you got the woodward book, dozens of sources. this one is an echo if anything. this isn t a new song of this man doesn t take the job seriously enough, doesn t do it with enough seriousness, is abusive. we have to counteract him. this is not a new thought. well, let me i understand that, chris. let me just be i want to be very clear here to my friends in the white house and elsewhere that going after bob woodward is a bad idea. you know, every single president for as far back as i can remember has gotten a bob woodward and tried to say they weren t true, and they always were. so i think what the problem with the bob woodward book is people were talking to him, and some of them i think were lying. some of the things in that book, i don t believe, but i don t think it s won woodward. taking it out on bob woodward is a bad idea. the fact of the matter is this op-ed wasn t just written by a coward. it was written by someone who is diabolical, chris. but are they right about the sit
your family business. and you need to rely on others and this is just a very toxic environment. you know, one of my favorite shows it on the weekend now, don t tell fareed, it s the axe files. thank you, sir. i appreciate that. thank you. mr. david axelrod. enjoy l.a., whatever you re doing there. thank you. i will. as the president rails against the writer tonight, is that writer courageous or is that writer a coward? introducing e trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you ll know what you re invested in and how it s performing.
on both sides of the aisle are asking is the writer courageous or a coward? let s discuss now with cnn global affairs analyst max booth and cnn political commentators scott jennings. i find this fascinating. so many people are wondering who wrote this, who wrote it, who wrote it? so, scott, both of you wrote things tonight, right? both of you have op-peds. in your op-ped on cnn.com, scott, you posed a question, this question, set aside whether you love or hate drup donald tr and his policies, is it right for unelected people to make decisions for him? is this a signal we want to send the rest of the world that constitutional order has fallen apart in the world s most durable democracy? so you think this writer is subverting the will of the people, right? i do. 300 electors in the electoral college did. we have one person working in the federal government with a
time. after writing this anonymous piece saying all these things they did about the president, what would you advice this person to do next? frankly, i would never have done it. i think this individual should identify whoever he or she is and they should come out and stand up. the thing that worries me is that by being anonymous, they allow the president to use terms like gutless, like coward. look, this is not how presidents refer to american citizens, certainly not how they refer to staff. this is how putin refers to people. this is how daniel in nicaragua refers to critics and by remaining anonymous, they basically give the president the space to do that. thank you, ambassador. welcome back any time. appreciate your input here. many thanks, don. when we come back, is this a turning point for the trump administration or chaos, is this just the new normal now?
abusive. we have to counteract him. this is not a new thought. well, let me i understand that, chris. let me just be i want to be very clear here to my friends in the white house and elsewhere that going after bob woodward is a bad idea. you know, every single president for as far back as i can remember has gotten a bob woodward and tried to say they weren t true, and they always were. so i think what the problem with the bob woodward book is people were talking to him, and some of them i think were lying. some of the things in that book, i don t believe, but i don t think it s bob woodward. taking it out on bob woodward is a bad idea. the fact of the matter is this op-ed wasn t just written by a coward. it was written by someone who is diabolical, chris. but are they right about the situation? i don t think so at all. you re always look, the media is a little to blame too. we love a scoop. we want to know who it is. this is just like the klein book back with clinton, who