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International. ever since then, moscow has meddled in our politics. we have meddled in theirs. this is low-level stuff that went on. it is not an attack. it is 9/11. it is not pearl harbor. it is not russian paratroopers. this kind of hyperbole and attack on america suggests we need to attack russia. so youve got mr. boot saying that trump should threaten russia. with what? does he want to attack? >> try sanctions. >> i think mr. boot would have been happy if trump had waterboarded putin at the ...

>> yet you just denied being an apologist for russia. youre apologizing for russia as we speak. >> well, you havent let me finish. you dont know what im going to say. >> please go ahead. >> the meddling began, mr. cooper, right after the russian revolution when woodrow wilson sent american troops to fight in the russian civil war. >> oh, please. >> the meddling began on the soviet side when the communists formed communists international. ever since then, moscow has meddled in our politics. we ha...

Reality? >> i see it 3%, i dont see it 4 or 5. i will point out that 3% growth is dramatically different than president obama, the consequences for state and local tax revenues, municipalities, ability to finance social security are so profound with the economy growing at 3% i know it sounds small but, you know, this is like soccer, you know, it comes one goal at a time, what matters is you win 3 to 2, this is a profound difference, im optimistic, but mr. sneech tends to speak in hyperbole even ...

We have the right to block murderers, thugs. ms-13 is a gang dedicated to torture, rape, and murder. this is not hyperbole, this is a fact. sanctuary cities increased danger of crime. 84% of the country, 84% agree that sanctuary cities increase the cost of crime. so, if the president gets in a where the issue is not just the wall but the issue is a democratic party committed to open borders and wide open migration with no controls, versus a republican party trying to protect you from criminals, ...

Almost 150 politicians have been murdered in mexico ramping up to their election and five since the election this month. if we could have a little bit more dialogue i think from those borders, the district along the borders by those reps, though southern border senators and have a more engaging conversation in detail, we can get out of the hyperbole, especially coming up to the midterms. if we could have a collective, cohesive strategy with the facts at hand. it would be way more fruitful than v...

Disastrous. it was done because he doesnt have an organization in depth. >> reporter: that wasnt the story trump told. >> something could go bad like the opening of the taj, and he would say, its because we had so much business here this happened, not that the system broke down, not that we didnt know what we were doing, we had so he could lie about everything and he did. >> the slots were so hot, nobodys, again, nobody seen people play that hard and that fast. >> so it blew out the slots? >> th...

Much business, it broke down. he would lie about everything. >> reporter: and he did. >> what about the slot machine thing where they were down for a while? >> the slots were so hot, nobodys -- again, nobody has seen people play that hard and that fast. >> it blew out the slots? >> blew part. they were virtually on fire. >> hes so wrapped up in hyperbole, it is almost constant lies. you know, whether it is the littlest things where, you know, if you had 2,000 people at an event, he would say the...

Hyperbole. the truth is the truth. hyperbole is a lie. they dont go together. >> reporter: and they didnt go together during the troubled opening of trumps atlantic city taj mahal casino in 1990. when some of the flocks didnt work. >> the casino control commission went down there on opening day to check out that all the things had been done, many things hadnt been done, they shut down a third of the slots. >> reporter: slots that were critical to the casinos success. >> the slots are the prime r...

>> i came up with this phrase, truthful hyperbole. i called it an innocent form of exaggeration. now, i can call it something i actually sold for $2 million and say ten million and that becomes truthful hyperbole. the problem is there is no such thing as truthful hyperbole. the truth is the truth. hyperbole is a lie and they dont go together. >> reporter: they didnt go together during during the troubled opening of trumps casino in 1990 when some of the slots didnt work. >> when the hotel commis...

The building and selling of trump tower where barbara res managed the construction. >> he planted that, he was looking for an apartment in trump tower. >> reporter: that didnt happen? >> no. it made the papers. >> reporter: it was getting the buzz out there about trump. did you laugh at it or -- >> yeah. nothing so terrible about it, i mean you know it was like puffing, like exaggerating. >> reporter: tony swartz, co-author of trumps art of the deal, has a name for this. >> i came up with this p...