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An obamacare repeal. we already saw that didn't work. it's not going to help them pass a tax reform package which a lot of republicans is even more important than obamacare repeal for them. it's not going to help them get an infrastructure package so it's not going to help them do the things he promised to do as president. it is going to help them keep trump as this sort of, you know, opponent to all of these people. >> you know, tax reform is so important here, in my beat for example and where are we in tax reform, the president is talking about the height of the powerful chairman of the fore...

House said the president was upset about being called a moron and spouted off about tillerson's intelligence because he was mad. that's contrary to what white house press secretary told reporters when she insisted the president was just joking and that the press should get a sense of humor. >> the president certainly never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent. he made a joke, nothing more than that. he has full confidence in the secretary of state. he wasn't questioning the secretary of state's intelligence. he made -- he made a joke, maybe you guys should get a s...

Me, we're much smarter than them. >> i want to match my iq with some of those guys. with all of them. >> is the president always joking about iq? >> well, you know, maybe it's some offhand thing he does and in his mind he's joking but he doesn't sound like a joke and he brought it up in the way that he really sort of wanted to have the battle of the brains with his resecretary of state and i' not sure what that's going to accomplish when they're supposed to be working together against nuclear weapons. >> this latest tweet against bob corker calling him liddle', not a word, doesn't need an apos...

Is this something the white house thinks is effective. >> you know, i don't think we can ascribe some strategy to trump's tweets. we've been trying to do that for a couple of years. i don't think it's there other than it's what he uses to go after people and he's going to continue to do that. he was not ready to let up with bob corker, but you know, i'm -- i'm not the person who's going to say we should say oh, the white house meant to do this with trump's tweets. i think he just tweeted it. >> i think you're right. what's so interesting to me there are some who are close to the president, and...

>> let's bring in cnn politics digital director live to us from washington. let's talk about this iq showdown and we can all write down on a piece of paper and see what our iqs are. >> i'm not in on that. >> i'm just kidding, but sarah sanders said the media needs to grow a sense of humor, but the president has talked about iq before. the president has relished what he thinks is his sky high iq again. let's listen to that. >> i went to an ivy league school. i went to the school of finance. i know i have an iq better than all of them. i know that. i guarantee you my iq is much higher than their...