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>> go ahead. >> no, go ahead. >> so mayor buttigieg was asked about his positioning. he said he saw it as a two-way race, that democrats were either picking him or elizabeth warren. he was asked about that again this week, and perhaps he got a little ahead of himself. take a listen. >> look, there is a tremendous amount of energy for a range of candidates who are extremely capable. i'm proud to be part of the most diverse field, i think ever, in democratic politics and some formidable competition. >> so he says it really could be kind of the long look, you know, ahead. is he getting -- is he f...

President trump's money, it is our money, taxpayer dollars. >> and that is the crux of the inappropriate nature of this obvious from the second they said here is the thing we did and here is the transcript of us doing the thing. now whether there was an explicit quid pro quo or how far that went, the money did get released, those are open questions which is why we're working on this. but the trump white house as usual is like, yeah, we did the thing, here is the transcript. you sort of have the goods from the beginning. >> get over it. >> and alamo mick mulvaney attempting a -- >> a walk-back....

A walk back, he made this blunder. >> at the end of the day he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business and he saw an opportunity to take the biggest leaders from around the world and put on the best show. the best visit that he possibly could and he was very comfortable doing that and i think we're all surprised with the level of pushback. >> laura: that is the point. in this environment you cannot be surprised by the reaction to something like that or the pushback and you can say the president is of the hospitality business because he's not. joining me now, alan dershowitzn ...

Quo? >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. >> laura: days later following a walk back, he made this blunder. >> at the end of the day he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business and he saw an opportunity to take the biggest leaders from around the world and put on the best show. the best visit that he possibly could and he was very comfortable doing that and i think we're all surprised with the level of pushback. >> laura: that is the point. in this environment you cannot be surprised by the reaction to something like that or the pushback and you can say the presiden...

They don't have mitt romney in their midst. they don't have people like that. they stick together. you never see them break off. >> now, jake, while the president is talking about problems in the republican party more broadly, he didn't address any of the strength within his own administration, this cabinet meeting came after mick mulvaney struggled repeatedly to try to defend his sudden walk back, that admission of a quid pro quo. he declined to answer any of those questions. >> he also attempted to defend his initial push at his florida resort. he claimed it would are been the best g 7 ever....