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I agree it is vintage donald trump to do this, something he promised his base. we've seen how unpopular he is. he's afraid of losing his base. he needs to prove that he has some accomplishments under his belt after a year they've done nothing legislatively thus far. >> they've done a ton of stuff, judges, regulatory, come on. >> he has a 35% approval rating. this announcement to brian's point was more political grand standing. he did sign the waiver, the big question is going to be in six months from now is he going to listen to his foreign policy advisers that are going to say this is going t...

They can't win their races in 2018 if they have done nothing legislatively. the onus is on the republicans. >> ed: robin, when sarah sends that, do you think that chuck schumer and nancy pelosi want to watch the republicans not get any of this done? if they can't get tax cuts, if they can't get the repeal and replace of obamacare, which is stalled right now to say the least, if they can't get the other initiatives through, the dreamer issue, then chuck schumer and nancy pelosi putting out press releases saying they hurt the dreamers. isn't it in your interest to not get any of this stuff done?...

Place in d.c., meetings, back and forth with members of capitol hill. this is not going to be -- >> okay. just having a technical problem there with kristen. let's continue this conversation with cnbc's -- gentlemen, let me start with you, jared, one of the first things that president trump said was touting the print on gdp this morning that showed 3%. that is a number at the very low end of what president trump has been talking about for a long time. what's he right about and what's he wrong about in bragging about 3% gdp growth? >> it's very interesting because after that he said the annual ...

Notable, new political presence this year, i think it's hard to argue that. >> in the weirdest, eeriest way, starting with he looks like joe mccarthy. have you noticed? >> he looks like little richie. >> and he led the republicans down the road of disaster with no plan. there was no plan. he's done nothing legislatively. he's done nothing. >> there was a plan. the plan was to raise ted cruz's national profile, and it worked. >> it worked perfectly. >> it might be biting him in the butt. >> depends what he wants. he won't get to be president. he will get to be an enormous figure within the cons...

I think he will be less important in 2014. >> i'm embarrassed after seeing the dream defenders because they really did something. >> but i actually think ted cruz, from just the most sort of notable, new political presence this year, i think it's hard to argue that. >> in the weirdest, eeriest way, starting with he looks like joe mccarthy. have you noticed? >> he looks like little richie. >> and he led the republicans down the road of disaster with no plan. there was no plan. he's done nothing legislatively. he's done nothing. >> there was a plan. the plan was to raise ted cruz's national prof...