zelensky and his team because it seems they were the ones who finally said no, forget it. of course, what they jeopardized was this meeting at the white house with president trump. we follow, of course, later when he met with president trump at the u.n., it didn t go well for him. i don t know if a meeting at the white house would have been much better. of course they were worried about what would happen with the assistance, but they had a sense they had friends elsewhere and the assistance would come through. we ll find out. we need secretary pompeo on the record, is what i think. he s out traveling. all of this comes you wake up this morning i can t tell you how many people said to me, congressman, i woke up this morning and there s all these text messages. yesterday you had the president standing on the lawn of the white house publicly saying to china and ukraine, you know, i think it would be a good idea if you investigated the bidens. and i wonder how you think this informat
we witnessed it again with the finnish president later in the day. you can imagine the finnish delegation and their experience at the white house. my conversation with this white house, there is a real sense of frustration among those aides and allies of president trump that this strategy has not been made clear. it s not exactly clear to them what they should be doing. you re not seeing many surrogates, certainly not seeing republicans go out on the air and try to defend president trump in this time. kevin mccarthy was on 60 minutes this weekend. it didn t go well for him. given the fact that congress is in recess, they re not easy to track down in the lal ways. were they to be defending them fiercely, there would be plenty of cameras available. that s not happening right now, as they continue to watch what critics describe as an unraveling of this president, to see him that angry publicly while he continues to repeat information that is factually inaccurate, lies on a regular basis
did you sense that, too? well, it was not only a alaska preparation. but it was a complete debacle. when you look at it, now they are 0 for 2. remember they brought in bob mueller and it didn t go as well. and actually you can make the case that they are 0 for 3. the whole two and a half years of a russia collusion narrative didn t pan out because there was no collusion. then they brought in bob mueller. it was a disaster. then yesterday with corey lewandowski. it was another disaster. but, jim was pointing out a very good thing. it is two standards. you know, they will bring in a janitor if the president uses the wrong recycling bin to try to disparage this president. but, yet, when it comes to democrats and wrongdoing, they don t want to have witnesses. they don t want to have anybody there because they are afraid of the truth. brian: so now today we understand it s an anniversary of inspector generals. one will be mr. horowitz. we know he has been working on fisa abuse. how will y
the reports say that president obama said joe, you don t have to do this and even president obama was concerned about joe biden destroying the legacy. although president obama may not go on the attack, there are plenty of advisors out there that don t mind attacking. joe biden would be the only one on the stage defending the obama administration. everybody else says it didn t go far enough left. you have to go tough on joe because trump will show him no mercy. if you have a fighter you don t tell him to relax on the beach when you are facing a steam roller. most americans know joe biden. if they see weakness? they will try to take advantage of it, but people like him. that s why they don t want to take him down. trump, when he faces biden, if biden is crushed, no matter how much you like him, it will
the reports say that president obama said joe, you don t have to do this and even president obama was concerned about joe biden destroying the legacy. although president obama may not go on the attack, there are plenty of advisors out there that don t mind attacking. joe biden would be the only one on the stage defending the obama administration. everybody else says it didn t go far enough left. you have to go tough on joe because trump will show him no mercy. if you have a fighter you don t tell him to relax on the beach when you are facing a steam roller. most americans know joe biden. if they see weakness? they will try to take advantage of it, but people like him. that s why they don t want to take him down. trump, when he faces biden, if biden is crushed, no matter