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Begins. >> jonathan, donald trump directly interpreted that as a criticism of him. >> yeah. so, the range on what this tax bill does to the deficit ranges from 1.5 trillion with a t, to 2.2 trillion. we're talking real money, and this decision on the 401(k)s brings it up closer to 2 trillion because it's hundreds of billions of dollars that they're talking about. so, i don't actually think it's that hard of an idea logical test for jeff flake. he's been a deficit hawk. this is an enormously irresponsible bill for any principled republican. yes, he likes tax cuts, but this is an insane bill if ...

Trillion because it's hundreds of billions of dollars that they're talking about. so, i don't actually think it's that hard of an idea logical test for jeff flake. he's been a deficit hawk. this is an enormously irresponsible bill for any principled republican. yes, he likes tax cuts, but this is an insane bill if you care at all about the solvency of the united states, which jeff flake does. so, i actually think the odds are a little higher than he will join mccain and corker and maybe a few others and sink this. and if he does, then trump has nothing to show for 2017 and he goes into an elec...

I don't mean two years from now when he is not a senator. i don't mean the next stop in his career. i mean, what does he do now in the united states senate? jeff flake has been a reliable trump vote so far in the senate vote. but now that he doesn't have the pressures of a republican primary election in arizona, what does he do? jeff flake is a member of the senate foreign relations committee, where his chairman, bob corker, now stands accused by donald trump of trying to block the republican tax bill, which senator corker just might do, because he says he's not going to vote for tax cuts that...

And later do, not miss. resentment is not a governing philosophy. and at some point, you actually have to govern, and you have to have competencies in governing. and you move ahead with certain policies that really have animated the party for generations. and i think until we return to that, we're going to be -- we're going to be in trouble electorally. >> joining the discussion now, e.j. dionne, opinion writer for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst and co-author of the new book "one nation after trump." and jonathan alter is back with us. e.j., the question now is what will j...

He doesn't have a clue as the entire world was laughing and taking advantage of us. people like little bob corker have set the u.s. way back. now we move forward. corker quickly replying to most any camera he saw today, he started #adultdaycare. today picking up with this idea, #alertthedaycarestaff. we heard from an official who tell us, as you might imagine, not surprising there, there's no obvious strategy playing out right now. this wasn't some deliberate back and forth. which the white house would like the focus to be on tax cuts right now. corker knows well what he's doing and he knew th...