tucker: time now for the friend zone, tonight we are joined by arguably the smartest person in washington, d.c. james rosen. great to see you, james. here is my first question about the friend zone. if this is also a no spin zone or is the spin allowed in the friend zone ? tucker: good question. there is some overlap. do you know the guy, our new president? i ve only met him at once, in the quicken loans arena right before that famous debate with megyn kelly in august of 2015. i know exactly who you are, i see on fox all the time, i know exactly who you are he said. i conveyed a little bit of family lore that our families know each other little bit. much to my dad s delight, he confirmed this. tucker: they knew trump in what context? my father s father had a
hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars from a foreign government and you had to make decisions about that foreign government, could you be sure that it was not influencing you? tucker: no, i couldn t. that s a problem that the clause sets out. tucker: i guess you haven t demonstrated, that he s receiving billions of dollars from foreign governments. i think the core concern is not a crazy one even if it is politically motivated. maybe you will have me on again. tucker: i would like that. if you have evidence, you are always welcome. up next, james rosen joins us in a good version of the friend zone. the friend zone. once upon a time a girl with golden locks broke into a house owned by three bears. she ate some porridge, broke the baby bear s chair, and stole some jewelry, a flat-screen tv, and a laptop. luckily the geico insurance agency
yes, we do, tucker. president trump has businesses across united states and around the world that are steadilyes doing business with foreign government. he has foreign government in addition to the business in the hotels, foreign government tenants in the trump tower. he has huge loans with the bank of china. he has a whole variety of these guys. tucker: unprecedented influence? how are they influencing? where is the evidence? the founders don t require an influence. tucker: but you are claiming that. when that you are receiving, that s the whole rationale. why is it that the founders were so concerned about the effect of these foreign government payments and other benefits that they wrote it into the constitution? tucker: for obvious reasons. i m glad they did. if you were receivingng
at a price you can afford. and that s a pretty sweet dream. visit the certified pre-owned sales event, now through february 28th. only at your authorized dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. tucker: donald trump has been tucker: donald trump has been president for three days but people are saying he s already violating the constitution. trump is in violation of a cause in the constitution, that bans u.s. officials from accepting gifts from foreign powers. many businesses can be patronized by foreign government. the lawsuit was brought by the coalition of lawyers which included occupy wall street, hen was ambassador to the czech republic under obama and in the citizens for responsible ethic. he joins us now. thank you for having me, tucker. tucker: the idea is because the now president has lots of
the prospect not just foreign gifts, tucker, but foreign monuments include cash and anything, any benefit of value. they were so worried that that would distort a president s judgment that they included it in the constitution. the foreign government officials are saying of course, i want to be able to tell the president i love your new hotel. so they are trying to manipulate the president. i think it s worrying. tucker: it may be worrying. if it happens, i think it ll be a problem. it hasn t happened yet. and two we had a lot of presidents with extensive business holdings. starting with george washington, going all the way up until john f. kennedy who was an enormously rich. i don t believe anybody ever evoked that clause because it didn t seem relevant. i think this is tucker, there is no political