worst impulses and in public i think he s lived up to the faith that i had in him in a way that sadly i don t believe that general kelly has as chief of staff. before i let you go, the president s idea of putting forth some grand military parade, that a thumbs up or thumbs down for you? the problem is, if it was anybody other than donald trump you might go, okay, it s a bad idea because it s a waste of money, it s overly mill ta riftic for a society that s supposed to emphasize civilian control of the military, not the other way around. but with president trump, you can t help but think that it is simply another thing for his massive ego to absorb, that his vision of this is him sitting there and having the military walk by and basically him show the world this great military that he has. so his tendency towards narcissism, although i heard he said he s not braggadocious at all, which is one of the funniest things i think i ve ever heard. it makes the military parade even more susp
of that, you will definitely see it in a very fatal manner. so these parades are not necessary. if the president wants to show respect, go to one of our military bases, when i was in the marine corps we had presidential visits, and we went, we stood there, we saluted the president. but this type of south korean, cuban, i don t know, russian kind of military parade, is just unbecoming of the united states and we re just not that type of third world nation that needs to be doing things like that. it sounds to me you agree with the words insecurity is loud, attributed to congressman kennedy from louisiana. good to speak with you, thank you. omarosa s words about what it was like to work at the white house. is the criticism aimed at her fair?
they can from the fbi and essentially from mueller. so the only way they can do that, again, is to hobble the whole effort and fire rod rosenstein. that s why the republican memo was designed to do that, was designed essentially to give the president an excuse to get rid of him. the democratic memo points out, point by point, essentially, why the republican memo is essentially one big paper effort to give the president cover. and then with the recent resignation now of rachel brand, who would be next in line to assume that position of rod rosenstein, with that now not no place, there becomes a huge problem who then would do that, who would rise to that position and could potentially fire robert mueller. it s very, very intriguing, as you try to put the pieces together. i do want to ask about i know your service as a marine veteran, you served in iraq, you re on the armed services committee. why do you think the president s request for some grand military parade is a bad idea?
white house briefing which was unusual in and of itself says it reflects the president s affection for the troops and the pentagon is looking for alternatives for the parade through the national s capital. i m putting together options. the president s fondness for the military reflected in him asking for these options. congressional democrats are opposed to the idea. republicans appear mixed. here is one senator lindsey graham. i don t have a problem with the parade honoring the service. i m not looking for a soviet style hardware display. that shows weakness. leon panetta saying any other president you would assume to
over the president s affection for the troops. we have been putting together options. we send them to the white house for decision. the president s respect and fondness for the military reflected in him asking for hel these options. democrats are opposed to the idea. republicans appear mixed. here is senator lindsey graham. i don t mind having a parade honoring the service and sa sacrifice of the military members. i m not looking for a russian military display of hardware. we have leon panetta raising concerns of the president s motivations for the parade. he said any other president would assume to honor men and women in uniform. with this president, it is worrisome over what he has in mind. shows of force by the americans and north koreans on