so much that happens each day the news cycle always seems to dance that there s too much going on. at this same time nothing happens, i think, until more mueller stuff comes in and a final report comes in. that s the point at which you really know where you stand. having said that, i think the thing with the president is something true of him now that was true of him the second day after he took office. it s been true throughout his administration. he talks too much. he obscures and steps on and made us obvious not anything good happening in his administration. he thinks his constant communication is his power. i think instead his constant need to talk and tweet and be in your face and be the center of attention is, in fact, his weakness. but he cannot stop.
this president wants to make very clear that he was not the president in 2016 when evidence of russian interference and meddling in our democracy in 2016 was presented to that president and his security team and buried because they wanted the other person to win and indeed thought she would win the presidency. white house counselor kellyanne conway yesterday giving some more alternative facts. but when the department of homeland security and director of national intelligence issued a statement in october of 2016 publicly blaming russia for hacking, president trump claimed it was to hurt his candidacy. i notice any time anything wrong happens, they like to say the russians she doesn t know if it s the russians doing the hacking. maybe there is no hacking. they always blame russia. the reason they believe russia
that s the mindset for so many americans out, there isn t it? it is. look voters have always weighed pocketbook issues. i m surprised he s doing as poorly in the polls as the economy is doing good. a good economy we float the boat of a president and his party heading in to an election. yet this president is still around 40%, 45% depending on which poll you see. numbers as bad as any were before the mid-term debacle for bill clinton in 1994, barack obama in 2010. so, you know, i look at the poll yesterday, in fact. the differential between his approval rating and disapproval rating is minus 15 which is higher than any president. but that core group of people, 40%, 42% whatever it is are sticking by him and part of it is yes the economy is doing
well. he s not getting as much credit as normally he would because of these other issues, his own conduct in office, the investigation, other things that are holding him back. we talked about last week, there are political realities. presidents that have 40% approval ratings, lose the house and they lose the senate in mid-term elections. presidents that kowtow to vladimir putin, ex-kgb presidents. donald trump is not in a strong political position. again when we re trying to figure out why people are supporting him a lot has to do with economy which might help i m in 2020. i ll keep saying this over and over again. 1994 a huge republican year, bill clinton had a strong economy. 2006 a huge democratic year,
any lawyer would certainly be leery of having as a client because you can say anything at any time, undermines his own case, his own defers, his own story, his own version of the truth. it must be frustrating to lawyers, like jay sekulow shown right before you were talking there about bad information. who gave him bad information. that was an important thing. if i was a lawyer in a situation being given bad information you have to wonder whether it s worth staying and if you re putting yourself in professional jeopardy. peggy, you worked for a president who used language to soar, to make america feel more at ease, more comfortable, to explain things to america. the challenger explosion, things like that, ronald reagan. we all had our differences with ronald reagan, that administration had difficulties as well as every other administration does.