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
that five minute tirade on friday were actually incorrect. specifically what he was trying to suggest that donald trump had more people at his inauguration or at least as many as obama did in 2013. by citing figures from the metro, down here. saying that more people took the subway for president trumps inauguration. it actually turned out to be substantially incorrect. there were a lot more people who took the subway with president obama, when he was inaugurated in 2013 dan when donald trump was inaugurated on friday. but spicer as h as a sound therd it s not his intent to try to mislead the press. he s going to do his very best, it s absolutely accurate. he did take a moment, this is really kind of interesting to give a little context and background on why the white house is pushing back so hard against the press. his attempt for the most part, all the stories coming out about donald trump are negative.
what context? my father s father had a plumbing firm in new york city in the 40s and 50s, we regaled as children, with his tongue at for a the floor. tucker: that sounds like the president. how much contacted did you have with the previous president? i was not ever white house correspondent. i had really only perceive one conversation with barack obama. when he was a senator in 2005, we ran into each other at the l.a. sports club gym. which is at the ritz-carlton in downtown washington. i also met and proposed to my wife there. tucker: in the gym? at the ritz carlton. so there was senator obama, getting ready to work out. he was trim and fit and looked like he belonged in the gym. i looked less like me.
i told senator obama i have to be outside of john bolton the happiest guy in america. those hearings finally came to an end. i had nothing else for 45 days. senator obama said the republican committee at the time, he couldn t figure out why the bush administration never put up a guy like john bolton for the administration for the u.n. we go out, work out on our own, we are leaving at the same time, i introduced myself to him again. i say senator, it was nice to meet you. i fully expect going forward on the basis of this brief encounter that you will see fit to leak to me the most sensitive documents. and i hope you will pardon the language. he laughed and said i ain t got to leak . when he got elected, he didn t either.
and december 16, i wrote to fox news. i told him i will be there. i think will be very much in the spirit of lincoln and christmas, if this president were to call on this reporter for a question. he did it, but i interjected at one point. he answered me. so i entered the q&a of obama s presidency. tucker: that s how it really works here in washington. james rosen, i hope you will come back you don t even know about we are going to expose them. on the show. coming up next, some celebrities have concocted a new scheme for stopping trump on twitter. it ll totally work this time. we will tell you what it is, coming up. bp gives its offshore teams 24/7 support from onshore experts, so we have extra sets of eyes on our wells every day. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better.