feels a lot of things. it s wilbur ross and peter navarro pushing this. like peter navarro pushed the fact that china was a currency manipulate per he says that time and time again on the campaign trail. then he trotted him over and said look at this model. we punch this number in with every model, they re not a currency manipulator. to say everyone knows how president trump feels, sure. it doesn t mean it s fact-based policy and you ve heard that from ben sasse, oren hatch. what s important about this reporting shows you ve got the commerce department on a wednesday night hijacking the white house as well as the department of the defense and the rest of the other branches. no diplomatic strategy or legislative strategy. there s a line in your piece that stood out. circumstances set him off in a way two officials said they ve never seen before. what explains the mood or what explains why president trump barged into this meeting and did what he did?
the political world will reassemble around mitt romney this week. he is set to make an announcement about a potential run for senate in utah. politico of course had reported that president trump urged senator oren hatch to stick around and keep his seat. last week, hatch himself met with romney to convince him to run. i told him i would probably retire and i would like him to succeed me. you re veterans of air force one. it seems like the one thing that s driving this is for him to be an elder statesman, especially for those who have lost the voice of john mccain as he recovers. and it seems like in romney s view, that s a role he thinks he
who s back in the news today from the campaign. the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. we have long referred to him as the donald. watch how he responds to my speech today, will he talk about our policy differences? or will he attack me with every imaginable low road insult? we know what he chose and i remember you on the circuit reacting that in real time. romney back in the headlines because he may run for the seat that oren hatch will vacate when he retires. we covered his interesting remarks. but we were talking about the vacuum created around any clarity of an agenda.
on the retirement of utah senator oren hatch. he will depart as one of the most productive members ever to serve in this body. but even more than what oren did, his colleagues will rep how he did it. senator hatch who s 83 years old, is the longest serve republicing republican senator. that will do it for me, i will see you right back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. i have missed this, and i know you have missed this, deadline white house starts right now. hi, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. happy new year, no new year, new me moment for donald trump, he started 2018, the same way he ended 2017, taking to twitter to air his authoritarian sounding wishes for his former political
this is one of the great privileges of my life to stand here on the white house lawn with the president of the united states who i love and appreciate so much. we re going to make this the greatest presidency that we ve seen not only in a generation but maybe ever. that was republican senator oren hatch speak as the republicans celebrating passing their tax bill. the president said, quote, i have unbelievably great relationships with 97% of the republican congressman and senators. i love them and they love me. some republicans have been vocal in taking on the president over the course of the year. they shared some disgivings e - misgivings here on morning joe. the president sounded ambivalent on nato. i would point out when we were attacked in 9/11, they sent their young people to fight in