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Feeling that i see -- >> too unpredictable? >> i dont think ever too unpredictable. they dont know what the u.s. is going to do at any given time. for that reason theyre getting much more cautious and paying attention to how they work with us. weve got a ways to go, but its not a bad thing. its really not. >> joining me now, peter bergen. what is your reaction to haleys argument saying its not a bad thing that world leaders are glued to trumps tweets and see him as unpredictable? >> well certain...

Trend in and if so how do we know what to trust on social media on and on? >> im afraid that one of the real impacts that russia has had is showing other states, and they dont have to be as big as china by the way, a lot of smaller countries out there, as tanya being a big one, but thats what russia has shown, thats why i think you are seeing china and others going, hey, you can have some real impact in terms of putting stick in the spokes offal functioning democracy like russian has done. so th...

I would be very worried if i were romney mcdaniel. what does this say about the presidents power to influence elections? perhaps hes influencing them negatively. its hard to say right now. its not looking good for him and for the party. >> what do you think about what alex just said? does the president have a potential for a negative, a down side for some of these republican candidates that were looking to win more moderate districts up for grabs? >> steve bannon is on record saying he wants to ...

Slashing the tax rate from 35 down to 21. rational here is that companies could then pass along tax savings to workers. heres a look at which companies are vogue to do just that. wells fargo, at&t, comcast, full disclosure they codo this. are you the money editor at large? >> who knows. >> you are all these different things. lets talk companies right now. obviously, with that kind of news, thats what employees of these companies want to hear, thats great news, and great news for the president an...

Asset for 2018? lanhee? >> as sabrina said he could be an asset where they are looking to motivate the republican base. if there is disaffection in the base president trump could appeal to that. in some places it will be a definite down side where hes under water, where the electorate is moderate. it depends on the condition of the state as well as the particular district we are talking about. >> matt, last word to you. >> thats right. democrats are just baying at the moon, they are so angry, so...

Trump sales ability. theyll count on the donors cash for the ads to try to cram this down the throats of people on social media and television. thats where were headed as a result of this bill. >> so this analysis raise twos questions for you. number one, does this look more like politics than pro growth economics? and number two, this egg nog office party, do you have an egg nog latte? >> its funny, he uses egg nog. mine was, first, i do think that there is the finger prints of politics all ove...

Sometimes they make us uncomfortable but overall a positive effect. >> do you acknowledge that in some strange way that roy moore would be the best thing to happen to democrats in 2018? do you think thats true? >> lets start with the fact that no one -- sexual harassment has no place in our congress and i think what weve seen from roy moore is pretty despicable across the board. is it a campaign wedge issue the democrats could use? yes. would folks rather not have roy moore on the senate given h...

Campaign promise to call jerusalem the capital but he is trying to walk this very fine line and maintain some space for negotiations. the status of jerusalem is considered a final status negotiation issue, one of the most sensitive topics that needs to be decided ultimately by the israelis and palestinians. he is also not immediately moving the embassy. so to me its a symbolic step that i know a lot of his supporters will like but what do we get from it? there is no up side to me. i cant see any...

Theres no perspective coming from the president. >> when i am in the field talking to these big trump supporters, michigan, kentucky, et cetera, none of them bring up -- bring this up as one of the top five issues for them, and concerns from france and concerns from leadership in britain about what this means for middle east peace and for the region and stability, so your assessment of what this does to the u.s. relationship with our allies? >> you know, david is strabexac right, its not domesti...

The "washington post." we talked about how the president doesnt get a salary, but there are different ways his businesses may benefit from the exposure and luster of being a president. however, theres a down side, as well. what did you learn? >> we looked at mar-a-lago, which, as you know the president lives there when hes in florida. its also a private club, has members and social galas. those galas had been a big part of the business model. they take in sometimes as much as $275,000 in a night...