because trump also announced that tomorrow, the treasury is going to start issuing sanctions. and he said the first one was going to be a large sanction. you know, because it s treasury, it must be a financial sanction of some sort. north korean banks have already been sanctioned a all out. so probably what they re going to do, and this is just a guess, but i would suspect they re going too far after a chinese bank. they designated bank of dandong as a primary money laundering concern. that was june 29th. that was a signal to beijing that the administration was willing to apply pressure. maybe they re going after a larger chinese financial institution now. constitution now. and as these things work, this is something president trump said to xi jinping and they re expecting, i m guessing? well, we don t really know or i don t know what trump said to xi jinping. trump did tweet out afterwards
he knows there s more of an overlap between his supporters and moore s supporters. and he s afraid if he were to publicly rebuke moore, if he loses and trump is seen as getting some of the blame for that loss, he risks losing some of that base and alienating some of that base. and his own history here plays in the role, too. on the asia trip, he came back and said more than once, yeah, i haven t had a chance to study that yet, i ll address it when we get back to the states. he s had ample opportunities to field questions about moore and has ignored all of them in we re seeing the white house shift a little bit. perhaps kellyanne conway s comments were telling that they might be able to put up with this very controversial candidate if it means keeping the seat for their agenda.
podesta s group, a democratic-leaning lobbying firm. we ve looked into michael flynn s son. these are all parts of this probe that span far away from just the trump campaign and russia. so there s a lot that has to be wrapped up here. and we know in the case of paul manafort, someone who s actually been indicted in this probe, it s not until may 7th that we ll see his trial. and the special counsel s office will not shut down until at least that trial begins. so it seems in this case, ty cobb is definitely engaging in wishful thinking, probably to try to keep a sense of calm among the white house. hey, chuck, robert mueller is such a fascinating combination of things. a wounded decorated marine combat veteran. a guy who had the best schooling in this nation from prep school on through college. a guy who really regards himself as a public servant. what of your understanding of
and just perhaps in a nod to diplomacy, secretary of state rex tillerson used some slightly more diplomatic language. i think it s really just the latest step in a series of, as you can see, ongoing steps to increase the pressure. i call it the peaceful pressure campaign. the president calls it the maximum pressure campaign. so there s no confusion, they re one in the same. do you believe that the united states is running out of diplomatic options to respond to the nuclear threat of north korea? no, i do not. as to this current tension between the north and the west, especially the u.s., this appeared sunday in a state-run newspaper. there is no other kind in the north. and here is how they wrote about the president s recent trip to asia. a load of rubbish sprouted by the old lunatic trump during his recent visit to south korea was a total of all nonsense. they go on to say the u.s. would regret letting such a depraved and stupid guy occupy the white house. well, here to ta
element on the hard right in the trump base who s yearning for more of an aggressive posture when it comes to this probe. not calling for mueller to be fired, or for pardons to be given, but just a more combative approach. and so you sometimes hear i inklings that the president is leaning perhaps in that direction. oaks, man, was this interesting and are you guys come back. robert costa, julia ainsley and chuck rosenberg, thank you. we ll continue this conversation by inviting you all back often. coming up after our next break, the president makes a declaration on north korea, but what kind of an effect could it have when the 11th hour continues. more savings on car insurance? yeah bro-fessor, and more. like renters insurance. more ways to save. nice, bro-tato chip. that s not all, bro-tein shake. geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too.