feed that in some ways. but i think that s too easy an answer for democrats to think that that s the only thing that caused trump to win. dan, i hope you are going to continue doing this reporting and if you do that you will come on this show and share with us. will do. dan balls, and eli stokels. we ll be right back. starts in outer space. where satellites feed infrared images of his land into a system built with ai. he uses watson to analyze his data with millions of weather forecasts from the cloud, and iot sensors down here, for precise monitoring of irrigation. it s a smart way to help increase yields, all before the rest of us get out of bed. your digestive system has billions of bacteria, but life can throw them off balance. try align, the #1 doctor recommended probiotic. with a unique strain that re-aligns your system. re-align yourself, with align.
attitudes toward the president have changed gradually over time, told through the voices of a selection of people in a unique ecosystem of trump nation. among the president s true loyalists, his grip remains strong. among others who supported him, that has weakened. even his most ardent supporters don t appreciate the president s tweets. though for some it is rnot the content but hs inability to control impulses. dan balls, chief washington post and also the writer of that piece. and also white house reporter for the associated press and msnbc political animal lialysna jonathan lemire, and eli stokols. i suggest anybody out there to read it. you live and work in washington. going out there talking to people. what do you think the big thing you learned was? well, what i learned really is that people see donald trump
correspondent dan balls, who s also celebrating his 40th year at the paper. congratulations. thank you. dan, take us on a little bit of the journey that you took here. did you find that the people who had voted for trump before, you know, are they people who are going to be republicans for the rest of their lives? or are they people who are with this man because of the unique qualities that he has? good question. i think that you have some of each type of voter. i think there are some voters who the congresswoman from northwest illinois, a democrat in a district that trump won, she describes some of these voters as trump triers. they are people who may be democrats, may be independents, who were fed up for whatever reason. we could go through a lot of reasons why people were fed up in 2016.
them uncomfortable. i think the bush family is a lot like that for them. they see other people doing what they, in their heart of hearts know they ought to be doing, and i think out of that resentment comes this kind of really, not inexcusable because if the person apologized we could move on. but the incapacity to admit you made a mistake is a troubling thing. dan balls, one of the things that was mentioned also in jonathan swan s reporting out tonight is this idea that we learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in the trump white house through these leaks than we would in weeks, months, years of another administration. having covered many of these are you surprised by the degree of information that comes out of the white house and allows us to learn about things like what was said? not so much any more. i think at the beginning we were all surprised by how leaky this administration was, certainly this white house was. and part of the reason in the early stages as you we
plants are saying that it is probably not enough. some great reporting there by our intrepid producer kendall bright man. when we come back i talk to senator joe manchin about being in the fight of his life in a state that overwhelmingly went for president trump. plus, dan balls spent months in the midwest. we re going to unpack his epic report on the voters there and how their opinions are evolving over time. that s up next. racing isn t the only thing on my mind. and with godaddy, i m making my ideas real. when i created my businesses, i needed a way to showcase it. with godaddy you can get a website to sell online. and it will look good. i made my own way. now it s time to make yours. get started at godaddy.com everything is working, working just like it should