to project his kind of way that he sees the world that is always self-serving and he makes his own rules. and he convinces himself that everybody else is wrong and this is the correct way. those laws don t apply. those traditions don t apply. he in his own mind believes the presidency must form to him or adjust to him. and i think when you re dealing with that type of person and the danger of having people around you that don t challenge that but fall in line with that leads us to the kinds of nations that rick is talking about where it is ruled by dictators and tyrants. and that s where he really admires. and i think that we ve got to resist at all levels including republicans, that we not allow him to continue to act and behave that way. including republicans. i take one, include a republican.
ahead of the epa who s dismantling them. this is actually an interesting point. glad you brought this up. if you dig deeply into what specifically scott pruitt has done at the epa, he has instigated the rollback of a lot of obama-era regulations. right about that. for the most part they re tide up in litigation. not many things have actually been implemented. this is a case of, you know, donald trump listening to outlets he finds friendly, who kind of parrot this narrative and at this point it s almost like reporters accepted as facts and don t challenge it. the reality, not only is scott pruitt is major administration, hasn t accomplished as much as they say he has. working for a president, i argue, used to having litigation. right? scott pruitt has done what he wants him to do. make the attempt to do this. the fact it s tied up in
show? ia really is missing here is a strategy to end the disaster that is syria. let me make sure i understand that. are you suggesting that the white house used some back channelton actively coordinate with russia or the assad regime ahead of time before the strikes? well, i certainly have to wonder. the russians have a very sophisticated defense system they did not activate. the syrians shot missiles after our missiles landed. and the russians were not hit at all in any of those chemical weapons sites. it s too many questions that raise the concerns as did weise act and show our indignation but was it choreographed or at least were the russians told stay out of these seconds and by the way, don t challenge us. and if you don t challenge us, then everything will go as planned. look, the bottom line is, what s crying out here in syria is a strategy a strategy that
ia really is missing here is a strategy to end the disaster that is syria. let me make sure i understand that. are you suggesting that the white house used some back channelton actively coordinate with russia or the assad regime ahead of time before the strikes? well, i certainly have to wonder. the russians have a very sophisticated defense system they did not activate. the syrians shot missiles after our missiles landed. and the russians were not hit at all in any of those chemical weapons sites. it s too many questions that raise the concerns as did weise act and show our indignation but was it choreographed or at least were the russians told stay out of these seconds and by the way, don t challenge us. and if you don t challenge us, then everything will go as planned. look, the bottom line is, what s crying out here in syria is a strategy a strategy that isolates russia and iran through the gulf partners through other
harvard professor and secretary of state would beat donald trump in an iq test in his sleep, but because presidents just don t challenge people to iq contests. that s easy to forget during the trump administration. and at least one compartment of donald trump s brain seems to know that. because look at what he said with henry kissinger sitting right beside him. when he was asked about his boast that he has a higher iq than rex tillerson. did you undercut the secretary of state today with the iq comment? no, i didn t undercut anybody. i don t believe in undercutting people. i don t believe in undercutting people says the man whose true religion is undercutting people. the man who called the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee today liddle bob corker. that is what pathological lying