the poles so you can hear what they re saying because they don t mic them. they use the boom microphone. our jim acosta asked the white house about the letters of congratulations the president says that they received. the white house cited tweets and television coverage. not exactly letters of praise. the president got what he wanted, don t you think? did he get what he wanted to change the subject from the michael wolff book? three points, don. one, the first black president was big news. the first reality show president was big news. the 2020 election will be big news. the media will be just fine. there s always news. the other point about yesterday s meeting, a couple of things you know, it probably sounded like a good idea for the president and his staff to let the press sit in on that whole meeting. he wants to be portrayed as the ceo presiding over the congressmen who are underlings, you know, talking about how to reach a deal daca, the wall, the
of who he was made this wonderful speech and you knew at that moment that south africa was in for another era and i got to soweto, where his home was and spent the night outside, a rainey night, keeping my eye on his house, and these singing groups would come that paul simon later made famous, and they sang all night long. and then the next morning he invited me to come to the garden and interview him and i m going on and on but the sound man had a big long boom microphone with that fuzzy wind protector over it. in immediately said to him, mr. mandela, you have to know that s microphone not a weapon. he said when i first saw it i thought it was a shotgun. we both laughed and a picture was taken. we saw that moment earlier in the broadcast. i think it s important we understand the context of
televised bipartisan meeting. then he said this of the networks they probably wish they didn t send us those letters of congratulations. but it was good. i m sure their ratings were fantastic. they always are. which is why i think the media will ultimately support trump in the end because they re going to say if we if trump doesn t win in three years, they re all out of business. you guys will be out of business. but the boom holders are still going to be there. so that s good. those are the people i like. the boom holders, for everyone at home if you may not know, the people who hold the big boom microphones that are on the poles so you can hear what he s saying. because they don t go in and mic them. they use the boom microphone. our jim acosta asked the white house about the letters of congratulations the president says that they received. the white house cited tweets and television coverage. so not exactly letters of praise. the president got what he wanted, don t you thin