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But he's also being likely dismissive of this as if it's a distraction when it's the voice of the president of the united states. people take it seriously and hear what he has to say. i think it's a lot of wishful thinking. >> this is a case where i wouldn't argue for north korea refrained from provoxative actions. he had policy stuff in there and diplomacy. he was offering an off-ramp out of the crisis. i don't think that the fact remains the product of the people around the present. he almost got through the trip with the former and not the

Should underscore, goes with the larger communication strategy we have seen since day one. at least from the president himself has been focused overwhelmingly on general his base. >> real policy stuff is happening too. a bill weapons on tax reform. you say tax cuts not tax reform. >> what they said was they wanted permanent tax reform. it requires them to raise money to offset the tax cuts. they're not going to get anywhere near that. there is no remote indication this white house has the dexterity and the political kind of wrapbg ngling skills to do w they did in 1986. this is a big tax cut. ...

The president tweeted about that. you don't have enough votes to actually win. steve: he actually, in a primary, keep in mind he is a sitting u.s. senator. he was trailing by 26 points as of the last poll. so he was not going to win re-election. brian: but it gives chuck schumer and company and all the enemies of the president and there are many, fuel to the fire. he went out and overwhelmed the president's message of tax reform yesterday and so far that i could see the president has not tweeted about jeff flake. steve: ultimately, perhaps, in arizona they will select somebody who would be on ...

The finish line. engaging in this kind of a tweet war with bob corker. i mean, look, if that's what the president wants to do with his time, that's obviously his prerogative. but he's also out there saying look, the republican senate is not helping me pass my agenda. part of the reason why the republican senate is skeptical of him is because of incidents like this. now, i would also argue to you, chris, that while we obviously are paying a lot of attention to this very personal kind of back and forth and set of insults. some of the policy stuff here is going to matter in the long run more for ...

Ambassador, because we talk about the relationship of rex tillerson and the president, and we talked about the impromptu news conference sparked by reporting of tensions with rex tillerson, but the policy stuff is critical here. because you have senator corker, the head of the foreign relations committee, and the guy that oversees and has the jurisdiction with the state department here, and he said to reporters that secretary mattis and secretary tillerson and chief of staff are keeping this ed administration out of chaos. >> he is crediting the leadership from keeping the country from the cha...