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It somehow sort of works to a certain extent. it gets peoples attention. pieces on the chess board start to move in reaction to what the president is saying and doing. you wind up in a space sometimes going, how did we get here given the way we got here? and its just, its just an interesting thing for him, which is why he goes out and touts the success because in the end the tariffs thing is going to play well in the country. it hasnt back fired. it hasnt hit home -- >> he got a lot of cut out. ...

Dealers. it must be taken seriously. >> absolutely. already scrutiny of president trump seamy affinity for haters around the world whether he is a personal relationship with xi jinping in china and what seems to be more favorable outlook towards the philippines that a lot of other american officials. that already has people worried. as a predisposition to worry about the affinity for tater shea. eboni: sometimes certainly when we see the base for the president, i dont know that we see the same w...

Certain extent. it gets peoples attention. pieces on the chess board start to move in reaction to what the president is saying and doing. you wind up in a space sometimes going, how did we get here given the way we got here? and its just, its just an interesting thing for him, which is why he goes out and touts the success because in the end the tariffs thing is going to play well in the country. it hasnt back fired. it hasnt hit home -- >> he got a lot of cut out. >> he got a lot of cut out -- ...

Thats very important. its important now and it might be important going down the road as republicans are trying to hold on to congress and there is this constant stream of what seems to be scandal coming from this white house. >> look, stormy daniels -- stephanie clifford, her credibility is already in trouble, right, for several reasons? one, she told different stories of this. in the pleading xi says i did have an intimate affair. she also took the money and cut the deal. now she wants a bette...

Think theyre bad policy, but thats sort of low stakes. what happens if peter navarro got to the president who was in a bad mood and wanted to lash out and convinced him to take this policy position and the mind reels at other versions of that. >> to me, in a certain way, its unnerving but also, certainly better a trade war than a war war. right? and i feel like theres something sal lewtory about the fact all of these people who have been willing to look the other way at trumps unfitness who have...

But what the presidents doing doesnt go any distance toward repairing this problem. it makes a few steelworkers feel like youre on my side. >> theres the broader issue which is the way this all went down which is understanding, what happened with tariffs and i think theyre bad policy, but thats sort of low stakes. what happens if peter navarro got to the president who was in a bad mood and wanted to lash out and convinced him to take this policy position and the mind reels at other versions of t...

People hope and pray, serious people of all political persuasions hope jim mattis, h.r. mcmaster have a moderating influence on this president, who doesnt know his own mind, who is erratic, impulsive. thats where things have come to. gary cohn is in there. he is a populist. he got elect odd that. people will agree with it. it may be scary but he is entitled to be that if thats what he is. people saying, no, this is a horrible idea. and he is still going back and forth. he felt vindicated. now it...

My job is just kind of to report and figure out whats happening and tell people the facts for them to make their opinions. peter king at the end of our story today said the president ran the worst, most chaotic campaign ever. at the end, he was smiling and grinning. he doesnt want to do it like others. he likes pitting people against each other. some of it almost seems like he wants a made-for-television story line and ratings. in some ways, the presidents done it this way his whole life. there ...

Including fighting within the white house and people leaving on their own accord. the communications director admitting she tells white lies on behalf of the president and the president bouncing from policy position to policy position. with that type of environment, its hard to create order or any sense of an order or a process within the white house and within the west wing. its clear that the president is sort of pouring fuel on the fire and making things more disorderly with his tweets and co...

Was used in the florida shooting. the president indicate head supports that, so what do you make of that divide? how significant is it? . >> its really hard to make any conclusions from the things the president says or tweets because he says in et twtweets every poe policy position on some issues. hes coming down on the gun control issue but we have seen him, whether it was funding planned parenthood or defensing it during the campaign. he loved jeff sessions, he hates jeff sessions. president t...