The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. 18 times this month, 64 times in the last three months. I lay those numbers out because this is at the same time that the American Public sort of approval of the Mueller Probe is declining. It was 48 approval in on how mueller is handling it in march. Now its 41 , the lowest it has been. Is the president s strategy working . Well, if his strategy is to undermine confidence in the Justice Department and the institution of the legal process, then, yes, its working in some ways because he keeps calling this a witch hunt. He has the biggest bully pulpit on the planet. He is misinforming the public by saying mueller is employing 13 angry democrats. We dont necessarily know that any of these people are actually angry. The president is using his pulpit to punch down at the investigation. We are seeing the public react
to that. Mueller, because he cant respond, thats why you see the numbers go down. The president is
to that. mueller, because he can t respond, that s why you see the numbers go down. the president is ratcheting it up, going from a witch hunt to a bob mueller-rigged witch hunt. he is being more direct in his attacks. you couldn t see my friend john, but when he said, a bob mueller-rigged witch hunt, went like this. it was a few months ago the president started naming bob mueller and now directly attacking mueller and doing it more and more. the president focuses on branding and creating earworm insults. by bringing to the the robert mueller witch hunt, he is trying to create a new phase. poll numbers suggest these attacks, rudy giuliani really playing to the court of public opinion, may be having an impact on undermining public confidence. having a president consciously try to undermine confidence in the justice department, not good for democracy. this is something about that s bigger than the court of public opinion. the mueller report will show