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this. they would have to do it by a 2/3 vote in the house and the senate in order to override the expected presidential veto. but they re not even trying to do that because, of course, the republican leadership is afraid of donald trump. the washington post reports that paul ryan has told republican members in closed door meeting not to bully trump on the decision. he said it could backfire and make things even worse. bloomberg reports that during an oval office meeting today on trade policy, president trump asked for an update on the legal paperwork that will make the tariffs official and discussed the timing of the signing of the tariffs order. he then sought confirmation that everyone, especially gary cohn, was willing to stand behind him. according to one source, with knowledge of the exchange, trump specifically asked cohen, we re all on the same team, right? he then asked if cohn was going to support the president on the issue.
chaos theory doesn t work when you re the president of the united states. and it s ridiculous to think that he is going to get positive outcomes of this. he had no experience running a large bureaucracy before he came to the federal government. and he s never built strong teams. an inability to manage sophisticated processes and manage highly talented teams who actually are giving you advice you listen to and high-end feedback are not they ve never been part and parcel of his own resume. and they certainly haven t been hallmarks of this white house. tim o brien, thank you for your valuable perspective on the history of trump world and how things have worked and how they work today. and mckay coppins, thank you for your invaluable contribution to our understanding of the nunberg affair. really appreciate you joining us tonight. thank you. thanks, lawrence. coming up, donald trump s utter ignorance about tariffs and his belief the trade wars are easy to win is not just an econo
but are you worried about russia trying to meddle in the midterm elections? no. because we ll counteract whatever they do. we ll counteract it very strongly. and we are having strong backup systems. and we ve been working actually we haven t been given credit for this. but we ve actually been working very hard on the 18 election and the 20 election coming up. thank you very much. president trump doesn t seem worried today about what the russians might do in future american elections. and he is certainly not at all worried what they did do in the 2016 election. today the daily beast reports trump lawyer michael cohen received inside info from a russia probe. according to the daily beast, someone leaked information about witness testimony before the house intelligence committee to michael cohen s attorney december 2017, and the leak suggests that some people working on the committee investigation may be trying to covertly assist one of the president s closest allies when