president trump turned his foreign policy upside down in order to get this dirt out of ukraine. kaitlan collins, i mean, it does seem i think david sounds exactly right. well, and also we need to talk about one notable aspect of this, you were talking about the lack of officials who had been there before that were very aware or very cautious of putin and the president s relationship that s, you know, mattis, john kelly, john bolton, but also the presence of mick mulvaney as a central notable aspect of this. he was someone who at times overruled national security officials. he has his own national security adviser which is unusual for a chief of staff, and as we reported over the summer, he was locked in this feud with john bolton over the holdup of this ukrainian aid, which at the time we were reporting it out, people were confused by it and didn t understand the reason. there seems to be a role in all of this and why the president was able to sit down with these officials, have
mulvaney was critical in terms of getting the hungarian prime minister to allow him to meet with the president, which a lot of folks, the adults previously hadn t, david gergen, kaitlan colli collins, thank you very much. the president lashed out at the media and what he called the phony emoluments clause, you know, the one in the constitution. we re keeping him honest next. when you look at the world,
president trump is scrambling to score some victories ahead of election day next year. sources tell cnn the president realizes time is running short to fulfill some of the key promises he made to voters in 2016. so let s bring in kaitlan colli collins. she s our cnn white house correspondent who has this reporting. abby phillips, and joe lockhart. great to have all of you. so kaitlan, explain how the president is feeling rattled and why. so basically what you re seeing is the president realizing more so lately than he has than any other point in the last several weeks and several months that the economy is not going to be this guarantee that they ve seen it as for the last several years for him to run on for re-election. he and his advisers are often at odds with each other on how they want to try to stave off this potential economic downturn as they ve seen these warning signs in the economy. yet they have not been able to agree on any way they want to move forward.