we re all grateful for their sacrifice that would be a good outcome for everybody. but we haven t gotten to that answer yet. i hope they do get to that answer because good for the white house and it s what is best for this family so this can go away and they can grieve. this isn t the first time president trump has claimed to have an excellent memory that conflicts with the facts. and you say he is completely tone deaf. explain that. well, not only is he tone deaf but he s empathy devoid. part of the reason why you were able to go back and look at these depositions where he was saying he doesn t know, he doesn t remember is because we have a president who has an extremely high dose of psychapothy. i actually agree that the president of the united states actually had great intent in calling la david s wife, widow, and saying that we are deeply
saying that he dent know, he doesn t remember is because we have a president who has an extremely high dose of sigh cop think and what that leads to is instances where he can just flat out lie and not even apologize during moments in which he should have empathy. i actually agree that the president of the united states actually had great intent in calling la david s wife, widow, and saying that we are deeply chous white house should do, someone needs to actually call this woman to the white house, come in, sit the president down, and just let him look her in the face and apologize and actually show some level of impathy. because he s unwilling to do that. he can t do that, and the reason he can t is because he s a sociopath. these why we keep getting in these situations that seem to be easy to get out. but the president refuses he gets in his own way and it s
president trump disputing gold star widow myesha johnson s account of their phone call again today. i can only say this. i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. who by the way i called la david right from the beginning. just so you understand. they put a chart in front, la david. it says la david johnson. so i called right from the beginning. there s no hesitation. one of the great memories of all time. here to discuss cnn political commentators. so angela, i m going to start with you. let s talk about the president s refusal to let this johnson story go. still talking about it. what possible good could this do for him or for myesha johnson or her family? well, don, i think church people say it best.
i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. who i by the way called la david right from the beginning just so you understand. they put a chart in front. la david. says la david johnson. i called, right from the beginning. there s no hesitation. one of the great memories of all time. the president accused the media are not reporting on other phone calls he s made to military families and insists everyone else he spoke to quote couldn t have been nicer. president trump also trying to balance attacking republican senators he s mad it with keeping them in his political corner. in a span of seconds he slammed senator flake and then claimed flake and senator bob corker would stand with him on tax reform. all this despite the senator s harsh takedowns of the president
he s made these other phone calls to these other families and we know they ve been very empathetic. so for bakari to say he s devoid of empathy is not right. i think what s important at least for the president to discuss and to get across is that la david was important to him, is important to him, and he s going to continue to be important to him. but this needs to be a private moment. if the widow was put off by something that the president said, it wasn t malice on the president s side. but the mistake that took place was congresswoman stepping in and distorting what actually took place. i think this moment should have been very private. if it was impacted that she sobbed even further than she was, then the president should have a follow-up conversation and explain to her what la david means to us and what his legacy is going to represent because i m sure the president believes it. but for the media to nitpick and get involved in this personal thing, i think that leads to the problem