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Fully understand. of course it is contradicted by prior statements that he knows more about tax than anybody in the world but here we are, this is his defense. an you think that these comments could be brought up in court? legally, absolutely. any prosecutor could introduce a person s own statements against them. that is why we have the miranda warning and every defense lawyer tells their client be silent. so donald trump doesn t take that advice, but yes, it could be used in court. natasha, i m curious, you see this as trump deflecting blame but also con raw boris, as mentioned, donald trump in 2017 in an interview with the new york times said he knew taxes better than anyone, better than a cpa. right? so there are two faces of donald trump. someone who wants to be seen as a brilliant businessman capable of cleaning out the swamp and helping america to stop wasting its money and overspending. ....
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Probably want to take a closer look at his background. so, this is classic, you know, case of trump deflecting, trying to push something off, you know, on obama that his administration jeffrey, let me put this to you. he said the russia story is completely made up. a phony story, made up by political opponents. i want to play you sound from the director of the fbi, james comey, who said this in march. the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. so, jeffrey, the president says that the russia story is a made-up story. is the fbi director making ....
Him $31 million. just one example how he could benefit. president trump deflecting questions about warnings his plan would blow a hole in the deficit. if you just say i can cut taxes without consequences, that s voodoo economics. this is a proposal incomplete at best. peter alexander, thank you for that. joining us on set, political reporter for axius jonathan swan. good morning to you. we have this white house plan. it s offering again ralgenerali like on specifics. trump could have gone two different directions. one extreme would have been full legislative and the other is this. literally one page, bullet points, some very inoffensive provisions. nobody thinks the 15% tax rate can fly. that seems like a trumpian gambit. nobody thinks anything close to that will happen. ....
president-elect may be watching? do you care? no, i don t care in the slightest. i think it s way to communicate directly to the person in power, no? i mean i think it s always been the case that presidents pay attention to what is being discussed in the media. i suppose to the extent that trump is on twitter and interacting on twitter and pays attention to cable news, perhaps it s more a more direct way to communicate to the person in power. i look at my role as a journalist to communicate with the population and care more about what they are thinking than what political leaders and hold up they are reacting. let s turn to trump s tweets. this is something we have seen all week long. trump deflecting, down playing the importance of russian meddling. you ve been outspoken saying journalists should be skeptical of the u.s. government claims. lay out your case for us. i think everybody would agree ....