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Working class white americans and the very, very rich. those two groups of people mooch do you think he has some affection towards the working class base that he is -- no. >> no, not in the slightest. thats the point. and if any of them speak up, he will attack them as he always does. its hard to convey this that people think of him and they describe him in normal terms as if hes just like anyone else. he actually has a kind of rare disorder. being a severe psychopath or sociopath is not a clear...

With his working class base. the main engine of his support. he did get some traditional uniform traditional republican support when we got to november of 2016, but hes been losing support from college educated whites. he has gone harder and harder on issues of immigration over the course of his administration. the trade war fits into that because hes appealing to blue collar americans who have been concerned about whats happened to their lively hoods over the last generation or so. but if he do...

Consensus on bilateral trade agreements because they always think that america can get a better end of the deal because people want access to our market. and the democratic partys undergoing the same kind of shift as it loses its working class base. >> in addition to that, more broadly on that shift on the parties, the republicans are against all forms of multilateralism. its nato, its the u.n. at best itll be one on one because america preserves its muscular independence that way. and thats the...

Amazon. i mean, every person in baltimore received fewer dollars in tax cuts than fortune 500 companies. and just give us a little perspective on baltimore. it has been a city thats been suffering since the 1960s. long before elijah cummings ever received his first vote from the public. >> sure. baltimore represents many of the big northeastern and upper midwest cities that over the last generation plus have had a number of blows. there was the urban renewal plans of the 60s and 70s were in retr...

Moment to try to tell a story to those audiences that havent traditionally been republican that say here heres what i have done for you and heres what im going to do for you in the future. >> scotts going to say hes going to pivot. >> all presidents have to pivot and tell a story about the future. presidential campaigns are always about the future. theyre not about the past. you have to say, heres what im going to do for you. >> donald trump became president then tomorrow, right? >> no, he said ...

Became president. >> the president ramped up campaign appearances and speeches catering to a very specific bloc of voters. the white working class base. is his strategy working? well discuss next. >> were now calling alaska for donald trump. >> oh, my god, i think america is racist. >> oh, my god. i remember my great grandfather told me something like that. he was a slave or something, i dont know. >> i cant believe it. like why arent people turning out for hillary the way them did for barack ob...

But i think that was a very small minority of the people that we saw certainly here in orlando. i cant speak for every city, but you did see that. but, like, that -- they were kind of our cross to bear, you know. i dont think just because there were a few racist people that showed up and held ignorant signs that that means the message about limiting the government so its small enough to fit inside the constitution is necessarily a bad message just because, you know, a few lunatics subscribe to i...

You and i talk business a lot. theres some politics to talk here. president trump said we lost the trade war. larry said theres no trade war. steve mnuchin said theres potential for trade war. president trump said its easy to win a trade war. it doesnt make sense. if youre going to have any sort of war to have your generals not have the same message that you have. >> to some extent the conflicts you describe reflect the conflict within the republican party. the pro-business wing, the wall street...

That i dont know we really have a good answer to. >> anita, ill ask you to answer this. how much of this is -- ill throw out a bush-era word, strategery? donald trump feeds the base soothing message of -- im for protectionism, im against trade, which is exactly what a lot of his working-class base wants to hear. when the republicans on capitol hill lose their mind, larry kudlow comes out, when the markets lose their minds, comes out, tries to soothe the waters. whos donald trump going to side wi...

Advantage in negotiation in which his good cop/bad cop staff pulls him back from some seemingly extreme version of events to something more tenable that the allies and other partners have to meet him more in the middle? thats an interesting question that i dont know we really have a good answer to. >> anita, ill ask you to answer this. how much of this is -- ill throw out a bush-era word, tra stingry? im for protectionism, im against trade, which is exactly what a lot of his working-class base w...