country just like him running in primaries right now. susan, how do you like at the race. it is not as though the other republican cands are running against donald trump, they are running as republicans and you would think joe manchin would be the most vulnerable in the senate given that trump won west virginia by 42 percentage points last time around. that is a pretty big lead. but i think the republicans are very nervous that one of the few opportunities they have, that they are having a harder than expected time against joe manchin in a year when it is real risk in other cases, in other republicans and senators in open seats and against democrats that they thought would be vulnerable in a year that looks like democrats might be able to win control of the senate. amanda carpenter, you re not a republican establishment figure. you re more of an outsider republican but would you like jo manchin to not have the senate seat any more. what do you think of don blankenship? is he a go
him. hi, sandra. thanks for having me. it s important that john bolton be somebody that the president is comfortable with. that s a normal thing. he has that in john bolton. that doesn t mean they agree on everything. certainly not the iraq war and tariffs. the things on facing the presidency in the next two years with regard to north korea, iran and other things, he s going to be very important for the president and working with that team. it was the most unified team the president has had yet for national security. the reason that john bolton is so important for the job, unlike a lot of national security advisers that are behind-the-scenes people, john bolton has a public persona. he s an establishment figure and an outsider in the way he thinks about things. he thinks strategically across history and across the group. that s important now as opposed to someone that is keeping the paper shuffle properly. he will be a key adviser and
bad relationship, but show me someone who is sort of an establishment figure, who is kind of conventional, again, pragmatic, nonidealogical, with whom trump has been able to get along for a long period of time and maintain a trust bond with. that s the relationship i m watching most closely right now. phil, i don t want to turn this into meet dr. phil, but between keith schiller and hope hicks, i keep thinking about this as well. those are two comfort level people in the first year of this white house. keith shiller, of course, head of security for donald trump in new york, very easy relationship. navy veteran, former new york police officer. hope hicks was with this campaign from its embryonic first hours. they re both out of the president s life now. and again, because that immediate atmosphere around him looms so large and seems so important, it s those two vacancies i think about a lot. you re right to think about
for the day when we find out that mattis has run afoul of president trump. i think that will be possibly one of the most dramatic developments in this kind of soap opera of trump personnel. i stress again that there s no information that makes me think that trump and mattis do have a bad relationship, but show me someone who is sort of an establishment figure, who is kind of conventional, again, pragmatic, nonidealogical, with whom trump has been able to get along for a long period of time and maintain a trust bond with. that s the relationship i m watching most closely right now. phil, i don t want to turn this into meet dr. phil, but between keith she willer and hope hicks, i keep thinking about this as well. those are two comfort level people in the first year of this white house. keith shiller, of course, chef security for donald trump in new york, very easy relationship. navy veteran, former new york police officer. hope hicks was with this
button, but he is in his ear on those gravest issues of national security and military matters. and i just am sort of waiting for the day when we find out that mattis has run afoul of president trump. i think that will be possibly one of the most dramatic developments in this kind of soap opera of trump personnel. i stress again that there s no information that makes me think that trump and mattis compado h bad relationship, but show me someone who is sort of an establishment figure, who is kind of conventional, again, pragmatic, nonidealogical, with whom trump has been able to get along for a long period of time and maintain a trust bond with. that s the relationship i m watching most closely right now. phil, i don t want to turn this into meet dr. phil, but between keith she willer and hope hicks, i keep thinking about this as well. those are two comfort level people in the first year of this white house. keith shiller, of course, chef