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katie: this is not just president trump making this argument that it should be revoked, but put away after the officials leave their office, senator rand paul made the point that you just did about the fact when john brennan was going out on cable television and he still had access to classified information, we don t know who he is talking to. you run a serious risk of accidentally unprovoked exposing classified information in a unclassified setting. when it comes to what the requirements are, getting a sick clear at security clearance, there are many why they get to revoked. you look at the situation and the requirements, character, trustworthiness, and sound judgment are all requirements to obtain a security clearance. so based on how john brennan has behaved over the course of the last year, over the course of the trump presidency, the white house is saying, he is doing the country a disservice by going out with the security clearance and acting in this
a bully can cower too, and i thought it was shameful. i think the one thing that we can definitely count on trump supporters for is liking him and approving of him when he s tough. he didn t look very tough. and if that s the only reason why they didn t support his actions and his behavior yesterday, maybe that s it. yesterday, maybe that s it. but finally we agree on something. he definitely did the country a disservice, and i would argue he jeopardized our national security. charlie dent, do you agree with what the president said today? no, i don t think what he said today really clarifies much of anything either. he s been very clear about this. he has ill feelings towards nato and the eu. he s been very conciliatory and had kind words toward vladimir putin. that s what we saw again yesterday and all last week. and this clarification really doesn t change much of anything as far as i m concerned. so why are ryan and mcconnell trying so hard to not say what you just said? oh,
thought it was shameful. i thought the one thing that we can definitely count on trump supporters for is liking him and approving of him when he s tough. he didn t look very tough. and if that s the only reason why they didn t support his actions and his behavior yesterday, maybe that s it. but finally we agree on something. he definitely did the country a disservice, and i would argue he jeopardized our national security. charlie dent, do you agree with what the president said today? no, i don t think he said today really clarifies much of anything either. he s been very clear about this. he has ill peoplings towards nato and the eu. he s been very conciliatory and had kind words toward vladimir putin. that s what we saw again yesterday and all last week. and this clarification really doesn t change much of anything as far as i m concerned. so why are ryan and mcconnell trying so hard to not say what you just said? oh, well, i can t explain that. i can, but i m asking it in
democrats. they are paralyzed in thinking about the u.s. role in the global economy. and i think in many ways, they are failing to represent who their coalition is today, they re kind of driving, you know, by looking through the rearview mirror mirrat what the coalition used to be 30, 40 years ago. i don t think anybody s looking at the big picture. i think you just nailed it. each side is looking at who they re going to protect and the big picture is this could affect the country in a very derogatory manner and we re not looking at that big picture. those kind of tariffs could kill the auto industry, can kill a lot of other industries down the road. and if you don t look at that, i think that and you re busy protecting a base, then you re doing the country a disservice. and that s happening on the democrats and the republican side. so real confusion about the motivation behind, you know, the decisions behind, you know, this president. so if it s confusing outside looking in, you