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Particularly who are very angry with him backing down on his wall promise. people like anne colter and others, that he's tried his best in a system that needs to be changed and the democrats and the press are making it all impossible. and he's standing by his principles and he'll do everything he can. i mean, i can see trump arguing that fairly effectively. >> and steven, finally the question as to whether the president will be invited to give his "state of the union" address. do you feel the speaker of the house is under pressure to now grant that invitation, or does that also continue to be ...

Already gone through, steven. but if this does happen again, is there any chance the president would get a different outcome? because as of right now the math is not there, the votes are not there. >> i think he knows that, too. someone who wants to find mental difficulty in doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. and so i think the white house knows this. my guess is rather than shut the government down, which turned out to be very, very unpopular, trump might go the national emergency route. and even if that's delayed in the courts, he can always argue to ...

Billion due to loss productivity and loss economic activity to outside businesses. meanwhile americans aren't happy with the way the government is running. a new nbc news wall street journal poll shows 63% say the country is on the wrong track. just 28% think things are going in the right direction. those negative numbers are up 7 points from last month. let's talk more about all of this now with steven earlinger, the chief diplomatic correspondent in europe joining us live now from brussels, belgium. always a pleasure to have you on the show, steve. >> thanks, george. >> the clock is ticking....

Seems at this point the wrong weapon to hold over -- over the president's head. but, again, she may have a very different calculus, and she's the one in charge. >> steven earlinger, with perspective joining us from brussels, belgium. thank you for your time. we'll stay in touch with you. now to venezuela. nicolas maduro facing growing pressure from his opposition to give up power. his rival, juan guaido telling "the washington post" it's in -- listen. >> translator: we have events this week on wednesday and saturday. we haven't asked why not every day. we are in the process in venezuela wher...

"the new york times" chief diplomatic correspondent in europe. thanks for joining us, steven. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start with your reaction to president trump seeming to praise the chinese president for his power grab, saying xi jinping is a great guy, he's doing a great job, and maybe the u.s. should consider the same. do you think he meant that? >> well, i think he believes it. i think he was making a joke, really, for a crowd that loves him. i don't think he rationally believes he should be emperor for life. but i think he would like to be. i mean it's disconcerting to have a p...