republicans are just tethering themselves to him more closely than ever. i think we saw after tax reform passed, they are all went to the white house to praise the president in very laudatory terms. so i think yes, you ll have a lot of republicans saying, hey, please don t come to my district, please don t campaign with me, but that s way different from an actual break with the president. a jeff flake style break. when you see that happens, those republicans aren t running for reelection. people like charlie dent, a moderate in pennsylvania. the most anti-trump republicans are getting out of town. matt nussbaum, yamiche alcindor, thank you so much. steve kornacki, you are sticking around with me, because coming up, with so many headlines to choose from, how will history judge this week of the trump presidency? the 11th hour back after this. mom,
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so it will still be a smaller part of their base. two, you ll have republicans saying now you re trying to turn over a democratically elected president, and we don t want to do that. i think what democrats really want to talk about is the economy and they also want to talk about whether or not donald trump is actually fit to be president and whether or not they want a check on his presidency which is a lot different than an impeachment. matt nussbaum, i m going to give you the last word here. we ve talked a lot over the last year about what may, if anything, prompt republican leaders in washington to turn on the president, to essentially say that to agree with democrats, perhaps, that he is unfit for office. so far we haven t seen it. but his approval ratings are incredibly low, and we are heading into this election. do you think the prospect of losing in 2018 could be the thing that breaks the camel s back? you know, it s possible. but i ve been surprised so far, even with these
stuck in this mindset where he wants to attack michael wolff. as the author said himself, all he s doing with michael we will have is helping him sell books. that book is selling out, and it s the number one bestseller. and he s helping him out even more. i think the time lapses from kramer books in washington, d.c., one of my favorite establishments, it s a 24 hour book store and bar. what could be better, does seem to contradict this tweet. matt nussbaum, quickly, with this steve bannon focus, what in your view does the white house think is his worst sins? is it criticizing his family, giving credence to the russia investigation, or something else? steve bannon, who loves to constantly attack the media, has been one of the loudest voices in the media, earlier, you know, as an anonymous source, and now on the record, attacking this administration, attacking people in it in very, very personal terms. i think for people who were so concerned about leaks, seeing
meanwhile, as the doj was called on to investigate steele, it was revealed the fbi is once again looking into the clinton foundation, a frequent trump target. the new york times points out after the election he, quote, struck a more magnanimous tone and had no interest in pushing for a prosecution. but that has changed, mr. trump has resumed his attack on his favorite target. with me now, matthew nussbaum from politico, and yamice alcindor. as i ve kind of been reading through all of this today, it does feel like we ve gone back to the end of the 2016 campaign. put this into context. why is the president bringing up this investigation now? and does it raise more