that. he did. and what he s saying is we need to expand our nuclear readiness or our nuclear capability to be ready for those that have nuclear weapons. a lot of people are hiding under the bed now because it doesn t seem like he knows what he s talking about. that s not fair. how can you make policy on twitter? he s not making policy on twitter. he s not making policy on twitter. kellyanne conway does have a point there that trump s words about new policy weren t really about new policy. and maybe it s just part of her job to buy trump time after he tests out his thoughts or slogans or whatever on twitter. but trump himself doubled down on the very next day on this issue saying he meant what he said and this is adding to mika brzezinski, quote, let it be an arms race, we ll outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all. an arms race. it s not clear if donald trump
right. that s one of the moments you just said that if a couple months ago someone heard on television, oh, donald trump can launch thousands of nuclear weapons or hundreds within four minutes, they d think they were in a movie. had is real life. thanks for sharing some of your expertise with us. thank you, ari. despite everything i said, happy new year. yes, let s all have a happy new year. preciateour time very much. what do i want to tell you about next? well, president obama says he would have won had he been able to run against donald trump. this is a topic, as i mentioned, that he s priing up, which itself is kind of politically interesting other than the fact he wasn t able to run against mr. trump. advice for democrats on how to win again when he s not on the ballot.
reap the rewards of that unusual or unprecedented strategy. depending on how you see it, this was either an unprincipled, unprecedented power grab of the worst kind or maybe just the shrewd politics that has come to define the last few years, a necessary tactical move. in that new interview with david axelrod, president obama said that as a matter of politics, mcconnell s tactics worked. mitch mcconnell s insight, which i ve said just from a pure tactical perspective was pretty smart and well executed, the level of discipline he was able to impose on his caucus was impressive. his insight that we just have to say no to that. we just have to say no. and that was smart and well executed is one way to put it. presidt obama might be looking for ways to avoid any notes of sour grapes as he turns the over his desk to donald trump. but other democrats and liberals see this obstruction very
why would president obama do that if it s something he s open to? we have a petition at change.org to do just that. the trouble is the military has been resistant to this. the nuclear bureaucracy and the pentagon has been resistant to this. obama has tenned to be a consensus president so he went along with it. this is a moment where consensus in the country, outside the beltway, would be mr. president, stand down these weapons. it doesn t stop donald trump from firing them. it just stops him from firing them quickly. it would take hours or days, give you time for deliberaon, give you time for consultation. right now he doesn t have to talk to anybody. he could just give the order and the missiles fly.
no, i didn t say that. i said he ll do whatever is necessary. but as long as he owns it, any benefit to his business goes to him. downing us now is an investigator reporter for the new york times who has been covering trump s issues with the foundation. good evening to you. a lot there. what does shuttering the foundation if that s aloud under new york law, what does that achieve? you have a soon to be sitting president with the foundation and the considerations that go into who can donate to that? how do you resolve those issues? you dissolve it. then you are the issues of the baggage, all the concerns about where the money went so by dissolving it you can put an end to that. that s the mission, i guess. would anyone have ever known much about the weird way the foundation ran, which ishe most charitable way to put it, the intings, the use of other people s money, had he not gotten as far as he did in the presidential race?