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Other problems, would that be even more influential right now? >> quite possibly and i think it's also a combination of the fact that in the -- the three times that the u.s. has passed major gun safety reforms, first of all, in 1968, of course the 1993 brady bill, it's always been byolled congress. so i think president trump is also looking at this and saying, you know, what, why would i do this now? sure, maybe there's risk that i'll lose suburban voters in this, but ultimately i am with the nra because the nra is with my base. i don't want to deviate from my base. i want to do whatever i can...

Mediocre jobs they didn't sign up for. it's working for corporate american so continuing to hone in on that message and focus on what the democrats would do if they full control of the congress and the white house, but you have to stay steady on this message because as we know, mika, it's a poll and poll, time after time has shown that americans are not feeling this positive economy that we have right now. so you couple that with going in to a recession or at least starting to feel the initial effects of a recession, it's really bad for trump. that's why -- look, right now with a 40% re-elect ...

>> i will pull back even further. i think as a culture we overcredit the president with the effect on the economy. the best thing if you're a president is inherit a good economy from your predecessor. then you're lucky. >> and don't mess it up. >> that's what happened with donald trump. the don't mess it up and keep is going as it was. don't start a trade war that will throw a wrench in the economic engines. i think that's exactly what donald trump has done. >> eugene scott writes also in "the washington post" this kind of stoked the base strategy, right, the culture wars -- these facts are co...

Voters is the racial divisions that are being sewn here. trump's free wheeling twitter account. the embarrassment they feel when the president goes overseas or talks in public or on twitter. that may be a base strategy but the base is already there. i had dinner with an official from the trump super pac. he thought trump could push for tougher gun laws and not be hurt by the base. his reason is that this president with do almost anything he wants without offending the base. >> you say this is a dilemma of trump's own making? >> right. trump from the beginning, even before he launched his 2016 ...

President. they should be hook at their investments and no doubt about it in the bag. ready for a second term. the problem as you mentioned for these swing voters is the racial divisions being sewn. the embarrassment they feel when the president goes overseas. when he speaks in twitter and when he's on twitter. it may be a base strategy but it is already. there i had dinner with the super pac. we were talking about the gun issue. the interesting part is that what he said was that he thought that trump could push, if he wants to, not be pushed by the base. the reason is this president can do al...