As legal troubles and contradictions distract the president. Will the drama overshadow his Foreign Policy efforts . National security adviser john bolton is here next. Defending decency. Lawmakers from both parties are outraged after a white house aid makes a crass comment about senator john mccain. I will not comment on an internal staff meeting. Bernie sanders will be here. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington. President trump trying to keep the focus on his Major International moves as unforced errors from his own white house compete for attention with Foreign Policy. The president took to twitter to call former president obamas iran deal a big lie and point to a new announcement from north korea saying north korea has announced to dismantle test site. A smart and gracious gesture. International stability may not depend on President Trumps negotiating prowess and the president is gearing up for another week. Monday he will appear at the opening of the new u. S. Embassy in jerusalem.
Former fbi director james comeys memos. The president tweeted this. James comey memos just out and show clearly that there was no collusion and no obstruction. Also, he leaked classified information. Will the witch hunt continue . The three House Republicans i push for the memo said in the statement rather than making a criminal case for it obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be defense exhibit a suggestions charge be made. German goodlatte, and nunez so he never told james comey to shut down the russian investigation. The public and congressmen who sits on the house judiciary and Oversight Committee reacted this way. Because as many pages read as a draft of the book. And they are not really a memo as much as they are a very wellwritten draft for his upcoming book. And i think the fact that he didnt like or trust the president from day one gave him very little credit even when some good things happen in that meeting was because he went in with a
Demand. We can go through them, washington, adams, jefferson . Lincoln . No, not lincoln. Anybody . Roosevelt . No. I hereby demand. Stunning. Erdogan and putin say that. This is maggie trump who is being investigated by a department of justice appointed special counsel consulted with his attorney on his order to the doj to investigate the investigation into himself. Why do you go to your personal attorney, why do you go to your white House Counsel . Thats why theyre there. This deals with the constitution this isnt a porn star payoff. This has to do with the constitution of the United States and upholding checks and balances that madison gave us 1787. Hes not interested in the checks and balances that madison gave us. And the second part is this is a political strategy. This isnt about the constitution. This is about trying to get him out of trouble and create a diversion from what bob mueller is looking into. Welcome to morning joe as we back into everything this morning. Its tuesday
New ethics questions over chinas granting her businesses new trademarks despite the economic standoff between the two countries. All that coming up, but lets begin with President Trumps latest Conspiracy Theory designed to undermine the russia investigation. This morning President Trump tweeted this, the 13 angry democrats plus people who worked eight years for obama working on the rigged russia witch hunt will be meddling with the midterm elections especially now that republicans stay tough are taking the lead in polls. No collusion except by the democrats. That was part of the president s twitter tirade aimed at Robert Muellers investigators. President trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani admits the strategy is to discredit the investigation in an effort to sway Public Opinion here in the United States. Our White House Reporter Jeremy Diamond is standing by live. Did the administration provide any information to support or explain the claim that muellers team will meddle in the midterm elec
Good morning. Its monday, june 11th. Just days after tense meetings with americas closest allies President Trump is now in singapore for the very first ever summit whebetween a sittin u. S. President and a north korean leader. Their first meeting which will be a one on one setting is set to begin at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. It will take place at a hotel, roughly 3,000 journalists are on the ground covering this historic summit. Mike pompeo says trump is well prepared for the quote engagement with kim despite trumps assertion last week that he does not have to prepare very much. It comes in less than ten months of tru threatening to fire those and he again addressed the situation before departing for singapore over the weekend. We appreciate the working together with north korea. Theyre really working very well with us. This is probably rarely been done. Its unknown territory in the truest sense, but i really feel confident. I feel that kim jong un wants to do something great fo