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Elections commissions who is a democrat. on friday the president tried to clean up his comments saying in another interview, quote, of course you give it to the fbi. but the president's remarks drew harsh condemnation from those who also might be the subject of information from foreign governments. the president's opponents in the 2020 presidential race. and joining me now is south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you. >> and so the news of the week, president trump's remarkable comment in the abc news interview saying that he would theoretically...

He's very media centric. we're trying to build a structure. i'm trying to help out the department. we're trying to build a structure that accommodates the realities of president trump media savvy and 2018 where you just have so many more platforms with which to communicate. so fitting us into a structure that helped or benefitted the president in the past is just not a realistic view of 2018. >> the president has not held a press conference at the white house for 400 days. why is that? >> the president talks to people all the time. i saw -- >> but not a solo press conference. >> he has, let m...

Positions than otherwise. and we'll see. the first debate is in august. we'll see if that is the role he ends up playing there. i think to actually put yourself in the position of running a presidential campaign which is exhausting you have to delude yours into believing you can win it even if it looks obvious. >> you have to admit. a front runner style serious national campaign is extremely exhausting. when i worked on one for a nominee it is incredible what that person and their family has to go through. a media centric set of extra interviews and extra time talking to people without having ...

Those who don't follow politics every day, they just kind of pass their tv set and go, he said what? and just say, you know, i don't know if i'm ready to turn the country over to these guys. >> do you know what's fascinating? this president who is about as media centric president we've ever said. you notice he's not on tv a lot these days lately? because if you think about it he's saying to himself, the more air time these guys get -- >> take it away. >> it's so interesting -- he was in your face everywhere. suddenly since these debates start, he's like, i'm eating popcorn, i'm going to let th...

They are there full time trying to get their policies implemented there's no one there that i know of representing small new startups on a regular basis in washington, d.c. therefore, they don't have access to that sort of influence. >> matt? >> can you say more about what exactly the problem is? i think some people might say you have google, facebook, netflix driving, silicon valley, venture capital ecosystem, a lot of innovation in the american economy, what are the obstacles specifically you are concerned about? >> the problem with the media-centric companies that you just talked about, it'...