American covid deaths. Joining me now to talk about all of this, nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost Peter Alexander and Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Peter, and i should call you chief White House Correspondent, your title as of today, with kristen welker, so congratulations, the president refusing to follow in the footsteps of so many predecessors, still not conceding but acknowledging overnight in a video that there will be a new administration, while the pressure is mounting and theres pressure on his team not to jump ship. Now were even hearing that the without counsel cipollone is considering leaving. Can you take us through all of that . Reporter andrea, theres a lot to walk through given what weve seen in the course of the last 12 hours since the president posted that video overnight as you note, which was way different than the video earlier where he said of his supporters, many of them that turned into rioters, he said we love you, he
Already. It is a few days, after all. They violated one of the worst deals ive ever seen negotiated at any level. This is the dumbest agreement i think ive ever seen. If i become president , im going to renegotiate our trade deals, because our trade deals are not sustainable by this country. Drain the swamp in washington, d. C. We are going to renegotiate our terrible trade deals. In pompeo, he gets his iran hawk, and in cohn he gets a clear deal to dismantling trade deals around the world. In gina haspel, he gets someone with a hardline past on terrorism and torture. Which if you were following the campaign, youll remember donald trump wants. Would i approve waterboarding . You bet your ass i would approve it. When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, but they say they dont care about their lives. You have to take out their families. Which leads us to our big question. What else is donald trump getting out of this shake up and wha