they have. thank you. i think we ve had enough outbursts on that subject in the past. on the president s ban on transgender service in the military, how close is the white house to sending guidance to the pentagon on that, and the policy itself, how much discretion will be given to the pentagon on implementing it. when we have an announcement on that, we ll let you know and be sure to answer questions at that time. two questions. first, beginning of may, the great fanfare of the president signed the stream of religious liberty executive orders. in the last few days, the head of the beckett fund, a group that fights for religious liberty in court, complained that the executive order dealing with the johnson amendment, the tax exempt status for churches, whether they deal in politics, and the affordable care act s
fred? i thought i saw you in the back. yeah. two questions. one. given the with the president and republican leaders in congress, is there an elevated role right now for vice president pence, having been in congress, speaking both languages, in terms of working with congress going into negotiating a budget and so forth. the vice president plays a key and pivotal role in the administration and the white house. i think he s certainly always going to be an important part of the process of moving legislation forward on whatever that circumstance is or whatever the matter is. he is probably one of the best advocates here at the white house and certainly somebody that the president has a great deal of trust in. sarah, is that role elevated, though, considering that there
celebrity world, he s surrounded himself with who? his family, essentially. he has a very tight knit circle of people but he s not a guy who s like, how can i help dean heller have a better chance of getting reelected. that is not a thought that goes through his mind. he is a soloist. he is not a guy who thinks, how can i sacrifice here or there what exactly what i want in order to sort of move the ball down the field. that s not it s never been him. and i always remind people of this when they re like, i wonder if donald trump s going to change. he s a 71-year-old man who s had lots of success in thinks life. he s not going to change. it begs the question, how can you be a team player and be the president of the united states but that s for another conversation when we continue our chat about big checks, chris cillizza. i m ready. to my ladies to the right, thank you so much. i want to stay on this. more on the white house s blistering response to republican senator bob corker
taiwan. how do you say to them we voted for this guy? yeah. well, i will say this, if we had thought for one second that donald trump was racist in any way, we wouldn t have ever voted for him. so i will say that. that wasn t that was not, we did not believe that he was at all. and i m not saying that donald trump is a racist that the point, but the words he is using is somehow identifying with that, that group. and somehow they are thinking that he is accepting them. they think that he is, you know, speaking on their behalf in some way. if you could send a message to donald trump right now, what would it be about the way he s handled this? you know, say you were wrong, and stop fighting. you know, i just feel like, it s
president has not yet has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. comments from senator bob corker, i m sure you ve seen them, over a week ago saying the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. he also said that he s not sure that the president understands the character of this nation. do you have any response to that from a republican senator? i think that s a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn t dignify a response from this podium. blistering response from the white house to those questioning the president s stability and competence, including members of his own party. i want to bring in ken