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Conversation. >> i do think that comeys public statements about the e-mails and hillary was a very bad and unprofessional -- and he never even acknowledged it. so i think comey has real serious problems. >> what about the timing of it? >> but thats the other point, that he asked for resources to investigate the russia/trump connection. so, yeah, that smells. no question. >> and where do you think this all goes now? is this going to hang over trump? >> well, its hanging over washington, thats all...

Mccarty can make fun of these little episodes and make us all laugh. but trump will make certain speeches and say certain things and a certain kind of person will think, hes for us. but i get the feeling of how clearly he isnt for the uses over the next year will start to become so clear, that at least a certain segment of these people will start to realize, it was all bluster. these people have basic human intelligence like all of us do. >> the president did a series of interviews and raised so...

It was all bluster. these people have basic human intelligence like all of us do. >> the president did a series of interviews and raised some eyebrows with his comments on the civil war and on andrew jackson. listen to this. >> i mean had andrew jackson been a little bit later, you wouldnt have had the civil war. he was -- he was a very tough person, but he had a big heart. and he was really angry that -- he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. he said, theres no reason for this....

To put it bluntly, he is so full of bluster at the start of negotiations and so accommodating later that he risks looking like a man who can be had. trumps disruptive personality has usefully opened the door for diplomacy, but what comes next? never mind to yes, does the trump team even know what yes might look like. joe, what is the answer to know questions? >> well, david ignatius is right, there is -- david, little harm in considering talking to the putins of the world and the xis of the worl...

Moments. not just with mideast peace but with north korea as well and with syria? it seems like in his first 103 days hes trying to really -- >> north korea is a nuclear weapon threat. thats different. >> but hes trying to find solutions to huge problems all at once. >> he wants to demonstrate that he can govern. that for all the talk and all the bluster he cant deliver and this bothers him so at some level he wants to show he has some victories. hes also hearing from republicans already thinkin...

Overnight. i think theres a lot of bluster going on on both sides in this debate. theyre a long way from the deliverable icbm with a nuclear war head. we have time to build up our ballistic missile defense, to build a wall around north korea with our allies, to pressure the north korean leadership, you know, to change their ways. we have time to do this. this is not the time to panic about this. >> all right. everyone keeps saying we dont have to worry about this because theyre so far offer. but...

Explosive this particular issue is. of the many complex things in health care, which president trump newly discovered this is a complex topic -- one thing everyone understands, no matter your ideology, your race, gender, religious beliefs, is that pre-existing conditions in your life, in the life of your loved ones is very big, and if you have coverage now that you are happy with, with the pre-existing condition, you want to make sure that youre convinced that the legislative language, not the b...

He came in is he would be a great negotiator. in some areas, for instance last week on the nafta matter, the notion of threatening to withdraw and getting heads of canada and mexico on the phone saying well renegotiate. he played that well. that was a decent piece of negotiating. bluster at the front end and then opening up to renegotiation on the back end. on health care, his lack of familiarity with the substance of what his administrations position is and what basic tenants are various republ...

A few minutes later, a tweet from president trump saying, north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its president when it launched unsuccessfully a missile today. bad, exclamation point. i dont know its cognitive dissidense. >> theres a lot of rhetorical bluster going on. but whats ultimately different? thats what came out of the meeting with the senators, that they had. a lot of the senators felt like, what was the point of this? ultimately, what they said was, were going to use diplomac...

Statement from sean spicer saying the administration is aware of the most recent north korean missile test. the president has briefed. very terse. the minimum. a few minutes later, a tweet from president trump saying, north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its president when it launched unsuccessfully a missile today. bad! i dont know its cognitive disdi dissidense. >> theres a lot of rhetorical bluster going on. whats different? thats what came out of the meeting with the senators, th...