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And so many people at lower levels of the government including heads of cabinets and even in the nsc, share the assessment we heard today about the russian threat. especially the russian threat coming up in the last few months now. but somehow the president of the united states doesn't agree with that assessment, doesn't want to deal with the policy implications that come from that assessment. and that disconnect means that we're not doing what i consider very elementary things to protect our vote to protect our sovereignty because of the disconnect between the president. and literally, in my ...

Democrats and the republicans. >> does the base stay, david, or do they finally say, look, we put this guy in there, because we didn't want it to be business as usual. we didn't want to be for the fourth straight time finding ourselves in a position where maybe we would need another cr, another continuing resolution that may be the government would be threatened with a shutdown. what are the implications of this? the wider implications? even beyond? the policy implications? >> sure, no, i think the base stays with him. because i don't think a deal gets done on daca particularly right now. you ...

Differences between s-hole countries and he's talking about the countries and how they are not great places. >> the word the president used, whichever one, has gotten the attention but the it's the policy implications behind what he said that's important for us to be discussing. that's what sounds like god lindsey graham, a republican who's made a lot of efforts over the last months to beyond trump's side, it had him worked up. trump said we don't want people from these certain countries. we would rather have people from norway. that's a pretty provocative possession for the president to lay o...

Businesses. the sons are controlling the empire. >> of course he's note divesting from his businesses. you know, he's still very much engaged in it. it's part of his family. he is also profiting from the tax cut, even though he's not showing us his tax returns. we all know that. so you either take it or you don't, but it's very hard to argue he is not profiting from this in one way or another, and he is constantly marketing his brand. we saw it even earlier in the year when we saw government agencies do it on their own web sites. there's also the policy implications. basically playing golf tak...

>> how? >> he would have voted for trump policies and repeal and replace obamacare. he would vote for trump's priorities. and that's why many republicans still thought that he should have been supported. because the virtue trumpers said let's get rid of this guy, now you got what you wish for, now one vote closer and chuck schumer being there. >> it does beg one question where the moral high ground is on the republican party? >> well, they didn't want trump to be president either. and that would led to no tax cuts. led to some policies where you had supreme court that would have been controlle...