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♪ there's no place likargh!e ♪ i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ breaking news, peanut stuff, president trump just using those words in a brand-new reuters interview they just actually left, they're pushing their headlines out now. he was asked about people who worked for him that had contacts with russia.
People who had worked for him met or had business dealings with russians before and during his 2016 presidential campaign, trump said, the stuff you are talking about is peanuts stuff. president trump is also talking about michael cohen who will get sentenced today and go to prison. when asked if he had discussed campaign finance laws with cohen the president said, quote, michael cohen is a lawyer. i assume he would know what he's doing, adding that, number one, it wasn't a campaign contribution. if it were, it's only civil and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we d...
Across. >> i think it caught a lot of folks eye. he was asked when it related to a number of people, 14 or so met or had business dealings before or during the 2016 campaign. he said to you, the stuff you're talking about is peanut stuff. does it tell you they understand the seriousness of this or does he have a point? is there a world of possibility that it might be peanut stuff? >> i think matt is absolutely right. the president just needs to stop talking. it is stunning. >> let's just say that. >> he's not. >> but, you know, if you're his lawyer you're banging his head into the wall when yo...
>> and, sam, directly off the point bob just made, there's no replacement for chief of staff publicly identified yet. president says a lot of people want the job. all evidence to the contrary. president today owned a potential government shutdown. as steve schmidt would say, where's the rigor in the west wing and is this peril destined to increase? >> yeah, i think it is. you know, it's fairly abnormal for someone heading into a shutdown fight to claim ownership of a potential shutdown. in fact, he tried to do the opposite. this is an unconventional president. i asked a senior house aide -- ho...
Reuters asked president trump about prosecutor's assertions that many people in his inner circle had met or had business dealings with russians. here's how hep respo responded. quote, the stuff you're talking about is peanut stuff. he also tried to shift blame for the payments michael cohen made to two women at his direction on the campaign trail. payments that federal prosecutors say were illegal, but the president told reuters, quote, number one, it wasn't a campaign contribution. if it were, it's only civil, and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we did. okay? but...