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The president comes out with a tweet. president trump saying, caught red handed. very disappointed china is allowing oil to go to north korea. there will never be a friendly solution to to happen. is this a coordinated good cop/bad cop? >> i wouldn't expect it to be coordinated. i would say this administration has reflected a lack of coordination on messaging. for this op-ed, unlikely it was approved by the white house. >> does that make it to the president? >> probably not, no. when i was at the white house, i mean, there was certain documents that would make it to the president, including op...

If you listen to the president of the united states, he said the exact opposite. some say they play good cop bad cop. that only works if you are doing it deliberately and if you just have cast at the top of the administration, they are sending mixed signals. that's what we have got. in that environment where we can't have talks and don't want war, we are headed towards inevitable escalation and containment and arms race in asia. that's not a great out come, but if you are not willing to talk, that's where we are. >> that's pretty much it. the bottom line is you do have rex tillerson saying one...

By which they have unique economic and political capacity to do. mike: is there a major disconnect between president trump and secretary of state rex tillerson on the north korea issue? or are they doing a good cop-bad cop. >> i'm not in favor of the good cop-bad cop. any administration should speak with one voice. one positive report we have seen is apparently china and the u.s. military officials are talking about potential scenarios on the peninsula. but the fact that at least some in china's military

>> it's important to me to use my platform for good. a lot of people say, oh, i don't do politics. you don't have a choice now, okay? this is like, this is serious stuff. so we don't have a choice to opt out. >> has trump been good for the chelsea handlers of the world? >> i mean, in terms of comedy, like, oh god, you must have so much material. you can take the material. i don't want this kind of comedy. no. >> same goes for anthony antamanic. >> we're going to take people who are illegal immigrants and ship them to other countries. what do you think of that? >> no! >> what happens on the day...

They haven't articulated what their legal argument, the ultimate tell they're making the case to congress and not to the courts. it's a talking point and pr strategy. >> on both sides front here, it does strike me as odd the same day the president's team is leaking he feels so good about this he thinks he gets a letter exonerating him, but we're also hearing the consistent attacks on the special counsel's office. those two things they don't match. i mean, either the investigation is going in the way the white house likes, and he's going to get cleared or the whole thing is some evil witch hunt...