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Offensive. it doesn't always work. it didn't work with comey. he does that sometimes. why not? this best friend bff with lindsey graham, the white house, he's in the catbird seat, why wouldn't lindsey graham smile and talk about what a great game trump had at golf today. he's not going to put down his phone, iphone, stop tweeting. that's when he's at people. that's not going to go away. it's appealing to his base. that combative edge, that's where it comes out. >> you talk about him love bombing other people and getting them to schmooze. does it work the other way. is he susceptible to people ...

Lawyer's tweet. essentially everyone is saying, please, please, please stop tweeting. i think the opposite. come on, man, start doubling or tripling your twitter output because everything he says makes life worse for him. >> ken, i do have a sense, and you have talked to a lot of people as well within the intelligence community, within the fbi about how they feel about the president's tweets. former attorney general, eric holder, tweeted, the fbi's reputation is not in tatters. it's composed of the same dedicated men and women who have always worked there and who do a great apolitical job. you...

What was it that bothered mr. trump so much about we still don't have an answer to that question. >> scott shane with "the new york times," thank you for that. so today was one of those days where a lot of people probably thought, why won't the president stop tweeting? remember when somebody knocked president trump's twitter account offline? the person behind that speaks out. just ahead, the former twitter employee talks to cnn about how and why it happened. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." is this where you typically shop? is this where anyone typically shops? it's time to switch to the c...

Lot of this off. >> really? >> they just think it's bluster. they just think that he pops off, that it's not threatening necessarily. it's concerning, but they put it aside. you know, let's be honest, a lot of ways they're driving the train right now politically. >> in terms of the legislation on capitol hill. >> of course. right. >> is there no one around him that hears him saying things that are clearly untrue and responds the way you or i might if one of our bosses responded that way? >> i don't think so. >> no? >> i don't think so. in fact, i talked to a former trump staffer today who was ...

>> supporters, one thing they want him to do is stop tweeting. >> they say that but -- >> they say that. >> but this is -- >> that's this morning. >> yeah, that's this morning. and, again, it does feed into the resentment. jake, we'll go back to you outside of breaking news that donald trump tweets, what is happening on the hill this week and do you think steve has a point that republicans may be closer to passing tax reform than we think? >> i do think so. there's a lot of motivation i think there are two big dynamics here. number one, republicans say the tax bill is the only way to keep the ...