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president trump announcing his pick to lead the pentagon will withdraw before he s even been formally nominated. questions were being raised about his ex-wife, what had happened there. this was a nomination that was dragging on. it says something about the vetting process in this white house. they have a problem here. maybe he thought it would be too hard to get through the confirmation battle. sounds like he did the right thing for his family. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. president trump launching his re-election campaign, rehashing some of the greatest hits from 2016. they were filled with grievances and attacks on his foes. mr. trump offering no new policies or vision for his second term other than that keep insulting his opponents and the democrats and the press. meantime, this is developing this morning. patrick shanahan is out. he decided not to go forward with the confirmation process.
for joe biden over donald trump. that is extraordinary by historics. you don t see that many people vote against the party in power and there is the question of whether they re personally benefiting but the doubts about his value and judgment and the volatility and the way he comports himself as president. and by the way, the raids compound the problem that he thinks he s solving by turning out more voters. what do you think about the acting defense secretary, patrick shanahan, the way that nomination collapsed today. really fast. i don t know all of the ins and outs but it is clear that mr. shanahan felt like he just couldn t get through what was going to be a pretty bruising confirmation battle now that the stories about the family came out. it sounds like he s made the right decision. i m curious as to why we re just now finding out about it. there is he was never nominated. the fbi checks were never completed so it is a little bit surprising to me that this hasn t risen to t
it was an intent to nominate and that was six or seven weeks ago. we had stories yesterday about fbi checks not being complete. so it almost i don t want to sound conspiratorial, but it sounds like maybe there was more to it than him just looking after the family. that signalled to you that there was something awry? he s been he was the deputy secretary of defense and then acting for a long time, since mattis resigned and yet still these fbi checks weren t complete. that is not normal. there s probably just something there. maybe that also helped lead him to this decision. maybe he just determined it was going to be too hard to get through a confirmation battle. anyone in government will tell you you need to have a secretary of defense. the actings thing is a problem for the trump administration. the acting thing is especially a problem when it comes to the defense secretary. so let s talk about who s now going to be the next acting and then we ll talk about moving forward fr
idea. laura: the whole place burst out laughing. but he thought it was time for him to go. he was funny, he was holding court there but he was like i m getting old. i kind of like that idea of going out on top, you go out on top and you get the press, i think that s kind of cool. i think it s a value proposition, and i adding value to the job? laura: if you re not showing up at oral arguments and participate in, how you vote? you don t want to go to the office, that s even worse it s time for you to retire. laura: this is going to be a bruising confirmation battle, the young people are getting notorious rbg tattoos, the books, the movies sandra day o connor didn t get the books did she get all of those? not quite as much.