to george w. bush, is supported by the republican establishment. he s torn in a sense because he knows judge gorsuch was also supported before he was nominated for the supreme court by that same republican establishment community and it worked out, in his eyes. phillip, not on that list of seven people is senator mike lee of utah who has confirmed that he s spoken to the president. where does he fit into this? from people i ve spoken to on the hill, the conversation between senator lee and president trump went far better than either had anticipated. there is an expectation that this was a courtesy phone call, a nod to say, look, senators, i m considering one of your own. but in the process of the conversation, both sides came away feeling a little better about this. i m still not convinced that the math makes sense, to take a sitting republican senator out of it. and the more and more the president think about it, he s a little skittish about this. after all, utah should be a safe
by the republican establishment. he s torn in a sense because he knows judge gorsuch was also supported before he was nominated for the supreme court by that same republican establishment community and it worked out, in his eyes. phillip, not on that list of seven people is senator mike lee of utah who has confirmed that he s spoken to the president. where does he fit into this? from people i ve spoken to on the hill, the conversation between senator lee and president trump went far better than either had anticipated. there is an expectation that this was a courtesy phone call, a nod to say, look, senators, i m considering one of your own. but in the process of the conversation, both sides came away feeling a little better about this. i m still not convinced that the math makes sense, to take a sitting republican senator out of it. and the more and more the president think about it, he s a little skittish about this. after all, utah should be a safe seat.
the president is very much monitoring the news coverage per white house officials today. they say he takes seriously that judge kavanaugh has connections to george w. bush, is supported by the republican establishment. he s torn in a sense because he knows judge gorsuch was also supported before he was nominated for the supreme court by that same republican establishment community and it worked out, in his eyes. phillip, not on that list of seven people is senator mike lee of utah who has confirmed that he s spoken to the president. where does he fit into this? from people i ve spoken to on the hill, the conversation between senator lee and president trump went far better than either had anticipated. there is an expectation that this was a courtesy phone call, a nod to say, look, senators, i m considering one of your own. but in the process of the conversation, both sides came away feeling a little better about this. i m still not convinced that the math makes sense, to take a sitt
you know this involving china. donald trump isn t backing down from accepting that-o ing thain call the courtesy phone call. first time a conversation in a long time between the leader of taiwan and either a president or president-elect of the united states. he s not backing down. china, by the way, lodged a formal protest, us a know, with the white house. saying the u.s. should stick to the one china policy. trump responded, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency? making it hard for our companies to xbreet heavily tax our products? going into their country? the u.s. doesn t tax them. or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the south china sea? i don t think so. and just moments ago the white house press secretary, josh earnest said this there s no attempt and no effort and frankly no desire to make promises on behalf of the president-elect. when the president-elect assumes office, when he assumes the awesome responsibility of