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Peter alexander at nbc news was able to report what actually led up to the strange announcement in the white house. quote, according to two officials, trumps decision to launch a potential trade war was born out of anger at other simmering issues in the words of one official, familiar with the presidents state of mind, quote on wednesday evening, the president became unglued. unglued is a quote. trump was angry two officials said. he was angry and gunning for a fight and he chose a trade war. by...

Simmering issues, in the words of one official familiar with the presidents state of mind, quote, on wednesday evening, the president became unglued. unglued is a quote. trump was angry two officials said. he was angry and gunning for a fight and he chose a trade war. by midnight wednesday, which was less than 12 hours before the president made this announcement, nobody on the presidents team prepared any position paper and the white house counsel said they were two weeks away from completing a ...

House, who didnt know? there was no position paper on this at meeting on wednesday when the president went in and met with representatives of the steel industry. this >> this is an interesting leadup to the announcement. the chief of staff was left in the dark about this. he had some idea that the president was receptive to the proposal, that he wanted to raise tariffs but that gary cohn and rob porter had been pushing him not to pursue that. when he made that announcement this week, chief of st...

That a policy -- a position paper from the white house was supposed to come out today and now we understand thats being delayed. >> thats right. i would say honestly, even for some people who didnt vote for or dont like the president, you can see the strands of what could be a wildly unorthodox but successful move on guns which is sort of playing both sides. nobody really knows exactly where you are and you hammer in the end with what you want. its the hammer them at the end with what you want a...

Cooperation on security and defense thats already moving forward that is a real step forward for the european union and then on a number of other issues as well and i think thats another reason why that e.q. plank in that position paper is so important as a good point to answer you to the board economic forum starts in davos this week we know that miracle and mccrone both will speak on wednesday. that plane the talking about will be presented there and we know that donald trump at least for the ...

Im so glad you mentioned that because in fact i wanted to say that i think there is one thing in this position paper that they have now agreed to use is the basis for a coalition to go the that doesnt solve the vision and that we can get excited about ok what and thats policy in europe and i think for me that is one of the most crucial aspects to what a potential grand coalition really can achieve weve got emmanuel mccall in paris waiting for an answer from berlin he wants. lind to be part of th...

>> what will happen is move in the path of schools starting to fail, no accountability measures put in place that these agencies provide. and the real losers will be the children, the future of the country. future doctors, future lawyers. >> reporter: maybe theres a compromise, one think tank put out a position paper, cutting seven agencies, the department of commerce and the environmental protection agency. >> these departments are a drain on the nation, not a benefit to the nation, and if we c...

>> what will happen is move in the path of schools starting to fail, no accountability measures put in place that these agencies provide. and the real losers will be the children, the future of the country. future doctors, future lawyers. >> reporter: maybe theres a compromise, one think tank put out a position paper, cutting seven agencies, the department of commerce and the environmental protection agency. >> these departments are a drain on the nation, not a benefit to the nation, and if we c...

Firmly convinced you would find a coalition. how confident are you that coalition to go she actions will be pursued and that you will reach a government and where is the new start for the country in the position paper mr schultzs talked about a new start for europe what about a new start for germany. the miners pasar talking with them do you know whats sunday in a week on the twenty first i will have to convince the delegates. in my party and should they vote in favor of this we will be asking t...

I kind of reject the notion that people dont know what democrats stand for. i think what you saw last tuesday and what you will see next year is the contrasting views and values of republicans and democrats. democrats believe in a middle out economy and republicans believe in a top down economy. democrats believe in clean air a water and republicans believe in eliminating all of the environmental protections. you can do down the list. democrats believe in expanding voting opportunities. republic...