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Going to come into the meeting and say, look, there is a basic understanding here, spoken or unspoken, that you are enamored with me and it may be because you know weve compromised you, it may be for a host of reasons. but were going to leverage that and were going to get as much out of this meeting as we possibly can. and the fact that youre in the room alone with me means we are going to agree to things in the spur of the moment that your associates and aides would never allow you to agree wit...

Hurl at her, and just a lot of jenning up the crowd. it seems when hes in these rooms with these core supporters, they bring out the worst in each other. he resorts to that sort of talk and they shout lock her up. and thats what he likes to do. thats what hes going to focus on and were going to see a whole lot more of that leading to the mid terms and certainly 2020. >> peter, let me quickly pass along something i heard from a trump ally this morning. he said for a president so publicly and priv...

Down with him, because just sitting down is not enough. until that happens, it is not entirely helpfulle for the president to say, well, if it happens it is going to happen on june 12th, and it is a lie that it wont happen beyond, that and there is so much more at stake than the date of the meeting and than sitting down. >> peter, who is leading the charge on whether or not to meet and what is going to constitute the agenda for the meeting. >> i think that president trumps mood and attitude here...

Peter nicolas, the president also calling that a win. >> yes. >> and we will see around 7:00 p.m. today the presentation if you will of joshua holt, the 26-year-old from utah. what is the takeaway now of the president dabbling into two hemispheres on the issues of foreign affairs. >> well, i was talking to the white house about this a little bit earlier, and what i was hearing from them is that this is a goodwill gesture on venezuelas part, but maybe it is not sufficient enough for the united st...

To think that could fully happen considering they dont know what bob mueller is looking at presidents personal finances or whatever else it could be in addition to obstruction of justice. do they though, peter from your reporting, believe that bob mueller will say, okay, sure, ill agree to wrap up the investigation to you in 60 days. do tle really think thats realistic? >> well, they think that they have some leverage here, erin. and the leverage would be if bob mueller would soviet union the pr...

Outfront now the white house reporter for the wall street journal, peter nicolas broke the story and former united states attorney and former associate independent counsel for the white house investigation. peter, you are breaking this story. what else are you hearing? >> whats happening is presidents lawyers know that bob mueller wants and trying to see if there could be some concessions they can get in return. one would be to see if they can get a quick end to this investigation. maybe 60 days...

Theyre much more respectful, differential to mueller. they say they want a relationship with him. they dont seem to be bringing up conflict of issues. theyre trying to keep open a channel of communication. so were sort of getting a more contentious vibe and tone from the white house and a much more collegial perspective coming from trumps lawyers. >> probably wise. peter nicolas, white house correspondent for "the wall street journal". thank you for being here. joining us now is barbara mcquade,...

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Unspoken, that you are enamored with me and it may be because you know weve compromised you, it may be for a host of reasons. but were going to leverage that and were going to get as much out of this meeting as we possibly can. and the fact that youre in the room alone with me means we are going to agree to things in the spur of the moment that your associates and aides would never allow you to agree with. so there is already a leg up for putin going into this meeting and im concerned that comin...

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