hours show they re more and more desperate. he knows the walls are closing in. i interviewed steve bannon for the new chapter of my book. and bannon was typically unfiltered. one of the things he said was that whether or not there was collusion here, you really have a murder s row of 19 prosecutors with subpoena power, money laundering experience. and the other side has two guy was yellow pads and post it. rick gates is the maid man and papadopoulos is the wise guy in the social club in brooklyn. if they flip there is no telling where it goes. donald trump is beginning to realize this this the walls are closing in. dan, the white house said this is this happened a long time ago before the trump campaign. but does that necessarily vindicate anyone in the trump orbit? wasn t he supposed to hire the best people, have the best team ever.
beginning. is it time for him to step back, dan? i had the same job kushner had. he sits in my old office. and it anyone who had why why on the security clearance form as many times as kushner would have thrown down the chute. the but implies kushner because he can t pass the background check. he can t do his job. it s impractical to be senior adviser to the president tasked with the two sensitive national security issues middle east peace and the economic dialogue with china. it s impossible to think about this. every morning the chief of staff has a senior staff meeting in their office. and kushner has to stand up and leave every time classified information is brought up in that meeting. he will have to leave every oval office meeting. it s impractical to stay in the job.
there s been some mixed feelings with regard to mcmaster s style and how he goes about delivering the briefings. it remains to be seen. i hope if he is moved on to another place, i hope for his sake, it s in a position where he can get a fourth star and really be seen as a promotion. and then i think that s behind the scenes, what they re working out. dan, why are you laughing? the idea that what offends donald trump is that h.r. mcmaster briefs him with information. that s a galling statement. h.r. mcmaster is a serious person in a white house filled with wholly unserious people. it is alarming that he may be on his way out because he is someone who is not a partisan figure. he s not someone who teleported into the white house from a fox
he will stay. but he won t be do anything worthy of a salary if from the taxpayers. what do you think alzblies dan knows better than most on the face of the earth, the ability to do that job without in kind of clearance. and look this is. who do you think is going to win? the general or kushner. it will be a, the president and then in turn kushner. look i think it was important for kelly to handout the directive and have the rules in place. you can t have access to classified information with an interim security clearance. and in light of the rob porter situation, he had to impose in directive. and the rules should apply to everyone. it doesn t matter who your father-in-law is. it should apply across the board. abby lowell and sarah sanders says the directive won t impact how he does his job. which means the president will override whatever kelly says. stick around, everybody. when we come back after the president publicly called out