i declare i haven t spoken directly with president trump i think since june or july of last year, so that should be clear. but i think what we see here is he is self-aware in this sense. when i ask him in that series of questions for rick s alma mater for time last summer, it was about were there a kwr there analogous figures in his mind, were there case studies in his mind about different presidents as he prepared for the presidency and we ended up talking about babe ruth and lydia ko, the great asian american golfer. babe ruth had been asked according to trump, hey, babe, how do you hit the long ball? and ruth said i don t know. i just swing at it. and trump said i just swing at it. and lydia ko was asked how do you hit your shots and she said
about were there a kwr there analogous figures in his mind, were there case studies in his mind about different presidents as he prepared for the presidency and we ended up talking about babe ruth and lydia ko, the great asian american golfer. babe ruth had been asked according to trump, hey, babe, how do you hit the long ball? and ruth said i don t know. i just swing at it. and trump said i just swing at it. and lydia ko was asked how do you hit your shots and she said i don t know. i just hit the ball. thaerls no lucy and the football here. he is a gut player. it s instiktdive, and he is totally convinced that he can bully his way through almost any situation, and why wouldn t you believe that if you had his life experience and you were the president of the united states. only man who can quote lydia ko and charles schultz in the same paragraph. by the way, you leave out the fact despite john s long resume that he was editor of news week. i don t want to get into these pe
competent. i m a big fan of the finn. how is the white house going to answer this question tomorrow? the questions about his campaign and russia and the answer you saw. the quote from the president is this in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, i know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story and a reminder tonight of the lengths the administration went to to push a false narrative that a deputy attorney general citing clinton s e-mails recommended to the e-mails that comey had to go and so the president acted upon its. i think the president was p given a recommendation by the deputy attorney general who the fbi director reports to. i would point them to the three letters that were received today, a letter by president donald trump, the letter by attorney general sessions and the underlying report
the same thing. thanks for coming by tonight. coming up after this break, can anyone speak for president trump except for president trump. the 11th hour continues after this.
out talking about shovel ready initiatives around the country, putting americans back to work, tax plan, infrastructure, you name it yeah. no sell job, no offense? no and it s a real setback for him where he wanted to seize on the success of last week. he wanted to move the tax plan forward. remember, they put out the blueprint for the tax plan and that s gone nowhere. another important thing, he s actually headed overseas next week. he s got a major trip to four different countries. a lot at stake. he had cleared his schedule for this week to prepare and do briefings and get ready for that trip. obviously he s spending a lot of time this week fuming over the comey kriesz is. republicans on the hill suspended animation. republicans on the hill have been pathetic in sponges to comey. the republican party uchd to stand strong against trump i m sorry against putin s