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Idea hes got a master strategy that hes trying to trick them into impeaching him and hell fool them and hes got a strategy that will ignite a wave of trump affection thats going to come from nowhere because 52% of americans say they will never vote for him. hes going to be bill clinton and everyone is going to love him. donald trump is terrified of impeachment. donald trump is terrified of humiliation of being exposed thats why hes so freaked out about his business records. if he was goading the...

America." this is one of those subjects, stunt day, that requires a mix of alertness and sensitivity to the policy and to the workings of the white house the way government is supposed to work. >> yeah. >> and i this i you better bring a sense of humor to get through it, you have to bring a sense of humor to it. so he piles the stunt on top of the stunt and he goes on strike. >> lawrence, thank you so much for doing that. i apologize for cackling in the background as he were doing it. i couldnt ...

No one does, but the president wants to project that hes not going to settle for a bad deal and he wants to project optimism and still talk about, you know, what north korea has to gain in the hopes that probably kim jong-un is listening and thinking, okay, theres a pep talk. maybe ill go for this after all. >> and nathan, might this simply be the president holding the cards close? he doesnt want to convey exactly what hes going to be demanding, how hes going to be approaching kim jong-un, you k...

Deal" style. everyone at the white house said this was at the enof the day president trumps decision and that he was the one led to do this. yeah there might be people around him who are arguing but he wants to do. >> president trump was setting up china as the fall guy as early arizona tuesday. listen. >> i will say im a little disappointed because when kim jong-un had the meeting with president xi in china -- the second meeting. the first meeting we knew about. the second meeting, i think ther...

>> giuliani said the remarks were approved by the president and does not expect to be fired. stormy daniels lawyer michael avenatti responding this way. >> i dont care if you are on the left or on the far right. i dont care where you line up. you should be disgusted by what happened in connection with the lies that you have been told over the last three months about this payment. there is no way to dress it up. you can put lipstick on a pig morning, noon and night and it is still a pig. this is ...

Trump. there is no rhyme or reason. there is no strategy. there is no proper planning. there is no organization. they think if theyre just raising money thats all that needs to get done. republicans are going to be in a lot of trouble in 2018, and they need organization. something that is not there. >> im not using the business of defending the rnc but they are supposed to work in concert. however if you have a white house that has no actual political strategy and things get taken care of in 280...

To pick-off a person here and there. theres some in washington that dont believe its going to -- i told you before, i find it highy, highly unlikely russia was trying to collude with the trump campaign because it couldnt collude with the rnc. it couldnt collude with itself. hes going to have to get something to show for all this stuff theyve done. so theyre going to go after people, threaten them. theyre going to use tactics the fbi uses all the time to get people to talk. they get one person. t...

Like some huge grand conspiracy they have their hands around. it sounds to me theyre trying to pick-off a person here and there. theres a lot of people in washington that dont believe its going to -- i told you before, i find it highly, highly unlikely russia was able to include with the trump campaign because it couldnt collude with the rnc. it couldnt collude with itself. that doesnt mean that one or two people in the campaign arent going to be targets by mueller. hes going to have to get some...

Versions you get from people around trump. one is a master strategy which i dont think it is. the other is that this is a sort of quick reaction to frustration. i think he likes surprising people. this is the thing about him they think is complicated to understand in part because it sounds weird, but he always does have a plan in his mind about what he is doing. it may not make sense to anyone else, but he genuinely has some map. its not a long map that doesnt drive you far down the road, but in...

They are willing to do more. will they do as much as trump wants? thats really a stretch. thats i think the basic problem with this strategy. >> david ignatius, thank you so much for spending some time with us. matthew dowd, let me get you to weigh in since youre the celebrity guest today. very generously on loan. from our friends across the town. let me just ask you about the character of a president who would threaten fire and fury without having any respect for his national security adviser, ...