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Winning the election, why does he keep returning to that? he won fair and square. >> i think he would love to have hillary clinton as a foil for the rest of his political career. she was probably the only democrat that would have lost to him in 2016. he likes to keep her in the public eye. and two, i think you look at the fbi investigation into hillarys e-mail case. they gave her every possible consideration, every possible break. james comey did not want to recommend -- >> you really believe th...

Look, lets understand whats going on. number one, its deflection and distraction. this is a man who is desperate to deflect and distract from his own legal problems. number two, he hasnt gotten her out of his system. he won the election, but somehow for some reason, he thinks he lost. and number three, this is a president who needs a foil. and for a while it was the attorney general, then it was the fbi. this is a guy who has to have a foil. which is why, jack, my conspiracy theory is this is a ...

The fbi. this is a guy who has to have a foil. thats why, jack, my conspiracy theory is this is a president who secretly wouldnt mind the democrats taking over the house of representatives and the senate because then he has somebody to run against in 2020. hes a president who must have a foil. >> thats why you are a creative and successful author because you can come up with these kind of ideas. >> listen, jam, i have the information -- jack, i have the information in front of me about the presi...

Go ahead, jack. >> i want to make the second point that hillary hasnt gone away. she stayed in the public. shes -- its not that you have to remind people about her, shes out there, selling her book, giving speeches. steve, i apologize for going so long. i apologize to don. >> no, jack -- its okay. >> when the president uses hillary clinton as a foil, is that still working, you think? is that why hes doing it, for all the reasons jack said, even if its maybe not the right thing to do? if thats wh...

Thing -- >> except for saying that the investigation was open a few days before the election and not saying that the trump campaign was under investigation a few days before the election. >> no, listen, i think comey is responsible for the election of donald trump almost by himself in some ways. >> yeah. >> i think you could also have that discussion. the other thing that i want to point out is hillary has not -- >> steve, well get you in when jack has finished talking. go ahead, jack. >> i want...

Hillary clinton as a foil for the rest of his political career. she was probably the only democrat that would have lost to him in 2016. he likes to keep her in the public eye. and two, i think you look at the fbi investigation into hillarys e-mail case. they gave her every possible consideration, every possible break. james comey did not want to recommend -- >> you really believe that? >> days before the election, he was like, were reopening the electi election? >> he said, were not going to reo...

With what he calls his opponent hillary clinton in this news conference, the joint news conference with the norweigian prime minister today. he kept referring to my opponent, hillary clinton, and he said if there was any collusion it was between the democrats and the russians not between his campaign and the russians. >> right. i quickly looked up and checked my calender and made sure i wasnt in some sort of time warp or vessel and that we were in the middle of a campaign, which were not. donald...

Having some troubles, but maybe when its him versus hillary, he feels like, well, thats a fight i can win. >> you know, i think its a little bit more like when you go to a favorite band concert and hear the new stuff and youre like, yeah, you know, i like that. then they break the greatest hits out, you know, i think this is his greatest hits. >> his "free bird." >> its donald trumps "free bird." absolutely. his supporters love the comparison to hillary clinton. they love contrasting everything ...

To make a choice, would he be a foil for president trump, would it be someone who at this stage in his career really wanted to be a voice for the republican establishment and a more moderate, global form of politics or try to be a party leader and hes younger than many people in the party are still leaders on both sides and so while people close to him say hed be a statesman, hed work with the president when he wanted to and disagree like he did in charlottesville, hed weigh in. . and people rea...

Might be surprised by how much he might not go after the president but whats your sense of how that dynamic would play out and what it would mean? >> if elected, romney would have to make a choice, would he be a foil for president trump, would it be someone who at this stage in his career really wanted to be a voice for the republican establishment and a more moderate, global form of politics or try to be a party leader and hes younger than many people in the party are still leaders on both side...