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Yet he really is setting up the national news media as his foil at times more than even the democratic party. it makes for a charged political environment just days before the midterm election with the president in fighting mode even amid these national tragedies and violence. >> tim, some people are auki is this is not just politic, its a signal. does he know what hes doing, when people say, oh, when he calls himself a nationalist, hes just talking about patrio tism. we know thats not the case....

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And he would earn -- i mean, he would get so much -- i think much more respect from people, maybe respect from people who didnt necessarily respect him in the first place. but again, let me play this. he said ewe had to tone down the rhetoric, doug, and this is what he said about maxine waters at a rally. >> maxine waters, but im going to be nice tonight. so i wont say it. i wont say it. i wont say it. im going to be nice. i want them to say he was so nice tonight. >> is that a substantive chang...

Nice tonight. >> is that a substantive change in rhetoric? >> well, you know, don, he clipped back tonight somewhat, but he couldnt resist the maxine waters because hes -- major foil for him, keep her in the mix to please the crowd a little bit. the conundrum trump has, if he sticks to the teleprompter, its tepid, its when the showman starts waving his hands. thats when people cheer and chant and he feeds off the love and the energy in the crowd. so unfortunately he cant be a -- do a presidentia...

Others came out saying the media is to blame for fostering the environment of anger. a lot of critics would say president trump used the opportunity to use this moment to his advantage to rise above the partisan bickering and using it as a presidential moment. not seeing him as presidential is a problem some republicans still have and we are about to have an election. the president is hoping by using the media as a foil again, perhaps this could get his base more revved-up. that is something rep...

Being seen as presidential. and people close to the president before this incident happened have told me that he views himself as being most effective when he has an enemy or the foil to attack, whether it is real or perceived and so in this instance, clearly he is viewing this or has viewed it up through this the point through a political lens, and so we will v have to see if he says anything about the fact that the man who would appear, and had what appears to be trump-friendly and trump suppo...

Opinion people like me, i have noticed. he doesnt go after us. hes most scared of front page hard news reporters who write the main bar stories. thats what bugs him, the truth. >> well, the media is a constant foil of this president. its not particularly surprising. the irony, of course, is this is a president who always attacks the media. hes attacked us since the beginning of the campaign. you saw him coming out and attacking us and blaming us today. but hes also a president who relies on the ...

Going to have anyway. i think he came up a bit short and did the right thing and said the right thing. >> what do you think he should have said? should it have been to the likes of these are people ive been tough on but -- >> you can certainly -- he just doesnt express himself this way. its clear to me what he means a lot of times but he doesnt know how to say it. he may go after the "new york times," he loves the "new york times," he wants to be seen as legitimate by the "new york times." hell ...

Sort of inability to actually talk about who was attacked, and that would be our -- potentially our newsroom and our news organization. and, you know, more people were targeted other there and two former presidents, as we know. george soros being one of them, who he was not going to mention, eric holder another. >> who hes mentioned in recent week in negative ways. hes been quick to mention him as a foil in multiple venues. >> exactly. george soros according to some conspiracy theorist, hes fund...