tell me something i don t know. so the afghanistan decision. president trump deciding to send more troops into afghanistan. and steve bannon, the chief strategist at the white house had been resisting sending more troops telling the president that his grassroots supporters would rebel. once bannon left, it was attorney general jeff sessions who stepped in to the void to make the case in the final days. i like that he says he ll keep secret the increment of the new troops. when he ll have to tell them. they ll all know how many troops we re bringing in. what would a democratic wave in 2018 look like? it would look line democrats winning a number of the grikts went to president obama. i went to one and i found a pattern in terms of the democrats now raising three
of what happened. he tried to give a differnt rationnail. it s difficult. we heard the president talking about the mirror real at the fbi. i can tell you there are people in this building who work for the president. their morale is as well. they believe they ve been thrown under the bus. sean spicer is back at the podium to answer questions. there s been little talk on the president, the afghanistan decision. this is a president who s very much agitated, irritated i m told. they re trying to turn a corner. so many questions. the president tweets it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. that is pretty stunning. a pretty stunning tweet as well. stand by, jeff, pamela. i want to bring in the panel. fwlor ya borger, david chal lan,
but is he a true ambassador to the u.n. conservative? that s a decision for the you could have called her. the former cia director at the house republicans to make. time, general petraeus, he mark levin, who you joked and hasn t been called. former defense secretary leon said i want mark levin as a panetta wasn t called. why haven t these people been called before your committee if speaker. this is about benghazi? he s definitely a true conservative. they were all there at the time. so you ll say that but you chuck, we re not done. won t say he doesn t think you may think this investigation paul ryan is. ends on thursday, but let me he doesn t like his stance on the debt limit and tarp. assure you that it does not. we began in may and we are going i have said consistently to continue. throughout that the question of this on thursday is just one house leadership the question of more step along the way. house republican conference. i want to move to foreign we may well
i have said consistently i ll stay out of that. but is he a true conservative? that s a decision for the house republicans to make. mark levin, who you joked and said i want mark levin as a speaker. he s definitely a true conservative. so you ll say that but you won t say he doesn t think paul ryan is. he doesn t like his stance on the debt limit and tarp. i have said consistently throughout that the question of house leadership the question of house republican conference. i want to move to foreign policy, afghanistan decision by the president. in favor of it? well, listen, it s a recognition that what the president has been saying for years, that al qaeda is decimated, was never true. that it was political spin. the reality is we live in an incredibly dangerous world and sadly the failures of the obama/clinton foreign policy have made the dangers great. if you become president you ll keep this policy in place of keeping those troops in afghanistan? it will depend
that s the question is who he s true conservative. yes. actually has stood up to so you ll say that but you washington. won t say he doesn t think paul ryan is. he doesn t like his stance on who has stood up to both democrats and to leaders in their own party. the debt limit and on t.a.r.p. and things like that. you think that distinguishes i have said consistently you from donald trump and ben carson? and from everyone else on throughout that the question of that stage. i think my record is markedly house leadership is a question for the house republican different in terms of actually conference. standing up and taking on the i want to move to foreign policy, afghanistan decision by washington cartel. the president. in favor of it? and that s why we re seeing, particularly as voters get more well, listen, it s a recognition that what the and more educated, study the candidate, listen to the president has been saying for candidates in person, i think years, that al qa