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Chuck todd and rachel maddow. june 26th and 27th. but, first, get ready for a dramatic split screen day in io io io iowa. holding duelling speeches in iowa. biden is expected to call mr. trump a threat to the united states. the president hours earlier wont pull any punches either against the candidate he has called sleepy, creepy joe in the past. president trump has been calling former advisors who havent heard from him in years eager to discuss his standings in the polls, specifically against j...

Garrett, what are we expecting today? tee us up. >> kristen, any democratic candidate would covet the opportunity now presented to joe biden today on the ground in an early state with the president in town. that split screen moment that you talked about and an opportunity to elevate yourself on the level of the president of the united states. thats what joe biden will do today. trying to take on the president directly. now, he more than arguably any of these other democratic candidates has made ...

All the floods weve seen, and he will go hard at him on places that damage the economy like this. he will accuse the president of selling out to the same people who voted for him, and some other things in politics, punching up, picking a fight with the person he really mtswa to take on. thats what the biden campaign wants to do today, and theyre waiting to see if the president takes the bait and fights back. >> you know as well as i do, the president loves a fight. what will he focus on today? >...

Harris. theyre all campaigning throughout iowa today. i should note that tomorrow, joe biden will make an appearance, will visit iowa tomorrow on the same day that president trump is also slated to be in iowa. so that could make for obviously a very interesting split screen moment in iowa tomorrow. >> so its coming down to the wire for some of these candidates to be able to make the debate based on those numbers, 1% in the rolls, 65,000 individual donors. whos not going to make it? >> yeah, i me...

His own messes? chris the present as candidate was president, hes always going to do this. whether does jet lag or in the middle of the night and he knows that the press is going to cover his tweets. he is creating his own split screen. i think it necessarily works against him, it is not something new. but if you were at the white house and looking at this amazing trip, you could say to the president, dont tweet because we wont have good coverage. he got good coverage and also coverage of things...

Pretty well at the official events, a big speech. why is he tweeting insults at bette midler, yes, she attacked him first. does he sometimes stepped on his own messes? chris the present as candidate was president, hes always going to do this. whether does jet lag or in the middle of the night and he knows that the press is going to cover his tweets. he is creating his own split screen. i think it necessarily works against him, it is not something new. but if you were at the white house and looki...

Personal affinity for both putin and xi and deal with the real threat the two men working together pose to u.s. national security. it was a split screen tailor made by russian president vladimir putin. just as president trump was meeting with americas most important allies in europe, two of americas biggest adversaries were holding court in moscow. in a summit that analysts say was timed to send a message, putin hosted chinese president xi jinping. >> i think this is russias response to what the...

And also joining us robert costa. robert, let me start with you, this is the daily, hourly, second by second existence of covering donald trump even when he manages to elevate himself for a few moments hes always, always, always, always donald trump. >> thats exactly right. and this is a split screen of a trip so far for president trump stirring up all of this controversy from when he was in the united kingdom to now when he is in france and even in ireland. yet at the same time his public remar...

Will never ever grow old. >> with that somber reflection, it was in stark contrast than the interview to fox news minutes earlier. minutes. using the head stones of the fallen heroes as a backdrop as he slammed nancy pelosi and other critics. its in keeping with what the "new york times" called a split screen of a president, embracing regal respectability and settling scores on the other. he was hosted by queen elizabeth after calling londons mayor a stone cold loser on twitter. he fired off twe...

Mindset was, but theres just -- theres something not there in terms of his capacity to filter and to organize his thoughts in that way. for instance, he was overseas when he was having discussions with theresa may, meeting with the royal family and at 1:00 in the morning tweeting about bette midler, the examples abound but in this case the split screen and contrast was one of the sharpest weve seen. >> it shouldnt be a surprise. its all about donald trump. its always all about donald trump. you ...