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Though, these nights are big. they're panel exhibitory. presidents you have served have stepped up in different ways. donald trump is not a traditional president. what are you looking for him to do tonight? >> well, what i expect him to do is take credit for what he's tried to get done and try to be cooperative and say he's trying to lead the whole country. but he's going to have to do that while protecting his base and he's going to do it in the face of a pretty hostile congressional majority by the democrats. so he's not going to get a lot of stand-up applause lines. when you look at the acc...

White house, they'll say he's going to talk about, for example, lowering the cost of prescription drug prices. he is going to talk about infrastructure. that's an area where they can find commaon ground. >> we've seen the moderate members of the democratic pushing for infrastructure legislation. democrats obviously campaigned on health care to the most extent they could in 2018. it's hard to negotiate with swhoub relies on fear mongering and unite big identifying a common enemy in democrats and immigrants and anyone who he doesn't agree with politically. >> it may be a challenging environment ...

Against every challenge. >> it was a typical state of the union address, and he got the applause lines where you'd expect it. you got silence from the republicans on issue and substantive matters where you'd expect. >> he would show no signs that the presidency was in jeopardy. >> president clinton was a charmer, no question about it, and he had a unique ability to compartmentalize, no matter what was going on in his life privately. >> god bless you, and god bless the united states. >> by attempting to change the conversation back to policy, the white house felt they escaped the turmoil, if on...

Against every challenge. >> it was a typical state of the union address, and he got the applause lines where you'd expect it. you got silence from the republicans on issue and substantive matters where you'd expect. >> he would show no signs that the presidency was in jeopardy. >> president clinton was a charmer, no question about it, and he had a unique ability to compartmentalize, no matter what was going on in his life privately. >> god bless you, and god bless the united states. >> by attempting to change the conversation back to policy, the white house felt they escaped the turmoil, if on...

It's important for them to see the president took time to visit their loved ones. >> let's talk about where he's pushed the nfl. as he's often done, he brings partisan politics into the conversation, looking for applause lines. listen to him complaining to u.s. troops, specifically, about democrats and on his signature domestic issue. >> i don't know if you folks are aware of what's happening. we want to have strong borders in the united states. the democrats don't want to let us have strong borders. only for one reason. you know why? because i want it. >> of course, the military is a military...