for the hacking and leaking of information and using this information in order to influence our elections? a simple yes or no would suffice. >> i do. yes. >> yes, senator. >> yes, i do. >> yes. >> yes. >> its been seven months since those six yeses. "the washington...

Understanding within the national security counsel that to even raise the matter is to acknowledge its validity which the president sees an affront. the president has an aversion to intelligence about russia, according to an official. if you talk about russia, meddling, interference, that takes the presidential daily briefing off the rails. were also learning today the president spoke to putin today by phone. im joined now by the ranking democrat, adam schiff. just supposing trump knew he was do...

Efforts to hold russia to account. so with us is analyst who served on the national security council under president obama in that time dealing with russians, good to see you again. when you read some of this details in this piece about how it was perceived to be affront to the president and change the ways he would be briefed to not lead with this. in your four years, have you ever heard of any of this? >> thats a hard no. the story today paints a picture of the president sensoring his own nati...

Constitution of the united states, which she disgraces every day as she serially lies hour after hour after hour every day. it appears mentions, just for a moment, how ab formal this is. the assault, the constant assault on the dignity and the majesty of the office of the president of the united states, and this is exactly the reason the president of the united states is not welcome in the united kingdom. because his presence standing next to her majesty the queen is such an affront to her digni...

Says, and as long as he feels like its -- like youre a decent person being fair to him, then thats okay. >> i think chris and i both had that experience. the problem is he does take things personally. hes not the fellow who goes out and gathers all the facts about a situation, weighs them, and then gives equal weight to them and makes his decision. i think he will make a decision, a strong decision, after that information gathering, but then he sticks with it, and hes almost insulted if you chal...

A lot of people probably told him not to do it, but he made the decision on that. >> my sense of him, just the times i interviewed him during the campaign, and thats really the only time i have known him, i met him once or twice before as a citizen, is if he feels youre coming from a decent place, a fair place, you can make criticism, you can ask tough questions. you can be critical of things he says, and as long as he feels like its -- like youre a decent person being fair to him, then thats ok...

Racial divisions. a group of about 100 protesters staged a demonstration. a congressman was one of several civil rights veterans to boycott the event. >> what should the white house have done? obviously if he didnt show up, that would be seen as a slight. he did show up, that was an affront. >> address something specifically with regard to black constituencies. maybe address the question of the voting rights act. something specific with regard to the black community. >> a few weeks ago he was tw...