telling the daily caller, i was going to veto the omnibus bill and paul told me in the strongest of language, please don't do that, we'll get you the wall. i said, i hope you mean that because i don't like this bill. the president adding, quote, and then he went lame duck and once he went lame duck it was really just an exercise in waving to people and power was gone so i was very disappointed. joining me now, msnbc political analyst fill phillip rucker, "washington post" washington chief. the president is saying what he believes caused it. >> that's right, andrea, the president is looking for a scapegoat for why there's no border wall funding for congress. the president's party controlled congress for the last two years and he was unable to secure wall funding. it's convenient for trump to blame paul ryan who is of course no longer in congress, no longer the house speaker, and he can