which is a massive tax cut for corporations and the super well think. and mostly corporations and the reality is in my view, barack obama passed middle class tax cuts in 2009. people didn t really feel it. george bush passed tax cuts in the early 2000s. people didn t really feel it. they were far larger than the pittance that are in the first couple of years of this tax cut. neera, president trump said just today this is the biggest tax cut in history. said it repeatedly. once again, once again, he was wrong. obviously reagan had a biggest tax cut. this is a pretty large cut. the obama extension of the tax cuts, the bush tax cuts in 2013 bigger. the bush tax cuts. norm, it is kind of fascinating and all the time that you and neera and charlie have been watching politics, never maybe i don t remember a time when people could lie with this
investigations are happening as we re still awaiting details of the highly anticipated meeting between president trump s lawyers and special counsel robert mueller s investigators. according to several reports, the two teams were supposed to meet at some point this week. joining me now are betty woodruff, reporter for the daily beast and paul butler, professor at georgetown university and former federal prosecutor, both msnbc contributors. betsy, let me start with you. this back and forth between pelosi and ryan about the house intelligence committee investigation, i think it would strike most laypeople as strange because we know that this investigation is still ongoing. we know from robert mueller we even know from the senate side which seemed the republicans and democrats seem to play better on the senate side than the house side so the idea that republicans on the house side want to wrap this up quickly does smell a little of politics. certainly. without a doubt.
wikileaks. he didn t know about trump jr. s meeting with the russian lawyer. he didn t know about flynn s discussions about the sanctions. again, that s starting to look a little thin especially now that mueller is talking to flynn. so flynn apparently has told mueller stuff that makes him want to have a sitdown with the vice president. where does this tell you this is going? just with respect to the conversation we were just having about the house intel committee to wrap it up. on the mueller side, this got interesting with the flynn deal. indeed. the hill investigations are political and more transparent. we don t know how long mueller is going to continue the investigation. we know he s got two people under indictment. at least another year. trump s lawyers have floated this beautiful twisted fantasy that the investigation s going to be over. first they said and then thanksgiving and then christmas and the new year. it s very unlikely. this is going to go on well into 2019.
those closest to donald trump gave him a warning. it s a blood bath for republicans. according to the wednesday celebration. trump aides and outside advisers held a spirited and at times tense discussion with the president. quote, the gathering saw tempers flare as aids vented the frustrations and concerns about the 2018 political map. complaints about the president s political operation and the republican national committee boiled over playing out in front of the president as an inner circle drama. the new york times reports the meeting devolved into a heating argument of lieuwen ski and he told the president that his government staff and political advisers at the party committee were doing little to help him. here s how politico described the mood of trump s inner circle. quote, those closest are bracing for a blood bath in the 2018 midterms and could obliterate the majorities and paralyze the agenda and politico reports that mitch mcconnell said privately
that answer wouldn t work in court. it is not responsive. objection, your honor. tell the witness to answer the question. right. did you know that flynn lied to the fbi? up to now pence s defense has been i don t know nothing about nothing. he didn t know about the wikileaks. he didn t know about trump jr. s meeting with the russian lawyer. he didn t know about flynn s discussions about the sanctions. again, that s starting to look a little thin especially now that mueller is talking to flynn. so flynn apparently has told mueller stuff that makes him want to have a sitdown with the vice president. where does this tell you this is going? just with respect to the conversation we were just having about the house intel committee to wrap it up. on the mueller side, this got interesting with the flynn deal. indeed. the hill investigations are political and more transparent. we don t know how long mueller is going to continue the investigation. we know he s got two people under in