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Disrupt the system, you wont disrupt it any better than the president taking that type of action and throwing the country into a constitutional crisis as he moves on to something else. >> right. thats exactly zsh that is exactly it. as long as you remember that presidenump thinks of himself as donald trump, not president, donald trump -- >> thank you. >> -- then everything that has happened and will happen will make sense. e.j.? >> no, thats exactly right, and thats whats genuinely scary about t...

I want to talk to you about whats happened with the republican party. >> there is no republican party. theres a trump party. the republican party is taking a nap some where. >> former house speaker john boehner with a bloody mary by his side is trying to make the argument that the republican party doesnt exist in the era of trump. he road the tea party wave of 2010 the same tea party that helped create the toxic atmosphere that propelled trump to winning the white house. joining me now "the wash...

The back trump really should be saying, thanks, obama. back with me are e.j. dionne, jennifer rubin and michael steel. so, you know, john harwood, our cnbc colleague and "new york times" columnist john harwood put out a tweet, average monthly job growth. first 16 months of the trump presidency, 185,000 jobs. the last 16 months of the obama presidency, 215,000 jobs. e.j., does the president have any right to, whats it, crow about his success in such a short period of time? >> well, he hasnt blown...

Another and then the other thing about giuliani today is he basically said, yeah, that story the administration put out on the meaning of donald trump, yeah, maybe that wasnt true. i mean, you have a lie thats useful earlier thats discarded later and were not even supposed to pay attention to the fact that what happened earlier was a straight out lie? this is really troubling. >> right. one second. go ahead, jennifer. >> most importantly about that, e.j. is right, that is absolutely key, and the...

The united states or do you stand with donald trump? >> and as things -- >> very simple equation. >> as things stand right now, do those folks on capitol hill have enough gs to stand up for the constitution as opposed to the president of their own party? >> no. thats why you have to vote him out. >> right. my bet is you look at that 86% number that weve talked about in the last hour -- >> right. >> -- and they go, im going to hang in this corner as long as is possible, and thats the unfortunate ...

Doesnt say he cant. >> donald trumps lawyer, rudy giuliani, is back on tv today making some interesting claims about his bosss pardoning power. back with me are e.j., jennifer and michael. i dont know if you could see my face after that. what is your reaction to that that the presidents lawyer, i just want to be specific, television lawyer, is out there saying, the president is not talking about pardoning himself but who says he cant. what kind of talk is this? >> this is incoherent. this is -- ...

Being a anti-immigration policy hawks has resulted in a very xenophobic party and people should and will be held responsible for that including some of the so-called responsible gatekeepers who have been ringing this bell for a long time. >> ej, let me bring you into the conversation. youre not an ex-republican or an ex-chairman of the party, youre an analyst whos been watching the american political dynamic for a couple of decades now. is the republican party no longer the republican party but ...

Greater percentage of their income going to necessities and that is a real problem. its going to affect the markets and its depressing our trading partners so they wont bias much of our stuff. >> e.j. or michael, i want you to jump in on this. on this question of tariffs, this is what i dont understand. for a person who was elected and was -- is viewed as the voice of the forgotten white working class, hes done things like these tariffs that will hit them squarely in the pocketbook, either in te...

What is weakening the republican party is actually strengthening trumps hold on power because the more of these people leave, the more trump can count on the gop to back him to the hilt. >> you see this with all the retirement in congress, a lot of those people in swing states are going to go away, whatevers left is going to be worse. we should be prepared, if we thought it was now wait until after the midterms. >> well, in honor of speaker boehner, ej, michael and jennifer will be back. coming ...

Hell look and worried about looking weak and a quote/unquote loser trying to preempt that already saying he supports the guy. >> ej, remind me of the french election and supported lepen and she lost and he said i was always behind you to the guy that won. it is really won. >> dont seek an endorsement from donald trump. whats really interesting here is that this is the donald trump/steve bannon primary. the financial times put it. steve bannon would like to show trump that his people are forhim n...