This kind of misogynist culture about how women can take the power back. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. President trump believes that he is his own best messager and he is out spreading that message this week. He wants to focus on tax reform this week. Of course, trump being trump lots of other issues coming up as well. Hes been doubling down on his false claim that neither president obama nor other president s ever phone the families of fallen soldiers. Hes been threatening senator john mccain that he will fight back against him because of an oblique criticism that the former p. O. W. Made about, quote, half baked spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. Hes been sending mixed messagings on a Bipartisan Health care bill in the senate and claiming credit for, quote, totally changing our military, unquote. Leading u. S. Backed forces to a major achievement, all but liberating the syrian city of isis. A