matters. at the same time, bolton s departure was being announced. then there was h.r. mcmaster, he was pushed out in march of last year after disagreeing with the president on several foreign policy issues. in another twist, nbc news reports trump has been reaching tout mcmaster for advice on national security issues of late even while bolton was still serving in the post. today white house spokesman hogan gidley echoed the president s explanation for john bolton s departure. john bolton s priorities and policies just don t line up with the president s and any sitting president has the right to put someone in that position that can carry out his agenda. that became no longer tenable so the president made a change. hogan gidley in the drivedri, a reminder they have a briefing room there. great and detailed reporting out tonight takes advantage of a deeply leaky white house to point out the tensions between bolton and the president. washington post son tis on th board with this.
i informed john bolton last night his services were no longer needed at the white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration and therefore i asked john for his resignation which was given to me this morning. a short time later, of course, bolton insisted it was his decision to leave. in a text message to nbc news bolton wrote i offered to resign last night. he never asked for it directly or indirectly. i slept on it and resigned this morning. his national security advisor had similarly abrupt exits. mike flynn later pleaded guilty for lying to the fbi about his communications with russia. h.r. mcmaster was forced out in march of last year after disagreeing on several of the president s foreign policy issues. and echoed the explanation for bolton s being gone all of a sudden. john bolton s priorities just
are those house members that signed this letter back in march of last year in which they called tariffs, and i ve written it down here, taxes that make u.s. businesses less competitive and u.s. consumers poorer, and they also urge the president to reconsider the idea of broad tariffs to avoid unintended yegtive consequences negative consequences to the u.s. economy and its workers. powell at jackson hole questioned what he could to doodo offset the negative influences. economists said every american household would take on the cost. where are the republicans now, where are the free-market gop members? for a while now we ve seen the republican party really fall in line behind president trump. i don t think we re going to see a lot of criticism of anything he does in this trade fight from rank-and-file house members. they are incredibly loyal to the president right now, and but is that not i apologize, i m getting the wrap, and i want your response.
legally. it is going to be subject to challenge. all right. kelly, pete, thank you both so much. let me bring in my lead-off team here joining the conversation, former spokesperson for the house oversight committee, a registered member of both parties. also with me jason johnson msnbc political contributor and politics editor at the root.com. help me out. this wouldn t work. these things are already being printed. there will be major legal challenges. is this anything more than a political show for the president? well, i think the danger here is that with donald trump we re not just playing with empty words. he will try to force the issue and do unprecedented things. i think it is important people realize where the question originated and when it came about. in march of last year the census bureau released a report saying that by 2045 white people would be the minority in this country. a few weeks later is when wilbur ross announced they were going to add this question to the census
i would feel like a cool dad. it s just really chic. i love this thing. it s gorgeous. i would pull up in this in a heartbeat. i want one of these. that is sharp. the all-new chevy blazer. speaks for itself. i don t know who they got to design this but give them a cookie and a star. moments ago lawmakers released an eye-popping transcript of a small secret bipartisan meeting they had with rex tillerson, president trump s former secretary of state whom he fired in march of last year. last month tillerson quietly talked to these handful of bipartisan members of the house foreign affairs committee about a range of issues, from the struggles with the president s son-in-law jared kushner and his shadow involvement in middle