the new york times has counted and reports the president has tweeted attacks against at least 487 people. a figure now dated, because of fresh attacks tonight. 487 people, companies, or institutions since launching his run for the white house. and this might have been the closest that the first lady came today to calling out obliquely her husband s behavior. let s face it. most children are more aware of the benefits and pit falls of social media than some adults. the president was back at it within an hour of his wife s speech. melania trump has received plenty of criticism for her campaign to combat online bullying. according to the new york times , the president suggested that mrs. trump choose a different topic to avoid questions how the wife of a notorious twitter bully could lead a campaign to spotlight anti-bullying and other child
doesn t need the security clearance. the government is not benefitting from it because the trump administration is not talking to him. and he s abusing his privilege by going on television and attacking the president and being biassed and at this point they don t see anything wrong with what trump has done. phil mudd at cnn does what we do all day long. he is emotional, a patriot, as he terrific spokesperson. as a lifelong cia operative for the intelligence community. tomorrow, it may be someone else on the other end of the president s twitter feed. what do you make of brennan s flirtation with legal action? do you think there s a there,
public servants. well, i think what we ve seen from president trump is an effort to cast some of these former top intelligence and law enforcement officials. when you look at james clammer, michael heyden, these individuals who each have served for decades under both republican and democratic administrations alike. we ve seen presidents come is that go. we ve never before seen them be as outspoken in their criticism of a sitting president. in my reporting when i ve spoken to some of brennan s former colleagues, what they tell me is the reason they are being as forthcoming in their criticism as they are right now is because they genuinely believe this president poses, whether you agree or disagree, a unique threat to our institutions and this is not about any sort of partisanship. in fact what a lot of the former colleagues argue, if they were overtly political, we would have seen it by now and we simply haven t seen any evidence to support the president s claims that this is on their
not have a throwing stand on at the end of the day. where do you think the president got the idea he could run the mueller investigation? and how would that work exactly? well, he has, i think, a constitutionally sense of the presidency. he believes basically presidency cannot be constrained by law. of course, that s antithetical to american tradition and he can do this in numerous ways. one of the ways we need to be concerned about, brian, is that the president could try strip the security clearances of bob mueller and his investigators. of course, they hold those security clearances because they re conducting a counter intelligence investigation. they have to have successes access to information. it is a way the president could try purport to undermine the investigation. there was an effort on the hill at this hour led by senator mark warner of virginia.
for a living. now he s just reduced to shilling for a president who may not have a throwing stand on at the end of the day. where do you think the president got the idea he could run the mueller investigation? and how would that work exactly? well, he has, i think, a constitutionally sense of the presidency. he believes basically presidency cannot be constrained by law. of course, that s antithetical to american tradition and he can do this in numerous ways. one of the ways we need to be concerned about, brian, is that the president could try strip the security clearances of bob mueller and his investigators. of course, they hold those security clearances because they re conducting a counter intelligence investigation. they have to have successes access to information. it is a way the president could try purport to undermine the investigation. there was an effort on the hill at this hour led by senator mark