that meeting were something at an advantage because they know all of the details of what a dream act would detail because it s been around for many, many years and they have been discussing it. so you have the president coming out saying, no, no, about chain migration or citizenship. you have a fairly healthy contingent. minority. healthy contingent of republicans ready to vote for that kind of bill if it s standalone. the only person he has to worry about is paul ryan and mitchell mcconnell. if they put the bill on the floor you could have a coalition of the democrats plus some republicans to get that bill through and get that to become a law. the thing is that, you know, trump likes to be as much as he likes to get points on the board
does your sleep aid leave you groggy? switch to drug-free midnite®. its specially formulated to work with the body s sleep mechanism to promote natural sleep. try midnite® tonight. welcome back. let s close head around the table and ask our great reporters to share something out of their notebooks and get you ahead of the big political news around the corner. the president heads into the general assembly this week at the united nations a deep divide within the administration about clamping down even further than president trump already has on admitting refuges. a meeting last week at the white house. there is still a lot of disagreement that a defense department, state department and all pushing back against this notion of less than 50,000 refuges coming into the united states next year. but what we are seeing is that
i think the standard diplomatic maneuvering you see. a diplomatic option talks and negotiations have no compelling case made for them unless a threat of something else if that doesn t yield something. i think part of this is posturing on the part of h.r. mcmaster and nikki haley and the president saying if you don t come to the table for serious talks, if we can t negotiate on this then a price to be paid and it s going to be paid sooner rather than later. the problem is the president has been very sort of rash in his rhetoric on this and heard the comments he made last month. it s not totally clear whether they thought through the implications of going this military route, of having it be more than a bluff, more than just a threat. they haven t specified what it is, really. is it a conventional military option? do they have to do preemptive strike to use the missile defense capacities that they have out in the pacific to shoot one of these missile tests out of the sky? is it somet
particular agenda of his. this wasn t about immigration. it wasn t about any policy thing. he probably thought it was funny. his ego too. he tweeted something just now what is trump worth to twitter? one analyst estimates 2 billion. he retweeted something about him donating a million dollars to harvey and retweeted him winning in a landslide in 2020. he seems to have a bruised ego this morning? let s show that one again. you ve decided your path for the moment, is to make deals with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. the president retweeting this map. i assume about bernie sanders and single payor and it s funny. that actually is funny. the president should be allowed to engage in political conversations but it s the timing. in the middle of the sensitive negotiations is that going to
right now. what i think will be interesting to see if a coherent diplomatic strategy emerges toward north korea or a military strategy. one thing that has been interesting in the trump administration is that the principals haven t been on the same page. the secretary of state, u.n. ambassador and others are giving conflicting statements and i think regard to north korea what we need to see the president and his staff on the same page. and if that doesn t emerge, it will be dangerous. some reporter over the weekend. just this weekend that the administration may be having second thoughts paragraph out of the paris climate agreement or find accommodation to say we are pulling out and the white house saying it s not going to happen but a u.s. official in a meeting said something about trying to figure this out. listen to nikki haley. this is to your point.