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Supporters, the two important things, as you pointed out, brooke, are that they talk about a wall, even if it really isn't one, and they find a way for mexico to pay for it, even if they don't. >> let me move on, admiral kirby to, you on this call with the australian prime minister. again, just for people understanding, this is early on in his presidency, this is a week after the inauguration, these are diplomatic calls, hello, how are you, exchanging pleasantries and so he says to malcolm turnbull how unpleasant his call has been with him and says putin was more pleasant. your response to tha...

Lot from this transcript, brooke, and essentially the president was saying, hey, we'll figure out a way to pay for this wall, but stop saying publicly that mexico is not going to be paying for the wall. trump told him, hey, i've been saying this for two years now on the campaign trail, so you have to stop saying that. and he even said, you cannot say that to the press. the press is going to go with that and i cannot live with that. you cannot say that to the press, because i cannot negotiate under those circumstances. now, this is a pretty startling admission, brooke, for the president whose b...

His predecessors were unable, trump was so quickly willing to concede that one of his primary campaign promises was, in fact, bluster, that it doesn't really matter who pays for the wall. he's much more focused on the perception and on a political win versus a loss and how it would be received if he was unable to meet a campaign promise and also this assumption that the president of mexico is going to adopt one of trump's most controversial campaign positions, which he had repeatedly criticized all along. i think it's also striking that trump, you know, we know how he speaks publicly, but even...

And mexico. and in the case of our neighbor to the south, the transcripts also reveal that while president trump repeatedly tweets disdain for the media, he cares what the press thinks. "the washington post" obtained the transcript to the president's phone call with mexican president enrique pena nieto in january a week after the inauguration and so let me read part of how this transcript goes with that conversation. president trump says, "the only thing i will ask you, though, is on the wall, you and i both have a political problem. my people stand up and say, mexico will pay for the wall, an...

She will be the chief brand officer at the ride sharing app. back over to you. >> that company is struggling. see if they can turn around that branding image. the latest debate over funding for the proposed wall at the u.s.-mexico border. the president trump is considering covering the wall with solar panels as a way to pay for the wall using money generated from the panels. the idea may come from the proposal submitted from the wall's design. the president said the vision is a wall 40 to 50 feet high and covered with solar panels so they would be, quote, beautiful structures. the winning bi...