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He tweets a lot more, theres more bluster. some of his provocations. especially towards north korea, they have come when hes away from the white house. thats certainly a fear, when they come back is the grim political climate facing republicans in the year 2018. an nbc poll earlier this week found democrats are favored by an 11 point margin on the generic ballot, thats the kind of thing thats going to create a blue wave in the house. the senate, once seemed unthinkable for the republicans to los...

When hes at mar-a-lago, away from the white house, maybe at his golf course in new jersey, he tweets a lot more, theres more bluster. some of his provocations. thats certainly a fear, when they come back is the grim climate facing republicans in the year 2018. an nbc poll earlier this week found democrats are favored by an 11 point margin on the generic ballot, thats the kind of thing thats going to create a white bout in the house, the senate, once seemed unthinkable for the republicans to lose...

>> not just democrats, brian. i think republicans fear this too, he tends to be the loosest when hes at mar-a-lago, away from the white house, maybe at his golf course in new jersey, he tweets a lot more, theres more bluster. some of his provocations. thats certainly a fear, when they come back is the grim climate facing republicans in the year 2018. an nbc poll earlier this week found democrats are favored by an 11 point margin on the generic ballot, thats the kind of thing thats going to creat...

That is more bluster than reality here, because the fact of the matter is so much of the aid is in the mideast is going to countries we depend on and so much of the aid is dependent on the house and senate as well. its not something the president can just rescind. it is certainly a moment here and that the trump administration is getting a stinging rebuke there. we have not heard from the president or his officials. i expect we will this afternoon. >> i suspect you are absolutely right. over at ...

A luster of what a great officer vladimir putin is. he knows how to handle an asset, and thats what hes doing with the president. im saying this figuratively. i think we have to remember putins background. hes a kgb officer. thats what they do. they recruit assets. and i think some of that experience and instincts of putin is coming to play here, and his managing a pretty important account for him, if i could use that term, with our president. >> former director of national intelligence james cl...

Getting carried away in bluster and threats and throwing around the fact that were going to be engaged in some kind of a war that could involve nuclear weapons or result in the death of millions of people, i just, i think is just not right and i dont think its correct foreign policy. heres what i do believe. i dont believe we have put the sanctions on across the board, including those things that would affect chinese banks, those things that would require that you cannot have a global transforma...

Money and drugs. and earlier today ohio governor, republican john kasich, said the trump administration needs to decrease the military rhetoric and increase international pressure on north korea. >> in the beginning i think the president, by putting pressure on north korea, was doing the right thing. but this is -- its getting carried away and bluster and threats and thrown around the fact that were going to be engaged in some kind of a war that could involve nuclear weapons or result in the dea...

This all just bluster, and how concerned are you about this? >> i mean, i think that rex tillerson had a plan, which is to try and open a door to north korea to bring in russia. russia praised his comments on tuesday, which were very -- quite different than the ones you played where he said, you know, he discussed the weather with north korea. he would sit down with them without preconditions to try to detoxify the atmosphere and try to move them forward, to figure out a plan to possibly denucle...

York times." failing on many levels. the president versus the presidency. so if you open it up, you are not necessarily reading at the top of the by line about roy moore, about the rally. about jerusalem, about the stock market. about all the things that have happened. you are reading quotes like this from the "new york times." despite all his bluster, he views himself less as a titan, dominating the world stage than a maligned outsider engaged in a struggle to be taken seriously. according to i...

Here is the bigger thing. we wake up today and look at the news. grab a copy of your "new york times." all-star team of hafferman, baker. pete: is he on your all star feel? not mine. griff: 3, 4 page article about the president. the headline the president vs. the presidency. pete, what did you make of that? pete: you raised a great point. we will read a little bit of the quote. go ahead, griff. griff: this stood out to me as a journalist, what? despite all his bluster he views himself less as a ...