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Senate, you hear republicans looking with alarm at the way the president, at least privately in conversations with reporters, some alarm in how the president's handling pelosi and schumer and that exchange in the oval office. and they also believe that this white house is just not prepared when it comes to robert mueller or the house democrats. they see the vacancy for chief of staff. they see the new white house counsel just getting his footing. and they wonder where's the plan for the republican party looking ahead to 2020? >> and, sam, directly off the point bob just made, there's no replac...

>> 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...

Exactly what they wanted, was for him to say, yes, i will shut down the government, blame me, i would be proud to shut down the government over the wall. this is the trump shutdown, which nancy pelosi came into that meeting trying to brand it as and the president went right along with her. you can see the expression on schumer's face when trump starts going down that path of saying i'll shut the government down, i'll do it, blame me, it's all on me. it's like he says, well, i got what i came here for, okay, we can wrap this thing up and go home, it's your shutdown, mr. president. >> you're so ...

You know, producer for chuck schumer there, but at that end, you could see, i think, the president lose his cool a bit and like you said, give away his hand and give the democrats exactly what they wanted, was for him to say, yes, i will shut down the government, blame me, i would be proud to shut down the government over the wall. this is the trump shutdown, which nancy pelosi came into that meeting trying to brand it as and the president went right along with her. you can see the expression on schumer's face when trump starts going down that path of saying i'll shut the government down, i'll...

This is the trump shutdown, which nancy pelosi came into that meeting trying to brand it as and the president went right along with her. you can see the expression on schumer's face when trump starts going down that path of saying i'll shut the government down, i'll do it, blame me, it's all on me. it's like he says, well, i got what i came here for, okay, we can wrap this thing up and go home, it's your shutdown, mr. president. >> you're so right, schumer does everything short of a fistpump and thank you for that sound bite, mr. president. hey, bob, you've been around this president for years...