and also smiled when he called swamp man joe biden a low iq individual and worse. perhaps that s sending me a signal. unquote. this morning, sr. ra sanders defended the president s response saying that he didn t need anything but his own assessment of the former vp. president of the united states takes shaur that north korean dictator s word about joe biden? what happened to speaking with one voice on american foreign policy? is the president not setting up, trying to have world leaders sort of pick which political party they should side with? i don t understand what message is president is sending here? the president doesn t need somebody else to give him an assessment of joe biden. he s given his own a number of times. i think you ve seen it. i m sure you ve covered it on your program. the president watched him and his administration with president obama fail for eight
meeting tuesday. sources say the president grew te irritated when they advised him against withdrawing troops from syria. we ll be coming it of syria, luke, very soon. let the other people take care of it now. reporter: senior administration officials said the president complained at length about the amount of money being is spent in the region, telling advisers he wants troops out within the next six months. press secretary sayre is ra sanders releasing a statement wednesday night insisting the administration will not rest until they are held accountable for chemical attacks. we want to focus on transitioning to local enforcement as well as have our allies and partners in the region who have a lot more at risk to put more skin into is the game. reporter: well, after all of this, the president is pivoting
it may work in a very short run. but when you look at the long game a year or two years out, what you have talked about is exactly what the problem is going to be. it will tank the economy. increase costs. it will hurt the very workers that he claims he wants to help. and that s the end game. yeah. you know, look, there are deep divisions inside this white house in the republican party. protectionist advisers like navarro, free traders like cohn. there is a pennsylvania special election coming up. did that, the prospect of that lead him impulsively to this decision. sounds crazy, but that s the trump white house. let s talk about policy. today we are promised i think by saur ra sanders, we would get actual specifics on where the president is on gun policy. the whole country has been used since parkland. it was the boardroom.
in fact, he tweeted hess satisfaction with his quote multiple standing ovations, but that was before flake s speech on the senate floor. sources tell cnn a law firm representing the clinton campaign and the dnc helped fund opposition research that led to the infamous dossier on then candidate donald trump. they contained fusion gps the washington post which first broke this story says fusion in turn hired former british officer christopher steel whose research makes up that dossier. cnn previously reported the research was funded by anti-trump republicans during the primaries and democrats began paying the research firm later on. the white house press secretary senior ra sanders responding to the news with this tweet t. real russia scandal? clinton campaign paid for the fake russia dossier then lied about it and covered it up. again that tweet reporting from the washington post, even though sanders says this about the post, just hours earlier.
closest advisers, but anyone at the justice department about the russian investigation? and three, three occasions the president said in this press release that you said he told you were free of any charges. is that true and if so why? when was the last time the president told you he had confidence in you? usair ra sanders said this has been a nine-month thing coming. to dana s point people need to see the evidence. i hope comey will come before the intelligence committee and answer those questions. david jolly, have you been surprised at gop stick togetherness and loyalty? and the other side of that question is which members of the republican senate are you looking to to be profiles in courage here? look, i think there is actually a quiet erosion of support. this is an embarrassing time to be a republican. i had local republican mayors share that with me. it is no surprise that donald trump is governing with such arrogance. and disregard for political norms. it is a surprise, thou