Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181226:19:53:00
Congress, mueller probe getting closer. against that back drop he has been acting erraterratically. you have the chaos of the trade war. you've got the decision on syria that led to the early resignation of secretary mattis. you've got the reversal on the government shutdown. you've got the president's comments musings about getting rid of powell at the fed. >> which it's not clear that he can do. is that right? can the president just decide -- what happened to the separating the feds from the politics? wasn't that the point of having the federal reserve? >> absolutely. and the independence of...