Talked to his Attorney General yet. Thats right. Reporter i had a chance to catch up with kellyannec conway. I asked her whether or not the president views this decision as some sort of set back or defeat. She didnt exactly answer that question, but heres what she had to say. This is a defeat . Do you see this as a setback . He sees it as the statute provides a president with great latitude and authority to protect the citizens and protect the Nations National security. This was not argued on the merits. Now that well have an opportunity to argue on the merits, we look forward to doing that. I think his tweet was perfect when he said, well see you in court. There you go. Some confidence being expressed by Kellyanne Conway at the white
house. Not a lot new in terms of arguments being laid out by the white house in response to this, just the very tough talk that were going to see you in court. That is not exactly going to win the day at the Supreme Court. I asked Kellyanne Conway, is thi
they are all in black. interesting choice. let s talk about the other trump aides. you have an article out in vanity fair about kellyanne c conway s role in the white house. you wrote, what does kellyanne conley do when she is not on tv? there is some confusion about what she does day to day. one white house aide tells me she has an agenda of the issues she wants to work on and is very passionate about the plans to help out with. but it s less clear how she is working on them on a daily basis. so what is she doing? well, it is very related to what we were just talking about with jared kushner, actually, what she s doing on a daily basis. if we go back to february, kellyanne was on with jake tapper on cnn and she wanted to do work with veterans and the opioid addiction. someone close to jared kushner said, jared really isn t sure what her place is here so let s
keep her focused on those two issues. flash forward to this week when his commission was announced. suddenly his commission is tasked with veterans issues and issues in the country. those were the two issues that kellyanne was going to be focused on. as jared s role is ballooning, kellyanne s role is diminishing. she is answering to jared kushner, who is 14 years younger than she is and far less experienced in politics. the two are definitely tied and related. i think a piece of this is the entire administration takes valued expertise across the board as being inherently valuable, and as a result they re willing to assign a variety of tasks to people. jared is managing an epically broad portfolio and so is kellyanne. there is overriding sentiment that you can do that job and do it well.
and certainly, previous administrations have not bought into that notion. do you think that s why they ve had so many issues over the last 70 days? kellyanne conway has been one of the most controversial of the president s advisers from talking about fact, microwaves, turning to candidates and pitching ivanka s products. she has experience in politics but little experience in actually governing. is that part of the problem in terms of how the first 70-somedays have gone? that s a huge part of the problem. if you look at trump s white house staff, none of them coming in had any experience whatsoever working for the federal government up until this administration. furthermore, it s worth pointing out between kellyanne and jared, you ve had a remarkable degree of staff turnover. the burn rate is incredibly high given we haven t reached 100 days yet. you have michael flynn who was forced out. we re getting word that the national deputy adviser is on
her way out, and i believe katy walsh, the deputy chief of staff, also went out. i think that explains one of the reasons why you have jared kushner assuming a larger portfolio and why the lines of command seem to be so confused. trump s inner staff is becoming smaller and smaller. he s not expanding it, he s actually shrinking it. which is going to mean, by the way, that governing will get harder for him over time, not easier. jared kushner, ivanka, kellyanne conway. nobody really understands exactly what their jobs are. the lack of definition, is that a problem with getting things done or getting a coherent message out of this administration? possibly so. it would be better if the american public knew what their roles were. it would be more clear if they knew what their roles were. knowing a delineated job title as to what her undertakings were. i have to go. quickly. i think it s a good thing for