meetings. he has people in quickly but it s not systematic. the best presidents are ones whose white house is organized through the intelligence agencies, through the cabinet departments. information and wisdom that comes in in a very systematic way is explored systemically by his top people, and then people sit down with the president, they take him the hardest problems to solve. but he is expected to know and understand not by hunch but by informing himself that is the job, to inform yourself to make good judgments. the statement from the white house, david, responding to axios is that the president this from the white house. the president has a different leadership style than his predecessor and the results speak for themselves. every president needs time to think, of course, no question. but the majority of his time? well, you do need time for r and r. there s no question about that.
loop in your conversations with an american adversary? well, i suppose there could also be a mental health factor here, which is extreme paranoia and distrust of those around him. so that he s the only one in the room literally and figuratively who can do the right thing, knows the right thing and he has no trust in those around him. but i ve got to tell you, that s not where i m going with that. although i think there is such a factor present. here s the deal, it s in our national security interest for, as everyone has said, for your cloef closest advisers and heads of cabinet departments, your secretary of state, your national security adviser, if they re not in the room for them to have an immediate debrief afterwards so they can assess everything from psychological responses of putin, whatever impacts their department, whether it s defense, state, cia, all of that needs to be immediately debriefed.
generals he has actually driven away or insulted. what s new is how the consequences of the things he says and does are beginning to be felt, whether it s the shortage of people to run crucial cabinet departments, or the sagging stock market or hard times from farmers and manufacturers caught in a trade war that the president has said again and again are easy to win. and even now, he shows no sign of recognizing that what he said today can come back and bite him tomorrow. enjoy the ride. so, there s that and there s the shutdown. we have breaking news on that, as well. today, the president invited lawmakers to the situation room, presumably to work out a deal to reopen the government. maybe it was just a photo op. the president hope to fund the wall he once said mexico would pay for. tonight, cnn has more reporting on how the president may see a possible deal with democrats who control the house starting tomorrow. cnn s kaitlan collins joins us now with that. so what did and what didn
shortage of people to run crucial cabinet departments, or the sagging stock market or hard times from farmers and manufacturers caught in a trade war that the president has said again and again are easy to win. and even now, he shows no sign of recognizing that what he said today can come back and bite him tomorrow. enjoy the ride. so, there s that and there s the shutdown. we have breaking news on that, as well. today, the president invited lawmakers to the situation room, presumably to work out a deal to reopen the government. maybe it was just a photo op. the president hopes to fund the wall he once said mexico would pay for. tonight, cnn has more reporting on how the president may see a possible deal with democrats who control the house starting tomorrow. cnn s kaitlan collins joins us now with that. so what did and what didn t happen in this meeting in the situation room today? well, anderson, where to start? this meeting already had an air of drama to it, because it was held
congresswoman pelosi, is expected to become the speaker of the house tomorrow, said they are voting on the democrats plan which contains zero funding for a border wall. the plan were temporarily from the department of homeland security only for the next five weeks to allow talks to continue while the government is fully up and running. a similar solution has already passed the senate. asking the president open up the government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? i asked him directly. i said mr. president, give me one good reason why you should continue your shutdown of the eight cabinet departments. while we are debating our differences on homeland security. he could not give a good answer. at the start of the meeting inside the situation room, republicans say democrats didn t want to hear a briefing on the situation at the border from the homeland security secretary.