Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181228:21:12:00
Of the base as his political strategy? >> he's always been hostage to the base, elise. from the beginning of this presidency. every time he thought he had a meet with pelosi and schumer in the first year of the administration. made a compromise. and then went back on it because he got backlash from the base. he's always been most afraid of losing his closest and strongest supporters. and very susceptible to manipulation by people who tell him if you don't do this, you're going to lose them. he hears that. it freaks him out and he tends to behave accordingly. i think in terms of assessing what ...