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If we re back to fire and fury, there s no way this was a win. the president right now is taking a more reasonable approach in terms of thinking if this summit will be a success or not. that s only a fallback from the bluster in the months prior. he s more concerned about the optics of singapore. what does it look like, how can we suspensefully dole out morsels of news rather than the logistics of being briefed on what kim jong-un wants when he comes to the table. this is what north korea does. they tease like it will be a success, and then they pull back. that s a negotiating tactic. there are going to be limits to what they re going to give away. to this point president trump does not seem that engaged in actually learning the strategy of what this meeting is going to be. a north korean nuclear test in october, how s that going to look like a win? right. and to your point this is the president s focus, which is why we cover it. but to your even better point, no offense, there are ....
We should be at least allowed to read them so we know the evidence is being preserved. joyce vance describes the whole scene in stark terms saying, quote, in many ways this is the ultimate abuse of office. no other subject of a criminal investigation gets this information, but trump uses the fact that he was elected president by the american people to set himself above the law. again. joining us to discuss the day s developments, from the washington post, white house bureau chief phil rutger, harry litma litman. thanks for being here, everybody. phil, take us through this day for the president where he is forced to acknowledge reality on north korea and also less than 24 hours after that meeting with ....
Shall come to pass in the coming months is simply muddied up for trump s base of voters? cynical at best, is it legal? right. look, i don t know if it s blatantly illegal. it s certainly true that no defendant has any right to see this kind of evidence against him preindictment. basically rosenstein has one card only to play. it s a strong card. but once he plays it, there aren t any more strategies that he can employ. one thing he might be thinking about is when he can provoke a confrontation that would be subject to review in the courts. if he can do something that can somehow gin up some third party to say you ve gone too far mr. ....
Do you have any reason to doubt the 2016 intelligence community assessment that said it was vladimir putin who tried to meddling with the election to help president trump? i do not beliefve i ve seen that conclusion that the specific intent was to help president trump win. i m not aware of that. but i do generally have no reason to doubt any intelligence assessment. homeland security secretary kirsten nielson claiminged to she has not seen an intel assessment released more than one year ago. one, putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president trump. two, putin and the government aspired to help president-elect trump s election chances when ....
That s our point. our point is to live in reality. the reality trump has created is these things don t matter. i love you, but i don t think that nothing matters. right. i think everything matters. these trump voters have a breaking point. this is not it. that s my point. that s fine. but we are not living in a world where these people can be dehumanized to the point where blatant hypocrisy is something we don t talk about. we need to talk about it s not making a difference. we need to not stop talk about it but not be amazed and say, here goes another one. we get that what s built into the trump brand is this ability to skate in places where nobody has skated before. where do we have to extend that rink? i don t think we extend the rink but i do think it s our job ....