over the last short period of time. i have been here approximately 91 days. we are doing a lot of work. we are in a very good position. i can t answer your question on stability. i hope the answer is a positive one, not a negative one. but hopefully, that will be something that gets taken care of. so, with that as the backdrop let s bring in tonight s panel, micolle wallace returns to us after her travels across this country talking to trump voters. nicole of course is the former white house communications director for bush 43 and a senior member of the mccain/palin campaign. we are happy to welcome pull lizzer prize winning columnist george will. welcome to you both. nicole i ll begin with you. when the president says, this is my own notes from the live broadcast this afternoon, we are in very good shape where now, is concerned. and about the unstability instability of the leader, hopefully that will be something that gets taken care of, what
every previous president, president bush 43, president clinton, president bush 41, reagan, ad nauseam, did not release the names ofof visitors to the white house. we did have lawsuits in the bush years about this. having said that, it s ato close call. on the one hand, he is on good solid legal ground. on the other hand, it is an unnecessary p.r. battlet now. he is already under fire for not releasing his tax returns as previous presidents have done. now he has this where he looks like he is trying to constrict people s information, people ssi access to what is going on. it is a needless controversy. it will dog him for a couple of days. i wish they hadn t done it, but now that they have dinner, tough now that they have done it, tough it out and help the media start talking about something else. dana: happy national haiku day. a little inside joke. i wish i had a ready haiku for you.
just crazy enough to do the thing that george w. bush or barack obama would never do. i just don t think it has a high probability of working. but i do think that s part of what is happening here. can i jump in here? go ahead. the hallmark of military capability is discipline. it s uniformity. it s why the military wears uniforms. and people who come into the military on their very first day learn to salute. it s because they haveespect for the chain of command. and it s at the top of the chain of command, there is someone who erratic, undisciplined, unpredictable, it causes the whole chain of command to disintegrate. and then you find your military capability is actually lost. thing is a major strategic disadvantage for the united states of america. i would just jump in and say i think he has passed the madman test with flying colors. the actual test he is facing right now is whether he can sit atop that chain of command and command the respect not just of his own military and
navy ships that are moving toward the korean peninsula. on the one hand, brian, when you have a dangerous stand-off, of course you would like to think that within our government we have stability, methodical planning, every step is very calculated. i m not sure we can be certain that s happening in this administration right now. i also would suggest as people watch the way this unfolds, they think about the possibility that trump is actually trying to use this to his advantage, in a way that could be dangerous, i should add. but i definitely see that as part of the strategy here, to kind of psych the north koreans out, to try to dislodge this status quo, by suggesting we re just crazy enough to do the thing that george w. bush or barack obama would never do. i just don t think it has a high probability of working. i do think that s probably what s working here. can i jump in here and say, the hallmark of military capability is discipline. it s uniformity.
105, in great health, and to help honor him, the spirit of liberty foundation is asking all of us patriotic americans to send him a birthday card. among those who ve already sent cards, president trump, bush 41, bush 43, jimmy carter, bill clinton. if you want to send a birthday card, check out my twitter. i have the information posted for you. it is a great thing to do. dana: president obama has been on vacation. maybe he missed the memo. i needed to up my one more thing thing. this morning, finished the yoga, jasper has been holding this for six hours. it is not stuck on his tooth or anything. he was holding it for so long that if you take a look at this video, i found him falling asleep holding it. he would not let it go. this is your dog, america. that s my one more thing .