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Of this. and the bottom line as this took place, the president came in looking for the fight. he believes that the press as his foil reflects well on him and is good on him and makeses the base like him more, and if he had a issue with jim acosta, and we know that the two of them have tussled in the past, and he could have called on somebody else, and he didnt have to call on him, but he knows it is going to play well for him in his mind, and jim acosta the thinks it is going to play well on him...

Was able to pull out a victory in that state. i think president trump is going to be setting up a foil for the rest of this year, for the rest of his term which is going to be him against the democrats, him against nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. this is going to be, i think, one of those press conferences that we are used to with president trump. he has nothing else on his schedule. he has all day to take questions and talk to reporters and spin the story the way he wants it to be told. >> you ...

A lot of investigations and a lot of conflict from the investigative side on the democratic side the presidents going to do what he does best, which is take it under -- he has people, as gloria knows, that have signed up to kind of run the fighting back part of this. but the president is going to be the one doing that. we saw it with mueller. we saw it with the midterms. he takes it upon himself, and hes going to do it -- hes going to do it by creating the foil out of the -- >> obviously the pre...

They do not want to be having that conversation. they want a discussion -- >> they want checks and balances -- >> they want checks and balances. they want a discussion about pocketbook issues, particularly health care. i think the reason youre seeing pelosis caution is because they will overplay their hand at their peril for 2020. and this is exactly the foil that donald trump would like to have if democrats go too far. >> ive got 20 seconds. mark? >> i want to be the moral authority and say as ...

Hes a great person. seeing stacys struggle hurts. seeing bait toe get stopped hurts. all that stuff hurts but mathematically we had a wave. you got a popular vote and a takeover. you guys look, youve gotten away with a bunch for two years. i know you think its going to be great. now donald trump gets a foil. a subpoena is not a foyle. >> you think this was a wave? >> mathematically, listen, we had because of the gerrymandering, we had to get -- we had to win by more than 10% to do what we just d...

Republicans, democrats usually do well in the mid terms and visa versa. in the past clinton and president obama. president bush. and all of them were reelected what are your predictions for 2020? tom, start with you. >> i think despite the fact that republicans lost some governorships in some key swing states, they lost wisconsin and michigan. they did pick up ohio and florida. so, look, i think trump is in good position for 2020. obviously it depends on hot nominee is, who he is running against...

President to get anything done. theyre thinking about 2020 today. i think the bigger race that i this will be fascinating is the race for speaker and majority leader, majority whip. they are going to be having a food fight when it comes to deciding. there were so many freshmen democrats pledged not to vote for her. either their first vote is to go back on their word. this is the ultimate troll. throwing shade. the idea is nancy pelosi is the best gift that republicans ever got. as we head into 2...

>> juan: thank him for giving me a lesson in machiavelli and policy. you are saying its about 2020 and he loves having her as a foil because he says to his backers, even yesterday on the set, and pelosis picture came up, you could hear people outside in fox square doing. >> greg: that was her family. >> juan: i didnt know they were invited. >> juan: pelosi is now in a trap because democrats dont want her to play with donald trump. >> dana: a lot of these new members of congress, they have alread...

To account will just do it. and we know from the results yesterday hes not 100% wrong about his effectiveness in doing this, jonathan. >> true. i think peter alexander got it right just before he had to be cut off with nancy pelosi coming out. pre-election trump is the same as post-election donald trump. the one thing we know about the president is he never admits failure, he never admits fault, hes never done anything wrong, and everything, everything is right. he put the focus on all the thing...

To work with democrats simultaneously while he is being investigated on a daily basis, willie. >> yeah, susan, do you have any reason to believe that the president is suddenly going to snap to and be into bipartisanship, especially when theyre trying to get his tax returns and theyre coming at him with everything they have? >> not even that much. >> right. >> and there is something to say that the president always puts himself first. so if he does see any of this way of this working to his benef...