happened right after the election? he sent those troops home, and we had 1,500 or 2,000 national guard troops down there and you know how much it costs out there, and it is just so everyone knows over $200 million donald trump did that for political purposes. >> that is one of the decisions that jim mattis disagreed with and also one of the reasons that led to his resignation. another consequence of the president's lies or misstatements when he is making a case for the national emergency, the fact is that most americans don't believe him and even if some in the base do, and already he has deluded his own credibility. >> that is dead-on, and it is going to be one of the enormous stories coming out the of the president's address tonight, does he have the capacity to persuade anybody because of the record of making stuff up and saying stuff that is nott tru t and also the record of immigration policy where he has sort of exercised elements of