wouldn t call it a strategy, his instincts, which can be very smart in some ways. but his whole idea of never moving beyond that 25% base that he has, and he has another 15 to 18% of republicans who don t like him very much, but they re still republicans and they re still with him, but they re not in his base. and all that this does, the reason that the witch hunt won t hunt is all it does is appeal to that 25%. and they re already energized, they re already going to work for him. there s only so much more to turn from 10 to 11 isn t really going to do and just quickly. i do think it s important to do epthat in mind, the fact that donald trump and the republicans really can t expand their base. where i think there is a lot more depth in the democratic party. but that is the concern that for democrats to try really hard not to nationalize this race. that s why we ran and won in 2018 when he had individual
former national security adviser to the president, john bolton, to tell axios that if kim follows through on his promise, the trump administration should admit they got it wrong on north korea. bolton also saying that he does not think the administration really means it when it comes to stopping kim from further developing nuclear weapons. joining us now former assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi, frank figliuzzi. frank, do you think we see the president admitting that he got it wrong on north korea? alicia, don t hold your breath on that track record on the president admitting he s wrong is zero. he won t do it. we have a president who s far more concerned about how things look than about how things really are. and he can only continue to stick his head in the sand for so long before he gets buried by that hand. and that s what s happening in the case of north korea and also in the last 24 hours, the news out of saudi arabia that five
problem because you re going to have folks like andrew yang and pete buttigieg in there because they don t have and joe biden who don t have a formal role in this process taking some of your valuable time away while you are doing god s work in the senate. that said, it is a process that has always favored folks with money and folks with a very strong ground game. so even with that said and even while they re in d.c., i expect folks like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren to still have a very strong presence in those early states. but it is going to be a challenge. and, jonathan, if you re not in that top tier of candidates, is this the moment where you really need to do the deep digging and the analysis about whether or not the risk is worth the reward? well, i think the ones who are still in it are going to, like, take their chances on the caucuses, which are coming up. yep. and not necessarily new hampshire but at least see how they do in iowa. why drop out at this point
what would it look like if the trump administration were serious about deterrents? well, one thing we could do is absolutely step up sanctions. but also get into military blockades. we know that technology continues to flow to north korea not only for their missile program but for other programs, including nuclear components. and if we were serious about stopping this, you would see intercepts of all these shipments. but, you know what? that upsets the apple cart for trump. it doesn t fit his personal narrative that everything i call this foreign policy theory don t look here, nothing to see, look away. everything s great, nothing to see here. if we start setting up ships and blockades, things look bad. he looks wrong. same for saudi arabia and the death of khashoggi. he doesn t believe the intelligence services when they say the crown prince ordered it. so he goes along with the crown prince. this is mostly about his personal agenda, his personal interest and financial investments
elites who are some of them are scared of elizabeth warren. he s basically saying don t be afraid of her. if she s nominated things are going to still be okay. sounds very paternal when you say don t be afraid. [ laughter ] after the break john bolton says the trump administration may have to do something it rarely does, admit it was wrong.