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Predecessors, achieved any major piece of legislation through the congress or have a major piece of legislation really on his way. but i take an entirely different take. i think were all misleading ourselves in talking about points on the board. what really counts is whats good for the american people and the world. i think it was a wonderful thing that that health care bill failed. that was an awful bill. it would have knocked 24 million people off the insurance rolls. it would have given a hug...

Order on immigration ban which was immediately challenged in the courts. >> of these entrenched interests will do anything they can to keep the broken system in place. >> compared his recent predecessors president trump is ben predicted -- practically prodigious with executive orders. today he signed 25 and it compares to 19 from fresno, levin for president bush and 12 for bill clinton. hes also signed 28 loss compared to 14 for obama, seven for bush and clintons 22. >> no of has accomplished mo...

>> im changing it from fake news though, very fake news. >> got to tear up the history books when it comes to donald trump. probably no president in history has been as, sort of inclined to create controversy as donald trump has been through his tweets, through his statements, through his attacks on his predecessor, barack obama. >> like many of his predecessors, president trump faced foreign policy crisis in his first 100 days. president kennedy presided over bay of pigs. president george w. bu...

North koreas shipping industry and those who employed north korean labor abroad. how much can be done without china being integral. >> nothing. and i think that is what president trump has realized. you know, presidents get mugged by reality after they come off a campaign with a lot of rhetoric, and you realize the presidency you want to have is often interrupted by the facts on the ground, oftentimes, national security. remember, george w. bush wanted to be the education president and have a hu...

Accomplished, what about obstruction from democrats? we know that they deliberately dragged their feet on confirming his cabinet appointees and a lot of cabinets department jobs are still unfilled. >> i dont think you can blame that all on the democrats. yes, justice course which -- he made the nuclear option because he was not going to get 60 votes out of the senate. the president has also appointed fewer people and cabinet positions. at a time when we do have a lot of position in the state dep...

With. >> bret: so it is not a done deal yet? as far as what that number is? >> will go through a budgeting process with the appropriators on the hill, and what i hope is that they will listen carefully to our approach and allow us significant flexibility so that we can direct these monies to areas we believe have the greatest need. >> bret: while behind predecessors and nominating key positions when the department lacks these political appointees, career appointees, then fill these roles. are yo...

Reagan, his popularity took a hit in the years following the trip as he was collecting those large sums of money. this was back in the summer of 1992, ronald reagans popularity actually dropped below jimmy carters back then. obviously things are very different now a generation later.heralded by the right. his numbers have gone up. in the active phase of his post-presidency, his numbers were dropping with stories like that. here to talk about former president obamas upcoming speech to wall street...

With citi. go deal with jp morgan chase. you cant deal. theres no other congress. >> too much bureaucracy when you have your daughter and your son-in-law to deal with. anyway, thank you. thats why he brought him along. makes it less bureaucratic. thank you. coming up, its safe to say weve never seen 100 days like this weve seen from president trump. were going to stack this presidents difficult first 100 days up against his predecessors, i mean all his predecessors with two top presidential hi...

Arent they. >> yeah, its kind of funny. im sure this is played every first 100 days, but from one side of the mouth they are saying 100 days false emarker, doesnt matter, but on the other side, look how much weve accomplished. i think to a certain extent the sort of grade you will give the president kind of depends on your view. if you oppose him, you will look at it and say look, no major legislative accomplishments, that is very much unlike some of his predecessors who managed to pulled off th...

As though it is the obama administrations fault? look, it is entirely possible the obama administration made a mistake in renewing his security application in early 2016. still, at the same time michael flynn was a huge part of trumps campaign, the republican national convention, he was going to be the national security adviser. i mean both could be true, the obama team might have messed up in renewing his security clearance, but it seems a bigger deal the role he played with trump. >> youre rig...