much. less than a week into this year s hurricane season, president trump paid a visit to fema headquarters. he was accompanied by the first lady in her first open press event in 27 days. but natural disasters were not necessarily top of mind for the president. the washington post obtained audio from a closed door briefing that followed a public session. and these are among the topics the president raised. his popularity, the summit with kim jong-un, his political endorsements, the gop s fortunes, airplane deals, defense department purchasing guidelines, launch equipment on aircraft carriers and coal. all of this bringing me to where else cnn senior political analyst david gergen and political commentator joel lockhart. my intro to you doesn t follow nor does what this briefing was supposed to be about and what the president actually ended up talking about, you guys. i wonder what you think, joe,
prophecy occurring is what i m concerned about. peter, this is just from my observations over the past few years and watching him not only in rallies but as we watch on camera and as you see in person the meetings he holds with his cabinet or the meetings he holds pretty much anywhere he goes, they often go wildly off script. the washington post had a transcript or audio about what trump was talking about the other day when he was there supposed to be talking about hurricane relief with fema. he went off on a tangent. but listen. he had a lot else on his mind, soliloquies on his prowess in negotiating airplane deals and his popularity, the republican party s fortunes, the vagaries of the defense department purchasing guidelines, his
private remarks. he went on about his popularity, political endorsements, defense department purchasing guidelines and coal. trump says he has the absolute right to pardon himself and on kim kardashian west s advice he did pardon alice johnson and he said he was considering pardoning mohamed ally who doesn t need a pardon since his conviction was overturned by the court. trump continued to bash the special counsel calling it unconstitutional. it s not. trump s lawyer rudy giuliani said robert mueller is trying hard to frame donald trump. ended the week by finally new obstruction charges against manafort and one of his long-time business associates. trump keeps talking, mueller keeps working. the so-called witch hunt snags another witch. are you tired yet? are you numb? i m not done.