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Flawless feedback loop. the people on television who tell trump all the things that trump has either tweeted or said or felt at some point are reinforcing his legal theory of the world, and the people who tell trump things he doesnt like kind of get fired. >> i noted earlier in the fall caroline, youre on fox from time to time. you took a side on a spat that happened. and you basically were like yes, its possible that criminal conduct was admitted to by the president here. i know this ukraine sc...

Typical foreign policy question and negotiation. >> dahlia you wrote its delusional for the president, something the president says is delusional. that means worse than lying. its a significant difference. right? its not just lying to the public. maybe he believes what hes saying and thats worse? >> i think he believes it and i think the entire machinery of fox is feeding into that. theyre not talking. they talk about the office of the presidency. they talk about institutions and plausible legal...

Greater. trump often says, well, look, im right because rush limbaugh said this, mark levin, other conservative supporters. is he accomplishing anything more than playing to his base? >> thats an excellent question. there is this kind of feedback loop, somebody in right-wing talk radio said something nice about the president, the president tweets they did it. i think, somebody once described this to me as a cable news business model. you dont necessarily make your base any larger, but you do kee...

Obvious effort to get sympathy. that was nixon time. with president trump, you hit it right on the head. the press secretary cant argue about take us at our word when she and the rest of the white house, including the president himself, have been so untrustworthy, so loose with the truth and opposite of the truth. you cant have it both ways. im reminded with lincolns word, you can fool some of the people some of the time but you cant prove all the people all of the time, which president trump ha...

Greater. trump often says, well, look, im right because rush limbaugh said this, mark levin, other conservative supporters. is he accomplishing anything more than playing to his base? >> thats an excellent question. there is this kind of feedback loop, somebody in right-wing talk radio said something nice about the president, the president tweets they did it. i think, somebody once described this to me as a cable news business model. you dont necessarily make your base any larger, but you do kee...

Any other way. the motive behind it is one that i think the vast majority of democrats support which is the party should not take chances in beating trump. democrats i think regardless of a national emergency and an emergency requires a different kind of approach and answer but at the same time it does cut into the candidate field combined with the feedback loop between the media and their own polls. polls conducted by other people and the debates that are in there, too. there was almost a rush ...

Consider the opposition not simply wrong but down right evil. president trumps been throwing around words like evil to refer to his political opponents, at least ten times according to fact based democrats in general, the "new york times," and the squad, and of course thats just a variation on the theme. human scum, enemy of the people, all part of a persistent attempt to demonize and dehumanize. this creates a feedback loop. that same study finds that 20% of people believe their opponents lack ...

Members of congress have always been fighting the president is trying to take that authority away too much. it cant sit well. your ideology cant match with the man youre defending. >> right. so their argument is, well, if not for him, hillary clinton would be president. no, she wouldnt be. actually mike pence, a very good from their perspective conservative would be. so they tell them these things to get them through, that this is just the media. that if they let them win on this one, theyll tak...

Trying to take that authority away too much. it cant sit well. your ideology cant match with the man youre defending. >> right. so their argument is, well, if not for him, hillary clinton would be president. no, she wouldnt be. actually mike pence, a very good from their perspective conservative would be. so they tell them these things to get them through, that this is just the media. that if they let them win on this one, theyll take down any president. that if the president shows weakness, the...

January when i became a member of congress. it is time for us to fulfill those oaths, get to the facts and protect our country. >> what is your reaction to bill taylors opening statement? >> it is shocking. i read the statement yesterday. i had the opportunity to digest it a little bit. id like to say that there is not much that can shock me anymore. i still am. this is a man who has spent his life in service to our nation. west point graduate. combat veteran, career civil servant and diplomat. ...