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But, of course, they didn't say that on camera. >> so why? is it the midterms? >> exactly. and their own political calculations. president trump is more popular in their states and their districts than they are. so privately they say, i can't believe this, and they would like to be saying more, but they think it would be political suicide to do more. we're told that president trump's cleanup yesterday was aimed at one audience only and that was capitol hill. it started to be some statements. saw leaders mildly stating the obvio obvious, that they believe american intelligence. the main audienc...

Saying? >> that's correct and, chris, by all accounts in the immediate aftermath of giuliani's interview with hannity on fox wednesday night, the president was pleased with that performance's no indication from the president publicly all day yesterday he was anything but happy with what his lawyer, giuliani, was doing. in fact, he had a trio of tweets yesterday morning reiterating some of what giuliani had unveiled in that fox interview, and so it's only today that we're learning that giuliani's going to do a cleanup act and that the president is saying he didn't get his facts right. >> and th...

Apparently, in the past. it's unclear whether the subpoena reflect, you know, frustration that the trump organization is not being forthcoming, or simply a cleanup act. but this is well within mueller's jurisdiction. >> and why do you think he would issue subpoena rather than just asking for the documents? >> there are a lot of reasons to issue a subpoena. truthfully, it's very common in a criminal investigation to issue a subpoena for documents. first, pause ybecause you want official mandates that somebody turn over those documents. if you send a learn, ittter, ir voluntary. and the second t...

Violations. i just got back from the middle east. i saw a sense of, gosh, we have an american that's our ally again. they have our back. it bothers me a little bit. those are countries with real human rights violations. i see benefits for the united states of countries saying we have a reliable friend that's not always lecturing us. the question is how to use them for a better world. can trump do that? haven't seen the evidence yet. >> that's the difference between strategy and tactics. we are looking for coherence and consistency in pursuing the strong strategy. >> absolutely right. >> to be ...

>> this is one of the many trump pair docks, if you will. the career people with foggy bottom or the pentagon going -- when he says that. trump supporters are saying, thank you, mr. president. that's the way we want to hear it. >> that's exactly right. look, foreign policy situations that are taking shape right now, whether it's on the approach to isis or whether it's on the approach to nato relations or whether it's going to be a border tax or whatever. what he says publicly in tweets and in speeches like this is really different than the sort of gradual policy shifts and feelers that, you kn...