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As an american it's kind of scary to see. >> sabrina, as we try to figure out the reason why the president is acting the way he is, they called hope hicks the president's closest west wing confidanteand she acted as a defacto therapist. she's linus with the blanket. is there a link, do you think, between her resignation and all of this turmoil that's erupted the last few days? >> certainly that's the suggestion. i think there's something interesting about the fact that the white house is having trouble keeping communications directors in place. that is worrisome because they do help drive the ...

Clarification. we've yet to hear back on this. it certainly felt like, according to the transcript, that the president was having a bit of fun and then maybe significasigna signaling some movement there. he is trying to help north korea and south korea keep the credit. the president has previously taken credit for that. he went from the funny part to actually talking about real policy. so at this point we have to leave it open to interpretation until we get some more guidance. alex? >> can we also touch on tariffs? you well know that the president was tweeting about trade, tariffs yesterday. d...

Into the discussion about trade, an issue that has been a very long time campaign issue and one that he has brought to the white house. this is going to be a big week for this. >> kelly o'donnell, we'll see you again later. thank you so much. joining me right now, betsy woodruff and josh barrows. big welcome to you both. betsy, you heard kelly say, we just don't know. what are you hearing on the issue of where tariffs stand right now? >> the big issue of what happens next is whether or not the ultimate new policy has any carve outs for american allies. some of the countries we're most closel...

Hollywood in washington looking for who's going to come out on top. yes, there are real concerns coming out of this white house. there's instability that could lead to very, very bad policy decisions especially on trade. i like to take some of the drama with a grain of salt so as not to lose focus on what's really important. >> sabrina, you've got 22 "people" that are insiders, friends of the president who made these comments, who want to get this image out when they spoke to washington post. the media is doing its job. >> you're right. i think that is deeply worrisome. i don't mean to underli...

Does that go along with your reporting as well? >> yeah. i think that certainly passes the smell des. the president doesn't like being told that he can't take certain steps. cohn is an influential voice. we're seeing that his cloud is not what it used to be. >> trade is one of the policies where the president had a real ideological view where it was consistent before the campaign. there are some topics where the president does not have a strong fixed view and was open to listen to advisers. this is a thing he has an opinion. people are saying he's been saying to advisers, bring me tariffs. thi...