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President. >> he acts on instints and in some respects that looks like impulliveness, but its not his intent to act on impulse. its pretty undisciplined, doesnt like to read, doesnt read briefing reports, doesnt like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather says, look, this is what i believe and you can try to convince me otherwise but most of the time youre not going to. >> julie: john saunders and lauren classy a former communications director for senator chambliss joins me. what...

Processed oriented exxonmobil corporation to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesnt like to read, doesnt read briefing reports, doesnt like to get into the details of a lot of things but rather just kind of says, look, this is what i believe, and you can try to convince he me otherwise but most of the time youre not going to do that. >> a man who doesnt read, wow. nothing speeds through trump world like an insult. trump responding to that from his former secretary of state in j...

>> laura: okay. the obvious implication being that donald trump and those americans who voted for him are just a bunch of dumb rooms. now lets face it, when trumped won in 2016 -- you can see obama there, still shell-shocked in november of 2016. trump embarrassed a lot of the so-called experts, consultants, the pollsters, the strategists, all the big thinkers, and the establishment class. so feeling suddenly diminished, they lashed out at trump, belittling his intelligence. >> the problem here i...

Pretty quick. >> laura: okay. the obvious implication being that donald trump and those americans who voted for him are just a bunch of dumb rooms. now lets face it, when trumped won in 2016 -- you can see obama there, still shell-shocked in november of 2016. trump embarrassed a lot of the so-called experts, consultants, the pollsters, the strategists, all the big thinkers, and the establishment class. so feeling suddenly diminished, they lashed out at trump, belittling his intelligence. >> the ...

Private, trump vents frustration over lack of progress on north korea. does this surprise you, and what do you think the president doesnt understand when it comes to dealing with historically foreign leaders? >> we have a president who resists briefings, doesnt read, doesnt listen and really lacks fundamental understandings about other countries who how they work. he could have and should have been warned about north korean behavior. we have a long history of the north koreans coming up to meeti...

Rick gates accepted a plea deal with muellers team. hes an msnbc political analyst. welcome to all of you. jill, let me start with you. the idea that the president is getting ready to sit down with donald trump, as early in planning stages as that may be, would that be donald trump and his teams decision and if so, what does that tell you? >> first of all, i think its interesting that they are saying its in its infancy. its what you would expect from a president who doesnt read and

Author of russian roulette, the inside story of putins war on america and the election of donald trump. hes an msnbc political analyst. jill, let me start with you, the idea that the president is getting ready to sit down with donald trump as early in the planning stages as that may be, first of all, would that be donald trump and his teams decision, and if so, what does that tell you? >> first of all, i think its interesting theyre saying its in its infancy in preparation and its short and info...

Boxed in here. he couldnt say no to this disaster of nafta and millions invitation. >> there is no way president of jobs left this country. trump can be ready by may to you know what? have a high-stakes conversation he is doing his job, its on the denuclearization of the another outrageous statement korean peninsula. from someone swimming in kim jong-un will be fully political irrelevancy. prepared. >> its not like you have a president like eisenhower who judge jeanine: kathy griffin was schoole...

Boxed in here. he couldnt say no to this invitation. >> there is no way president trump can be ready by may to have a high-stakes conversation on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. kim jong-un will be fully prepared. >> its not like you have a president like eisenhower who was schooled on politics and the military. this president doesnt read and doesnt study and doesnt prepare. judge jeanine: the "new york times" said donald trump could be played by kim as a quote gold-plated violin. ...

Like this isnt just about a president who doesnt read, but a president who doesnt tend to, what george w. bush and im sure president obama thought was the gravest aspect of the presidency. >> its right. so on those day when he didnt actually have a pdb session, we can assume he got no intelligence. thats very dangerous because on any given day the president can be talking to foreign leaders. hell be making decisions that affect national security. what pdb editors do is tee up in the book that mo...