Page 18 - John Frederick News Today

Other factors. and thats what he got elected on. so i dont think this should be a surprise or a shocker. and i dont really think it represents any major change other than its 2018. >> but you just anticipatesed the question and you said no but you answered the question i said does this frkt the ppts hard line stance on immigration? you said no. it doesnt. but then you said yeah it reflects how the president -- so. >> i think -- i think it reflects a change in the status of where the country is i...

$1.5 trillion to the debt and youre saying hes wanting to change the immigration system -- >> hes trying to grow us out of the debt, don, through 5% economic expansion, which is going to well pay for that. >> i have to go, guys. >> you look at the economic result of the tax cuts. you can rant, rave, all the you want -- >> we have to go. john, i hate to cut you off. >> thank you. oh, thats lovely... so graceful. the corkscrew spin, flawless... ...his signature move, the flying dutchman. poetry in...

The population of indigenous people of north america is relatively small based -- and most of the people who are here now are descendants of people who came to this country some way or another, whether forcibly or not. and in its very interesting for me sitting here not too far from he willis island where a large number of the people funneled through to come to this country to not think of america as a country of immigrants. and i also i believe that it is, you know, part of the erasing of truth...

You said no. it doesnt. but then you said yeah it reflects how the president -- so. >> i think -- i think it reflects a change in the status of where the country is in 2018 as opposed to where it was in 1818. i think thats what the difference is. and i think this is really really all to do about nothing. i dont think anybody that comes into this country legally doesnt want to be an american. thats why theyre coming in. >> john, i have to say this, by- dsh listen, youre entitled to your opinion. ...

And brought here because they were brought as slaves. and native americans were being removed from their lands that they rightfully owned through both forcible removal and these pacts and treaties. now that we have an american they like, now all of a sudden we want to slam the door shut and say, no, no, thats not who we are. thats who we were when people who looked like me were coming. not when its people who are brown or asian or whatever. and that is a very hypocritical, insulting reversal of ...

Me sitting here not too far from he willis island where a large number of the people funneled through to come to this country to not think of america as a country of immigrants. and i also i believe that it is, you know, part of the erasing of truth and fact and history, kind of a revisionist history of america that we are now undergoing. and that is a problematic thing just as a fact. >> um-hum. so, john, l francis who the director zriebld it as a simple straightforward statement that clearly d...

Resonate with trumps base. i want to bring in now cnns senior political commentator david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president obama. thank you. its so important to have you on. good evening, david. we appreciate it. people accused president obama of being divisive on race. and on a day like today what do you say? how do you feel? >> well, look, you know, one thing i think we ought to acknowledge, we can be outraged but we shouldnt be surprised. this is who donald trump is. i mean, this...

Their politics that it they believe this will resonate with the base. and if you look online and on social media, you can see in fact that there is that reaction. you heard john frederick articulate it a little bit earlier on your show here. but the thing is, and this is -- im beyond hoping that this will change. the president of the united states is the trustee of something much larger than their own political base. the president of the united states is the president of the entire country. and ...

>> well, look, you know, one thing i think we ought to is, we ought too acknowledge. we can be outraged, but we shouldnt be surprised. this is who donald trump is, this is how he ran his campaign, this is how hes handled himself throughout his life, i think this is maybe what he believes. so you know, the issue isnt that, nor is it that this is a new thing in our society. i was listening to john frederick. it reminded me of something i read recently. a speech by a prominent senator, arguing for ...

I know thats not the political question you asked me, i feel strongly that tonight we ought to think about who we are as a country. the president is who he is, the president is, who are we? >> and thats what -- >> everyone should speak to that. >> that was part of my monologue, i asked in the opening, what does that say about you? because we know what this president is, we know the history, the evidence is there. but then doubling down, the white house issuing a statement, or saying that they be...