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Politico is reporting that cohn may be on his way out because of trump's tariffs. that's last week during the hope hicks. and you hear people say, it's fake news, it's not going to happen, people from the white house will say, no, none of this is true. and then, inevitably, dan, these stories that we report turn out to be true, and no one says, oh, oops, i was wrong, they just move on to the next debacle. >> right. the gary cohn one is interesting, because gary cohn has had one foot out the door for a long time. his job was to advise the president on economic issues, but he spends most of his ...

His job was to advise the president on economic issues, but he spends most of his time, as far as i can tell, talking to washington reporters, telling people how sad he is about working in the white house or about how hard he is trying to save the country. and he's also an object lesson for whoever trump may tap to replace cohn, in that gary cohn walked into this white house as a captain of industry. he was like one of the most respected people on wall street in elite manhattan circles. whatever that's worth. he leaves with his dignity and reputation in tatters, as essentially an internet meme...

How should we approach republicans in congress? should we as they have largely done to date, should you go along with the promise of we'll make a deal in the future on things you care about like daca or -- and this is what the 20/20 folks are advocating, do you say we're putting in the sand, this will be on them, the republicans, and we won't help them any way, shape or form. if they're going to do it, let them do it. this is about policy than positioning. >> if we pull back the frame that we're viewing this through, it is sort of a case study and object lesson in why it's going to be a virtua...

In here it says mr. flake is perhaps the most endangered senate republican. his fate is an object lesson for other republicans who might consider voicing dire thoughts about the president's fitness. cross mr. trump and your political career could well be over. do you have any regrets? >> no, none. i spoke up when i felt that i should and when the president made statements with regard to immigrants, with regard to my colleague, john mccain, with regard to promoting a muslim ban during the campaign. those are things that aren't conservative. they shouldn't be part of the republican party. i stoo...

Fulfilling the fullest extent of all of these various things he promised. i think in large part that's because he was willing to say anything on the campaign trail and let different people cherry pick the different things they liked out of all of the different things he said. i think this has been a really interesting object lesson in the leadership style of a president who is new to politics, and governing. this is a situation where he failed to lead his party in the house and senate, despite the majorities that they had, he was not able to use the power of his office and his personality in t...