discussions as they re described with some of his top allies. let s discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? well, i mean, if you re joe biden, you ve got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you ve got to reassure the american people that he is the commander in chief, and that he has commanded the situation when it comes, especially to the economy that s where he is struggling the most. and so number one, the contrast is going to be very clear joe biden s going to have a lot of facts and expect donald trump to have a lot of insults. so you already know that s already kinda baked in the entertainment factor is going to be on t
howard: that was donald trump, and he wants to do more of these. for example, says politico, trading jabs with mike tyson, his old friend, on the former boxer s podcast. we re back with kevin corke. politico says the idea is to reach an audience that isn t plugged into news, that s plugged into sports, entertainment or whatever. but is it another way of getting around the mainstream media? i think you nailed it. [laughter] my answer s gone now. i think the you re the former president, you want to maybe stir it up just a blitz bit, mix it up. i think he comes from an era where mixing it up with the press was sort of good. i always liken him to cosell and ali. i think a podcast gives him a chance to be more of himself, he s not going to take sharper questions, and it s probably going to drum up some support, again, within his base. howard: right. and he has the entertainment factor where he can do that. he s a celebrity and i think a lot of other candidates cannot.
question and one question only, trump or not trump. christie is the only republican opponent who has the correct interpretation of what the primary is about. and that s a huge advantage. this also brings you us to the second reason christie has a chance to gain traction. he s the only non-trump candidate who is not only tough but also funny and entertaining. perhaps it s a commentary on our culture, but this is a vitally important thing. in fact, i would say that trump s entertainment value is a wildly underrated political attribute. it might not be enough to sway republican primary voters, but that s on their collective conscience. christie can t control how voters will respond to his message. what he can control is how he delivers it. on that count, he is hitting it out of the park. i mean, that kind of gets, matt, to what i was talking about, the entertainment factor. here s a compilation of christie s greatest hits against trump so far in this campaign. one trump started hitting
one sec. no, the simple fact is more energy tonight, i like that. it was such a nice guy and he said i m never going to attack but then his poll numbers tanks and that is why he s on the end. for 40 years you ve been funding liberal democratic politicians. i funded you. i funded him. donald, relax. i m relaxed. you re the basket case. go ahead. there is the entertainment factor. that he specializes in. that is right. but to get to daniel s point, he loves the debate stage. he came up on top outside after every single debate and the debate that sticks out the most is when he was hovering over hillary clinton which was also another monumental moment in debates. so we ll see. a lot of questions about what that is going to look like. but stand by, coming up next for us, a confederate general is
and desantis is going to have to figure out how do i deal with that? he s trying a logic argument. we ll see if that works. but i think folks need to come to terms with the fact that trump s entertainment factor is a huge part of his appeal to republican voters. and former congresswoman mia love, donald trump campaigning stood by the covid vaccine, said a lot of people out there appreciate it. he stood by even though a voter took him on saying that they didn t like the jab. desantis is aligning himself with the people who are anti-vaccine. what do you make of that? i think desantis has got he s making some choices, some good. to fight back was good. some to fight against or attack donald trump on criminal justice reform. those aren t good. obviously, there are people who we all look we see what the