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Trump in this kind of muster. now, the exception to that i will tell you is somewhere jeff flake from arizona who he is retiring, which is a deep factor, he is deeply troubled by this. and i think he reflects some elements of the never trump win of the party saying this is not just bluster. this is deeply troubling. he told me yesterday, jeff flake did, he believes that shared facts are crucial to democracy and what trump is doing is a threat to our shared fabric of democracy. he will give a ser...

Told cnn theyre not interested in diplomacy with the u.s. is that just bluster or is there a chance that pyongyang would give diplomacy a chance once it has achieved its full nuclear capability? >> i think that you just hit the nail on the head. that is the strategy here. they want to go to that table as a nuclear armed nation. they feel that will give them so much more leverage in terms of having this peaceful detante. they are so much closer to that goal. again, speaking to south korean offici...

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His words or actions, but for the opposite reason. because no matter the presidents bluster or tweets or capital letters or threats, muellers not listening to any of that. now its all about the rule of law. thats how i see it. but what about a soothsayer who claims, well, facts are overrated. back in march, 2016 when this was happening behind the scenes, experts were giving trump a 2% chance. my next guests one of the earliest predictors that donald trump would win. he saw what others including ...

Believe a lot of what the president does is mere bluster, that hes blowing off steam, that he doesnt follow through with a lot of his threats, that he kind of moves on after popping off. i think they reassure themselves that hes not going to follow through with a lot of the comments that he makes, that theyre merely words. and i think they look at people around the president like john kelly and certainly like jim mattis at the pentagon, and they believe that there is some restraint around the pr...

Korea i mean basically the region is closing ranks saying that north koreas bluster and illegal atomic weapons program is unacceptable the president of the united states is clearly behind this but besides that were looking at a very different asia pacific right now one where china is ascendant china is positioning itself as the leader of the liberal world order maybe not the free world obviously china is a liberal but the economic liberal order you know of the country that will stand behind rule...

Supported him regardless of what he says or does. with the russian probe it seems there will again be no impact of his words or actions. but for the opposite reason. because no matter the presidents bluster or tweets or capital letters, or threats, mueller is not listening to any of that. now its all about the rule of law. thats how i see it. but what about a soothsayer who claims that facts are overrated. in march 2016 when they was happening, experts like nate silver were giving trump a 2% cha...

Indicating an interest in trying to find a diplomatic way out, and thats a view that has been echoed by defense secretary jim mattis. so i think in the region, leaders are going to be very eager to try and get from this trip some better sense of what where trump is trying to go, whether all the threats mean there really is a serious risk the u.s. may take preemptive military action, whether thats just bluster designed to exert pressure and if so, where if at all is there any room for diplomacy t...

When general kelly comes out, says everything is fine in the white house, the people shouldnt believe stories about chaos or dysfunction, is that believable? and is he saying that as much for the president to hear as anyone else, since now jeff zeleny reported he was asked to go out. >> nothing says im not going to get fired like calling a press conference telling the press youre not going to get fired. i think its similar to when jeff sessions was under fire, and he called a press conference to...

So i do think theres tension there. you never know where you stand with this president. he doesnt actually like to fire people, despite some of his bluster, but he does like to keep people on their toes and sometimes even hang them out to dry. so you have these continued sort of humiliating command performances by top members of the staff or cabinet in order to curry favor, in order to your question, i think, to speak directly to the president through the media and to say, look, i have your back...