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About money. nixon was not about personal gain. nixon was in the game because that was his character. trump is venal. he wants political power so he can continue to enhitch himself and his family. this as category even above richard nixon and that takes a lot of doing. >> rick wilson, thank you so much. always a pleasure to have you on our broadcast. >> yes, sir. coming up, our next guest literally wrote the book on leadership in turbulent times.

Already said he believes that spying was conducted against the trump campaign and he has questions about whether or not it was done incorrectly, i think it would be impossible to not view the attorney general through the lens of this investigation or this, sorry, as they would put it review into why the intelligence community chose to look into the trump campaign. one of the issues for the justice department and for bill barr is that these two things, this review that john durham is doing, and t...

Taking guiliani first i think both professionals inside of the justice department and the state department would take not only a dim view of what rudy guiliani has done but would say that it actively hurts them and it makes it harder for them to do their jobs because they also have to interface with foreign leaders, foreign officials, and other law enforcement people. not knowing what rudy guiliani is saying makes it very difficult for them to have credibility and they can get caught flat footed...

Long time. they play the maga game when they have to and quietly whisper to reporters i am really concerned. my brow is furrowed. im deeply troubled. they understand there is a point where you cant just keep pretending. we are rapidly reaching the point where you cant just keep pretending. what was bill barr doing in italy? why are they making these phone calls to australia? we want more of the details about ukraine. i know gorka is probably in europe pitching fish oil tablets or whatever he doe...

Person, if this person is outed by the administration, this person would certainly have a bounty on their heads. i think we cant over state sort of the danger of the president making these statements, trying to out this person. >> phil rucker, the president seems preoccupied with the whistle-blower and chairman schiff among other things. is this again the absence of an over arching strategy? >> well, the over arching strategy at the moment, brian, is whatever president trump is thinking in the g...

Of a corrupt president who abuses power. right now, donald trump -- and the thing about nixon, nixon was not about money. nixon was not about personal gain. nixon was in the game because that was his character. trump is venal. trump wants political power so he can continue to enrich himself and his family. and this is a category above even richard nixon, and that takes a lot of doing. >> rick wilson, thank you so much. >> yes, sir, pleasure. >> always a pleasure to have you on our broadcast. c...

Werent aware of his overseas travels, because he is taking such a hand in this investigation, because he has already said that he believes that spying was conducted against the trump campaign and he has questions about whether or not it was done incorrectly, i think that it would be impossible to not view the attorney general through the lens of this investigation or this -- sorry, as they would put it, review -- into why the intelligence committee chose to look into the trump campaign. one of t...

Person. >> phil rucker, the president seems preoccupied with the whistle-blower and chairman schiff, among other things. is this again the absence of an overarching strategy? >> well, the overarching strategy at the moment, brian, is whatever president trump is thinking in the given hour. there does not seem to be a grand strategy, either from a legal perspective or a public relations perspective to get him out of this hole and to protect the presidency. and so, what hes doing -- and we saw this...

Them to do their jobs because they also have to interface with foreign leaders, foreign officials and other law enforcement people, and not knowing what rudy giuliani is saying makes it difficult for them to have credibility and also they can get caught flat-footed. with regard to barr, its interesting because the attorney general is trying very hard to make the case that everything he is doing is within the letter of the law and that he is doing it for a valid reason. he wants to know if people...

Nervous folks right now, and theyre thinking -- you know, theyve tried to hide in the tall grass for a long time. they play the game when they have to and they quietly whisper to reporters, i am really concerned, my brow is furrowed, im deeply troubled. and they understand that theres a point where you cant just keep pretending. and were rapidly reaching point where you cant just keep pretending. and you know, what was bill barr doing in italy? why are they making these phone calls to australia?...