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President. and so, jill, theres the court saying, hey, when donald trump was president, he agreed completely with what joe biden was doing here. >> exactly. and it goes back even further than that because during watergate or right after nixon left the presidency, there was a case known as gsa versus nixon, in which the court was dealing with a former president. and said, well, he can weigh in, but he doesnt control. president carter is the president, he gets to make the decision, and in this cas...

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He owes tons of money. nobody to invest in him and very little revenue flow coming from rental. i dont know how hes not in the hock a big time and how hes not going to get out of it. >> its a financial issue for him and part of the reason why hes having trouble attracting investors is that people dont want to associate themselves necessarily -- >> how can he sit in the white house and try to get himself out of the ditch while hes in the white house? >> there are processes of what he does control...

Them to do it. can the president separate himself from his own family. >> legally or politically. >> politically, probably not. >> hes not taking them on the trip to china. what does that tell you? hes not taking ivanka or jared kushner to china. is that related to this or is john kelly, the chief of staff finally getting control of reality in the white house saying mr. president, youve got to stop hanging around with their family of yours. theyre causing you trouble. >> i think john kelly could...

It should be done locally. it could take a couple of years to take some statues down, a couple more next year. put them in museums. treat them with historical respect. but you have problems with the gettysburg battlefield. what you do with the guy at washington state and old town alexander which is a young humble obviously grit soldier, southern soldier with his head down in defeat. there it is. its not about were the right side of the war. >> with his back to washington. >> were not the right s...

He doesnt control, western, central iraq. militias are arming. becoming a transnational problem. when you talk about helping iraq, im not sure which part of iraq the u.s. is supposed to be helping right now. a bit like grabbing a piece of water. it will continue to slip through your fingers because it is falling apart. >> in your reporting, richard, you have been talking about the fact that in many areas the -- the weapons are not under control. u.s. humvees being seized. the spillover from sear...

Beyond that stage. i think we have turned the corner. the country is breaking into three pieces. so when, when the president talks about helping iraq. and changing malikis forces. theyre crumbling, surrendering. he doesnt control kurdistan in northern iraq. he doesnt control, western, central iraq. militias are arming. becoming a transnational problem. when you talk about helping iraq, im not sure which part of iraq the u.s. is supposed to be helping right now. a bit like grabbing a piece of wat...