are numbed. another larger story that michael flynn blew up this morning. what it means remains to be seen, but this summer the president was russia over many months. including literally strangers at bed minster and start talking about how russia has nothing to do with him. this was related to the flynn conversation. one of the big problems was the question of what did donald trump say to james comb be whether he wanted comb tey to e this investigation. what maggie laid out is a pattern of behavior that the president is indicating to people who are in charge of the investigations. he wants them to end it. that calls into question the idea at the very beginning that the white house claims that
but north korea was the story in chief? i think that s exactly right. the president, when he feels back on his heels, his instinct is to find an enemy and punch, counterpunch. mitch mcconnell took some of that last week at bed minster. this is a president who rarely talks with the media. he hasn t had a full fledged press conference since february. he ll take a question or two at a bill signing, but it s rare. two days he had four different media events where he took a total of 50 questions, more than 50 questions from the press pool and sometimes making eye contact with reporters. the most in six months. exactly right. seeking questions, like give me more. and he seemed to engage and clearly delivering his message. the tough guy bravado, these threats to north korea. we get to saturday, charlottesville happens, we re still at bedminster, he delivers his statement and he walks off.
to support me. i m reading from the screen on my phone. the president has just said on twitter, feels good to be home after seven months, but the white house is very special. there is no place like it. and the u.s. is really my home. jonathan, last week at bedminster, the president almost didn t stop talking when cameras were around. a huge departure. how much of it has to do with the fact that he had an enemy in the subject matter? he had comfort zone around him but north korea was the story in chief? i think that s exactly right. the president, when he feels back on his heels, his instinct is to find an enemy and punch, counterpunch. mitch mcconnell took some of that last week at bed minster. this is a president who rarely
the end game? is he going to come after the united states knowing what the united states can do back? he has to make that calculation and he has to decide that. just one interesting note we want to bring up as we take note of all the tweeting going on, there are 325 million people living in the united states according to the u.s. census and on the average 68 million people in america use twitter every month. not everybody is on it. it s a fun fact for you, shannon. shannon: we understand the president is tweeting about plans to hold a briefing there in bed minster where you are. he has been calling this a working vacation. it is. the 17-day trip here in new jersey. he sent out a tweet this morning talking about what will be going on. he tweeted earlier today he will have a briefing that will cover what he called a major problem in our country. that briefing happening on the
attorney general to remove director comey because of the actions that the deputy attorney general outlined to the president to act on the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. reporter: now trump is doming clean about his ill will towards comey. look, he s a showboat, she s a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. reporter: sources tell cnn comey s testimony last week enraged president trump. look, this is terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had some impact on the election. reporter: targeting one of his insecurities, the legitimacy of his election. sources familiar with the president said he was white hot and couldn t let it go stewing all weekend while at his property in bed minster, new jersey. one trump source tells cnn he was already holding a deep grudge against comey since march for publicly contradicting