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>> it's factually inaccurate that this is a problem for the democrats. although they were going to obstru obstruct. the main problem was the freedom cause in the house. >> you've got paul ryan, paul r., instead of the house speaker. instead of the senate majority leader, mitch m., and steve mnuchin saying we're going to raise the debt ceiling. are they carrying on without this president? the. >> that's a good point. i think increasingly they have to go their own way and get bills done. there's a problem -- there's an interesting story in the "new york post" that says the white house is saying,...

And the legislative goals back on track. mcconnell offering mostly praise for the trump administration. in a speech at a kentucky farm bureau event, president trump kept up his attacks on the kentucky republican on twitter before and after mcconnell's speech. >> he slammed mcconnell for failing to repeal obamacare and for this -- "i requested that mitch m. and paul r.," house speaker paul ryan, "tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular v.a. bill which just passed for easy approval. they didn't do it. so now we have a big deal with dems holding them up as usual on debt ceiling approval...

Republicans on the hill. >> does he fully understand that mitch mcconnell is the one who really controls washington and not the president of the united states? mitch mcconnell is the one who can either stop his agenda or help him promote his agenda? >> his staff are trying to impress that upon him, and at the staff level, they are working together, the white house and the leadership teams on congress, but, look, the president wants to make this personal. we saw all through the campaign that he thrived when he had a personal villian. he could run against any number of the primary challengers. h...

Don't worry it's not about you. i requested that mitch m and paul r tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular va bill that just passed for eeasy approval. we can anticipate that the "they" is going to lead to him bashing them both. what is your concern about the president going against you and his own? >> in is the politics of our governing. the president believes at least i believe he believes that by putting pressure on the leaders, he'll get some things accomplished. there's times he invites them over to the white house, sit down and work out what they want to work out. i think the ...

But anyhow that's how we stand with the wall. then he's trying to make an enemy out of mcconnell and ryan, trying to distance himself from them. if things go south this fall if either there's a debt ceiling problem or the budget doesn't pass, or the wall funding is not there, or tax reform blows up, all of these potential failures trump wants to be as far away from that bomb as he can and be able to go around the country and say, it's your fault, paul ryan, it's your fault mitch mcconnell, you weren't able to get my agenda passed. >> robert costa, you're as well sourced as anybody inside the h...