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>> it will get republicans in trouble before it gets trump in trouble in 2018. their problem is not going to be that suddenly the trump people are going to vote democratic. the republican problem is going to be turnout. a lot of their people are go going to be disillusioned if the republicans never pass health care reform, tax reform, infrastructure, et cetera, et cetera. >> do you think the trump base will ever get tired of the so-called trump show? >> they have a really interesting relationshi...

It. it was just getting the buzz out there. >> yes, yeah. >> about trump? did you guys can laugh at it. >> yeah. >> there was nothing so terrible about it. it was like puffing and exaggerating. >. >> tony schwartz, co-author of trumps "the art of the deal," even invented a name for trumps strategy. >> i came up with the phrase truthful hish boley which is, you know, i called it an innocent form of exaggeration. now i can call something that i actually sold for $2 million, i can say $10 million a...

What they heard. i dont think it changes the basic calculus. and i mean, what worries me is, of course, we have a president who doesnt seem to listen or even read what his advisors put in front of him. so i think the real issue we have is what are we going to do about this situation in north korea and does this president have the temperament and wisdom to deal with it. >> explain -- i was surprised -- the north koreans are known for -- are also known for their hyperbole and when they responded, ...

what we know today, the statement of potentially going after guam was made by a spokesman from the north korean general staff. i hate to insult my good friend john kirby, but when its a spokesman as opposed to someone from the general staff or someone like the president saying that, makes a world of difference. this is typical of north korean threats. is it important? sure it is. when you threaten to hit guam, thats a bad threat to make. but when you have a spokesman for the army staff versus...

About the president drawing a line in the sand and not being able to back it up. joining us to discuss that, zach wolf, a digital director for cnn politics. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen "the daily news" no big fan of this president, talking about armageddon. presidential language matters but was this hyperbole or a diplomatic stroke by this president. whats the view in washington? >> i think it is a little too early to say whether it was a diplomatic stroke. ...

He would say, its because we had so much business here that this happened. not that the systems broke down, not that we didnt though what we were doing. we had so much business it broke down. >> what about the slot machine thing when they were down for a while? >> the slots were so hot, again nobody saw people play that hard and that fast -- >> it blew out the slots -- >> it blew it apart. it was like a fizz or a fire. >> donald is so wrapped up in hyperbole that its almost constant lies. where ...

Movement, a movement like the world has never seen before, actually. unemployment is the lowest its been in 17 years. business enthusiasm is about as high as theyve ever seen it. were unleashing a new era of american prosperity, perhaps like weve never seen before. >> call it what you will, a verbal tick, enthusiasm, hyperbole, heres my question. the world is watching. do you think north korea will take this threat based upon how he has spoken in the past about things. will they take him serious...

Circumstances in terms of human tragedy than this one. truthfully as ive seen war games and participated in war games on the korean peninsula, the various events that could occur with any kind of strike, preemptive or not, and the reper cautions of counterstrikes would be devastates not only to the korean people, but everyone keeps talking about the 28,000 u.s. soldiers on the peninsula, that doesnt include their spouses, children, parakeets or pets, but also u.s. patriots. there would be devast...

In the media to tone down the rhetoric as well. the rhetoric, itself, is becoming quite incendiary. i dont think it is productive to engage in this dueling banjo rhetoric back and forth which is quite provocative. >> there is really no margin for error here with the situation in north korea. you have got secretary of state rex tillerson is in the region right now pushing peaceful pressure to try to ratchet this down. you have what some would call hyperbole which plays in the belacose belligerenc...

On that statement in general. i know that most senior officials in this white house, in our government, have concluded we have elected one president and its donald trump and he has his on way of communicating. he using hyperbole, he uses bullying language. theres a view here making clear to north korea and the chinese that the president is serious in saying if you dont help us solve this, were going to do it our way. senator mccains point that that often doesnt lead to the outcome that you want,...