lot of coverage about john mccain and remembrances and tributes of his heroism. that s going to continue to strike a nerve for this president, particularly on saturday at that national cathedral service where his two predecessors, obama and george w. bush are going to be eulogizing. and trump is not invited. not wanted there. has a great piece about trump not being welcomed to participate in the rituals of the presidency, the traditional rituals which would include attending and speaking on behalf of the country at that funeral, but he will not be there. not lost on many people that very pointedly john mccain decided the two people who ran for president will be the ones eulogizing him. thank you to all of you. much appreciated. it s the last big primary day before the midterms and
what is the purpose of the president? to lead the country. and i don t know what is being accomplished in terms of his agenda or in terms of anything beyond the legal case. it is really taking over the entire white house. and every action he takes, every lashing out that he does either on twitter or even in his personal conversations, ultimately is indicative of the position that he s in. and i just always think, if i m a foreign adversary right now that wants to strike at the united states or do something around the world, there is no time better than the present, really, to make your gains in terms of your foreign policy, vis-a-vis the united states or while the u.s. is so distracted. so gabe, this is interesting, because yesterday we heard john kelly and sarah huckabee sanders had both recommended a strategy around john mccain s passing, the president, again, sort of overruled everybody until it was too much to take. but that is a good question. there was some sense in the beginni
their own report. now, i don t know why or what they re doing here. i don t know if they re interviewing people. but i have a feeling that they re going to drop that report about the time of the mueller report. i m sure president trump s report will be a tweet. very honest, very formative, based on pure facts, i m sure. joyce vance, thank you very much for joining us. always a pleasure. thanks for having me. coming up, president trump rejects the norms of being a president and he s finding out that it goes both ways. plus, after president trump had to be forced to do the right thing in honoring john mccain, it begs the question, why haven t any of mccain s republican colleagues publicly admonished the president s behavior? and why the president woke
what loyalty is all about. to my colleagues, thank you for your kindness. an emotional lindsey graham on the floor of the senate. his dear dear friend john mccain. he said i was lucky enough to walk in his shadow, to be in the presence of a giant at a time when things were so small. kelly o donnell who has spent so many years covering john mccain and lindsey graham on capitol hill joins us now. your thoughts on what you just heard from lindsey graham. a veriariful, but determined it seems to me to continue the legacy of john mccain. in this moment, we don t usually see this sort of authentic emotion play out in political settings.
life and military service. and i m just going to send out a tweet. she too is the daughter of a prominent politician, so there s that little extra parallel or poignancy. so this was something everyone in the white house sort of understood or most everyone in the white house understood was unacceptable behavior. michael steele, i don t say this as an indictment of you, trust me. but you are of washington. you ve lived in washington for a long time. you understand politics. you are a part of politics, chairman of the republican national committee. am i correct in thinking that maybe, beneath the surface of what happened, in the aftermath of john mccain s death, with the flag and the president s behavior toward mccain and his refusal to lower the flag to half staff, that washington and most republican senators failing to stand up in outrage over it, that they don t understand that