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Had not gotten bannon out of there. he had a mandate and agreement with the president that he could clean house. i m sure kelly would have gone to the president and said it s either him or me, you can t have us both because it s not working. so i think that was the main calculus, so the question is, is bannon out there to discredit in a more serious way, the mueller team. he is going to have money coming in as we know from mr. mercer, who put in at least $10 million to breitbart in the past. and has a lot of his own money. this is a man of needs, other people have to go take care of their families and get a job that makes money. he can really do whatever he wants. i wouldn t question for you i will question for you, david, ....
Before you leave. we see the president has not abated an iota in terms of the behaviors that are counterproductive. what do you make for the prospect of fixing at this point? the prospect of fixing donald trump is extraordinarily low, somewhere between about 5% and zero. look, he is who he is who he is who he is. and he made it very clear he was not programmed by steve bannon when he went out there tuesday. that was pure donald trump. and i think the issue becomes as with all presidents as you know so well, chris, the everybody takes their cues off the president and what does the president really believe and they take their cues off that. and we know that donald trump i thought senator corker raised the right kind of question yesterday, asking about his emotional and mental stability. all right, david, appreciate it. thank you very much. let s turn your thoughts to the panel. all right, so when we hear david ....
Firing in a season of the apprentice, he has gone through most of the senior staff. what does that affect in terms of confidence and the ability of the president to get the job done? i think you see the slow, emphasis on slow chipping away at the republican base as far as support. i think one of the most striking things we had this week, the vice media piece with the individual saying i wanted to vote for something like donald trump but more racist. once you get past that striking part he said i think it actually applies to the majority of the people who went into the ballot booth and voted for donald trump. there is no question there are people you want to call the hate, the alt-right, or the hate parade who attached themselves to trump for good and bad reasons. but there are a lot of working class people who think that he is a ticket to something because they have given up on the ....
Can t make them see the light, make them feel the heat. he is going to go after cnn, we know, and that could be very destructive. if he goes after the conservative establishment and the republican party as he is vowing to do, going after mitch mcconnell, it s going to be much harder for the president to keep his base intact and to round up all the republican votes he is going to need. what is the calculus here needed, what kind of leverage he could get over jared and ivanka and making some enemies in house or now being uncontrollable on the outside? well, that is a good question. i think the calculus actually came down to, do i keep kelly or bannon, it s very clear kelly would not have stayed long if he ....
For governing, any agenda that supposedly puts the president there. joining us, our senior political analyst david gergen. it is a blessing to have you tonight. thank you, chris, it s a blessing to have you here, thank you. let me engage one curiosity here, the timing just seems too convenient to be a coincidence. we ve heard all of these competing narratives. i am sure you have heard as many or more than i have. but what do you think the timing of this is, what are your suspicions? well, it s obvious they re trying to veer away from the charlottesville story to a new story and get us off the whole question of racial hatred and the division that tuesday was such a disaster for the president. and they do want to change this. ....