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Twitter fight. george id like to begin with this weeks twitter dust-up as hasteful be and ugly as it was. of course it involved a member of our family and friend to many of us. was it a distraction in the end or is it germane because of what it says about character. >> its both. the president likes to change the subject. and he uses twitter to do that. now i think thats preferable to him using, say, cruise missile attacks on a country or a nays little war on the korean peninsula. but it seems to...

The korean peninsula. but it does seem to be tackical. it seems tit to not be just a failure of impulse control. >> the presidents houseguest, the leader of south korea and health care with all of washington moving out to their home states and districts, all the elected representatives, these two subjects loom large. but again, theres a laundry list of things behind them. >> it is. its hard to know what the members going home are going to hear from their constituents. because the constituents ar...

Was it a distraction in the end or is it germane because of what it says about character. >> its both. the president likes to change the subject. and he uses twitter to do that. now i think thats preferable to him using, say, cruise missile attacks on a country or a nays little war on the korean peninsula. but it seems to be tactical. in that sense it seems to be not just a failure of impulse control but an impulse with a purpose. >> you mentioned the korean peninsula. thats one of two other sub...

And the office and his constituents and the people who put him in there rather than to embarrass them and do something like this, and his family, his daughter and his wife and his sister, no? >> it is not how i personally would conduct myself in the office, but im not the president of the united states. im not donald trump. you know, he got elected by the people of this country to go in and change things up, and hes shaking things up. >> okay. here is hillary clintons campaign chairman, john pod...

The united states so hes going to get plenty of scrutiny. he introduced a level of crudeness and viciousness, personal viciousness into the discourse of his campaign and into the running of the country. thats where it came from. can we not all see that and agree on that? and if we cant, then youre not being honest with yourself. >> weve been saying from the beginning with this tone change, what you ignore, you empower. there are have been politicians in his party around him from the beginning wh...

People elected him because he fights back. and at the end of the day, politics aside, just in terms of supporters, do they care? >> as i talk to people who are close to the president, it seems like more and more of his twitter behavior is throwing red meat to his base and saying to them, i am still the same guy you elected. you didnt send me to washington and i turned into a politician, a politically correct swamp monster. i still am who i am. i am who you elected. i still fight back. i still ha...

The a last 30 years, nobody should be surprised. he acted like this in the primary, before he was in public office or even aspiring to be in public office. he was a guy that when somebody lashed out, he responded back because he felt he should vindicate himself. >> you think the person in the oval office should have more respect and love of office and his constituents and people who put him in there, rather than to embarrass them and do something like this and his family and daughters and wife a...

Adversary. he is extremely disciplined, a trained kgb agent. at what point does there have to be a concern about the temperament or the lack of impulse control when youre going toe to toe with an adversary like russia and the stakes are so high. >> i think theres always been that concern. i think his tendencies have been on display since he was a candidate. people have been asking this question openly, usually his critics, not his supporters. i dont know exactly how to answer that question becau...

Because of his character. its not functioning partly because of his attacks on the press kwhich is totally moving the american people who are watching to a side show, but its really not functioning, because the character and capabilities of this president are called into grave question in a way that those who know him best are raising serious concerns about, and this is the greatest journalistic challenge of the modern era. to report on a malignant presidency and what it means and where its goin...

Monster. he is trying to maintain that image, if there is any strategy behind this. but of course there is also a lack of impulse control which his friends admit they dont know what to do about it. >> that being said, i had a long conversation today with those close to donald trump and those in the white house who say they feel like theyre under attack. they say they feel like donald trump has a platform and let him use it because this is the only way he needs to get through. he needs to be a fi...