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Father was such a high-ranking u.s. navy admiral. and then the book quotes james mattis as immediately correcting trump and saying, "no, mr. president, i think youve got it reversed." and the defense secretary then explained that mccain, who died on august 25th, had in fact turned down early release and was brutally tortured during his fine years at the hanoi hilton. to which trump says, "oh, okay." so tim, it seems that trump had been getting away with that lie around any other circle in the wh...

Rule in that white house. >> just go back, quickly go back to the mccain thing. because its not just that he holds on to grudges. its that he holds on to crazy conspiracy theories. and you know that where he got this was on twitter or from the "weekly world news" or wherever else he gets his information. hes been believing for a long time precisely the opposite of the truth. and im sure after mattis corrected him in that meeting trump went on to repeat that story -- that "oh, okay" was not oh, o...

Planet. is that some of these people like jim mattis are in this job precisely to do this very thing, which is to stop the president from doing things that are rash, ill-considered, obviously dangerous, right? you see it throughout in this reporting, that that seems to be the case. they all -- the stuff thats most unnerving in this book beyond the thing we were discussing earlier in the show, the complicity and cowardice of the people around trump, the enabling behavior, beyond that the most dis...

Dangerous thing about donald trump is as hes learning on the job and hes learning how to be president on the job what hes going to naturally gravitate towards are the areas in which he can act unilaterally. everything that requires him to reach out to capitol hill or rely on a team, things like overturning obamacare or passing any kind of sophisticateroad legislation, hes going to fumble. the things where he can just write an order or issue a command is inevitably going to attract him. and thats...

Fine years at the hanoi hilton. to which trump says, "oh, okay." so tim, it seems that trump had been getting away with that lie around any other circle in the white house until jim mattis is sitting there and has to correct him because truly that isnt the first time trump tried that. >> and remember, this is the donald trump who successfully got five draft deferments sew didnt have to serve in the vietnam war. donald trump, who refused to fly the flag at half mast over the white house after mcc...

This is going to be memorials in the capitol, in the white house, in arizona. this is going to be another week. if the president hadnt defused it somewhat, it would have been the major narrative. you know, the thing -- the thing about john mccain, i mean, he is a great icon. my very brief remembrance of him, we were adjoining lawmakers, was his great temper. he used to get mad so easily. we were at an indian parade once. i got ahead of him. i thought he was going to take my head off. he was some...

Quote before on the show but bill clinton once told me one of the greatest character traits that any president or any politician can have is a very short memory. i dont know that john mccain had a short memory but he always worked past grudges, to work past rivalries. probably the best example going with john kerry to vietnam. my god those two men couldnt have been more on opposite sides in the early 1970s. yet he forgeed a friendship that made a big difference for this country. >> you know, joh...

>> yes. >> teddy roosevelt, robert jordan, you know, his father. >> whats the central thread with the people you named? >> its either their honor or their struggle with honor. i think thats the central thread and common thread i see with john every day, constant search for honor. >> he sees these giants of the past as people he himself would like to aspire to and there is. theres a certain amount of teddy roosevelt in john mccain. >> somebody who really can invoke an inspiration when you watch h...

I cant repeat it. you get off of my plane. yes, sir, what? and lindsay comes over and he grabs my arm and says that is how you know he likes you. >> and he once referred to a guy by an expletive and i said to the guy, hey, you have made it. if john has called you a swear word, you are in the inner circle. and so i thought that i would not get near him, and at the end of the day, he offers me an ice cream cone, and we move on. he writes a apology notes or -- he is famous for those. >> really? >> ...

Event without ever saying the words john mccain or thanking him. what did you makes of that? >> hes had some animosity for senator mccain for a long time. in fact, i saw a video the other day of him not saying nice things all the way back in 1999. clearly this is someone hes never really liked and they obviously clashed during the presidential campaign. mccain famously put the thumbs down on the obamacare repeal in the middle of the night which the president regarded as a personal slight and emb...