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Priorities. >> trump is using it as a foil to use money. heres what he says in a fundraising letter. why would i want to be stuck in a room with a bunch of fake news media that hate me. not all journalists hate him but trump tends to play to his face which distresses the process he gets in front of a crowd. >> i am on meet the press, the show headed by sleepy eyes checked. >> yet he has held off the record meetings. hes also been unloading with new york times correspondent after he wrote a pieci...

>> mr. president, the media is not fake news. president trump they are gathered together for the white house correspondents dinner without the president. >> because, as you know, they are a disgrace. the washington media is part of the problem. their priorities are not my priorities and theyre not your priorities, believe me. >> trump is using it as a foil to raise money. heres what he says in the fundraising letter. why would i want to be stuck in the room with a bunch of fake news liberal whos...

A year ago. >> the media is not fake news. >> they are gathered together with the white house correspondents dinner without the pres. because as you know they are a disgrace. the washington media is part of the problem. their priorities are not my priorities and they are not your priorities. >> reporter: trump isnt only dissing the news business but using it as a foil to you make money. why would i want to be stuck in a room with a bunch of fake news liberals who hate me? hate is a strong word, ...

Headlines and knows that scott pruitt is hanging by a thread and keep him there to prove the media wrong and that is a part of. it i think he likes scott pruitt and he could hang around for longer but if the scandals continue, i dont see how he remains around the white house. >> jonah quickly, if you could, you write about tribalism in your book and the tribal -- this tribalism that you write about seems to be one of the reasons scott pruitt still has a job today because in any other administrat...

Process and more and more people are just going to be buying and reading this book. >> yeah. the book rollout is certainly going to take a while, and comey is going to be out there on a national stage with a huge media spotlight weighing in on news of the day, in addition to sharing his observations about trump and details from the book. i wouldnt be surprised if every day hes asked to chime in, to comment on what president trump is doing in office. and it just makes him a player in this whole d...

Comment on what president trump is doing in office. and it just makes him a player in this whole drama we have here that is the presidency. and youre absolutely right about donald trump. president trump wanting an enemy. he seems to do his best in a campaign environment where hes fighting against somebody else. he can give them a nickname. he can punch at them all day long on twitter, and he hasnt had somebody since hillary clinton to fill that role. and i think james comey is getting to be that...

He can punch at them all day long on twitter, and he hasnt had somebody since hillary clinton to fill that role. and i think james comey is getting to be that kind of opponent for him, and weve seen it ever since he fired comey back in may of 2017. there have been periods where trump has gone after comey on twitter, used him as a foil, and weve seen a ferocity in the last week in advance of this book rollout not just from the president, but sarah sanders, the press secretary at the white

So the president cant get over his anger at the co-president of the united states, hillary clinton. tara, he was meeting with top military leaders about syria and then he started talking about his attorney general and then hillary clinton. watch this. >> theyre not looking at the hillary clinton, horrible things that she did and all the crimes she committed. theyre not looking at all the things that happened. >> why does it always go back to hillary clinton? >> because shes his foil. why not? sh...

His attorney general and then hillary clinton. watch this. >> theyre not looking at the hillary clinton, horrible things that she did and all the crimes she committed. theyre not looking at all the things that happened. >> why does it always go back to hillary clinton? >> because shes his foil. why not? shes the foe, the boogeyman. you know how many republicans tell me they werent thrilled about voting for donald trump but they could never fathom hillary clinton being in the white house? that is...

They attack me, they are really attacking you, is something like it or not that he used extremely effectively in 2016 and like it or not, im going to bet right now he will use it extremely effectively in 2020 if he gets to that point. >> absolutely. and he continues to use hillary clinton as a foil as we know. remember republicans had a field day with her comments recently when she seemed to come off as denigratin denigrating. and you are also hearing from republicans and campaigns invoking the ...