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Congressman, i think he might be living in an alternative universe here, president trump is running circles -- >> didnt breitbart just prove his point, though? >> right. >> hes running circles around the democrats right now, we had chuck schumer who face planted on his failed shutdown, we know the democrats arent going to do that, while the democrats have completely imploded on this, the -- >> youre absolutely right about that, right on, they completely caved, i dont know why they shut the gover...

>> heres the genius thing -- >> hold on no, no, no, answer the question and then you can spin. >> im answering your question. >> were talking about the red -- the base as he said, the hardcore base and -- >> exactly. >> -- right-wing media. >> let me get to that. what the president is doing now, is getting out there and setting markers, both on the border security, ending chain migration, getting rid of the visa lottery, getting rid of the daca system so we dont have this repeat over and over ag...

Hardcore base, and not everyone, is involved in electoral politics. >> you have to tend to this garden of democracy, otherwise things can fall apart fairly quickly. and weve seen societies where that happens. now, presumably, there was a ballroom here in vienna in the late 1920s or 30s that looked pretty sophisticated. and seemed as if, you know, with the music and the art and the literature and the science that was emerging, it would continue into perpetuity. and then 60 million people died. an...

That theyre exhausted by this president. they want to register their displeasure with him. the tax bill might help with your donors, it might help revive your hardcore base. theres a lot of voters out there that are going to show up next year to vote against trump. >> even if the -- and if the tax bill, if it does pass, and it doesnt go as planned, and it causes the debt and deficit and all of that, then this president and the republicans will own that. >> i want to get you in, this is the new r...

Thats the game of this because this overall strategy for president trump, in my opinion, he absolutely must keep his hardcore base. i think we mentioned before, right now hes somewhere between 35% and 38% approval ratings. he knows if it gets below 30% and stays there for very long, republicans will turn on him. >> thats what i want to ask you because you dont -- i -- republicans arent -- i dont see many republicans, if any, really coming out after yesterdays testimony and supporting the preside...

Determined, desperate, if you want to use that word, to regain the narrative. comey had the narrative yesterday. trump throughout his presidency, part of the way of operating his strategy is, he has to weave the narrative every day so he grabbed it again today. theyre on mission to destroy comey. and its going to be an equivalent of shermans march to the sea, burn everything in sight, destroy comey. thats the game of this because this overall strategy for president trump, in my opinion, he absol...

Anti-trump, especially the liberal bernie sanders base. the rest of america isnt there. trump is not popular, but people are holding their breath, hoping and waiting and desirous of success. >> you mentioned bernie sanders and tom perez getting booed. bernie sanders are getting the cheers. >> hes the most popular active politician in america by a recent poll. so bernie sanders -- i know bernie sanders supporters, if you can believe that. so many of them that i know are friends of mine are so ang...

Republicans in the senate, but, again, again, youre fracturing that base, that hardcore base of 35% that love him and were probably alienated by other politicians and maybe lost faith in politics in return because they thought donald trump could deliver certain things. >> all right. jonathan swan, tim carney, michael czin, thank you all for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. on the other side, obviously a lot of discussion right now about the order that president trump gave la...

Sabrina, political reporter with "the guardian." i want to start with the jobs he created, catherine. i noticed when it comes to the casualty in the yemen operation, the generals, i inherited that. >> yeah. >> and when it comes to any -- >> success, a thousand father, all of quhwhom are donald trump >> theres a lead. >> look, its not in these company interest to fight him on this right? it is in record. there are plenty of news stories showing that many of these decisions were made well before h...

People questioned his qualifications for the job. hes only enforced or fortified by steve bannon who is a key adviser. so his influence is growing. hes more secretive. we know how puj i will database -- pujilistic he is. this is a president with lower approval ratings and a hardcore base. well see how it plays out, day at a time, policy at a time. as long as these divisions in the country become more entre h entrenched and become more social, the president is losing an opportunity early on to se...