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Me sitting here not too far from he willis island where a large number of the people funneled through to come to this country to not think of america as a country of immigrants. and i also i believe that it is, you know, part of the erasing of truth and fact and history, kind of a revisionist history of america that we are now undergoing. and that is a problematic thing just as a fact. >> um-hum. so, john, l francis who the director zriebld it as a simple straightforward statement that clearly defines the agency's role in our country's lawful immigration system and the commitment we have to th...

Resonate with trump's base. i want to bring in now cnn's senior political commentator david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president obama. thank you. it's so important to have you on. good evening, david. we appreciate it. people accused president obama of being divisive on race. and on a day like today what do you say? how do you feel? >> well, look, you know, one thing i think we ought to acknowledge, we can be outraged but we shouldn't be surprised. this is who donald trump is. i mean, this is how he ran his campaign. this is how he's handled himself throughout his life. i think this ...

Their politics that it they believe this will resonate with the base. and if you look online and on social media, you can see in fact that there is that reaction. you heard john frederick articulate it a little bit earlier on your show here. but the thing is, and this is -- i'm beyond hoping that this will change. the president of the united states is the trustee of something much larger than their own political base. the president of the united states is the president of the entire country. and that's a role that donald trump simply is ill equipped to accept. he just won't see himself that wa...

>> well, look, you know, one thing i think we ought to is, we ought too acknowledge. we can be outraged, but we shouldn't be surprised. this is who donald trump is, this is how he ran his campaign, this is how he's handled himself throughout his life, i think this is maybe what he believes. so you know, the issue isn't that, nor is it that this is a new thing in our society. i was listening to john frederick. it reminded me of something i read recently. a speech by a prominent senator, arguing for restrictions on immigration. the issue of unrestrict ed immigrants to american wages, the danger ...

I know that's not the political question you asked me, i feel strongly that tonight we ought to think about who we are as a country. the president is who he is, the president is, who are we? >> and that's what -- >> everyone should speak to that. >> that was part of my monologue, i asked in the opening, what does that say about you? because we know what this president is, we know the history, the evidence is there. but then doubling down, the white house issuing a statement, or saying that they believe that the base is enjoying that, david? what do you think of that? >> i don't doubt that in t...