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An obamacare repeal. we already saw that didnt work. its not going to help them pass a tax reform package which a lot of republicans is even more important than obamacare repeal for them. its not going to help them get an infrastructure package so its not going to help them do the things he promised to do as president. it is going to help them keep trump as this sort of, you know, opponent to all of these people. >> you know, tax reform is so important here, in my beat for example and where are ...

House said the president was upset about being called a moron and spouted off about tillersons intelligence because he was mad. thats contrary to what white house press secretary told reporters when she insisted the president was just joking and that the press should get a sense of humor. >> the president certainly never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent. he made a joke, nothing more than that. he has full confidence in the secretary of state. he wasnt questionin...

Me, were much smarter than them. >> i want to match my iq with some of those guys. with all of them. >> is the president always joking about iq? >> well, you know, maybe its some offhand thing he does and in his mind hes joking but he doesnt sound like a joke and he brought it up in the way that he really sort of wanted to have the battle of the brains with his resecretary of state and i not sure what thats going to accomplish when theyre supposed to be working together against nuclear weapons. ...

Is this something the white house thinks is effective. >> you know, i dont think we can ascribe some strategy to trumps tweets. weve been trying to do that for a couple of years. i dont think its there other than its what he uses to go after people and hes going to continue to do that. he was not ready to let up with bob corker, but you know, im -- im not the person whos going to say we should say oh, the white house meant to do this with trumps tweets. i think he just tweeted it. >> i think you...

>> lets bring in cnn politics digital director live to us from washington. lets talk about this iq showdown and we can all write down on a piece of paper and see what our iqs are. >> im not in on that. >> im just kidding, but sarah sanders said the media needs to grow a sense of humor, but the president has talked about iq before. the president has relished what he thinks is his sky high iq again. lets listen to that. >> i went to an ivy league school. i went to the school of finance. i know i h...