no matter what he does in the end. and we ve heard some instances of this with mcmaster and tillerson and others where they have given the president advise that he didn t want to hear. with gary cohn on economic issues. you hear it constantly. and so when he fired tillerson, he said that tillerson he did not see eye to eye on numerous issues. i.e. the iran nuclear deal and with the recertification deadline in a month, the president is really gunning toward basically pulling out of that agreement once and for all. mcmaster was not necessarily a fan of that and tillerson was definitely not a fan of that. john bolton very out spoken that he thought this deal from the start was not worth it and so it will be interesting to see what happens come may 15th. for people who don t follow this all that closely, this particular position, it is very, very influential. on the iran the national security advise earp. the position. of course. he s the president s ears and eyes to all na
salamma and reporter. what do we know about how this came to be? how somebody as controversial as john bolton ended up in this position where people are relying on h. rrks mcmaster not to be the controversial guy as barry mccaverry said, take in all of the sources of military matters and present the president with a nuanced view and some guidance. mcmaster was to an extent a moderating force in this administration. john bolton has been talking to the president more and more seeking his counsel on various foreign policy matters, especially iran because that is something that he s particularly passionate about and so we ve seen him his name come up on white house visits during the transition. but he never made cuts in the past. there had been reports of varying degrees that he didn t want the job and wouldn t actually get a confirmation if he were to go in front of the senate even talk that the president didn t like his mustache and the president
views, clearly surrounded by many. he brought in larry kudlow against the tariffs that have been imposed to be new chief economic adviser, mike pompeo, he disagreed on foreign policy matters and rex tillerson as well on that. he has many different points of view around him, hr mcmaster who is reportedly on the way out. he s differed with president trump on middle east policy in particular. it seems eboni: less policy and more personal relationship. seems like it. eboni: let s do a rundown on people being on thin ice, i want you to give me your take on the odds on being in white house. hr mcmaster. rumor of the week that he was being let go and teased the press poking at west wing and appeared safe for at least more days. eboni: john kelly. i would predict is safe, he, again, reported on thin ice and
he just lost his top secret security clearance, but that s not keeping jared kushner from dealing in some very, very sensitive foreign policy matters. the president s son-in-law and senior adviser visiting m right now, where he s been tasked to try to improve cooperation after a rather tense phone call between president trump and mexico s president over a border wall funding, among other issues. kushner, whose security clearance is right now only secret. that s lowers top-secret securi clearance. led a delegation focused on major economic issues, namely the president s controversial tariff plan on steel and aluminum imports into the united states. the president has said mexico would be exempt only if they see to his demands for renegotiating nafta. joining us now is max baucus, former u.s. ambassador to china under president obama and a former u.s. senator for montana as well.
will be so scandalous, it will free him from the russian investigation once and for all. joining us is the reporter that broke the news. thanks for joining us. thanks for having us. you report that the trump came pain sa campaign said it was unaware that he had already had past dealings with u.s. counterintelligence over his dealings with russia. is this a new detail that we re learning from the trump campaign folks? this is a new detail. i think what s important to remember about carter page is that he was someone who was brought on to the campaign at a time when they were under an enormous amount of pressure to show who was advising the president or the candidate at that point on national security and foreign policy matters. so trump in 2016 announced carter page along with about five other people as the group advising him on those