Stories of democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. President then turned his attention as i mentioned to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This is important when you consider that this is the individual recused from an ongoing probe of potential obstruction among things and donald trump saying its too bad that sessions recused and then asked an intelligent question. The reporter asked donald trump to compare Jeff Sessions to the previous administrations Attorney General eric holder under obama and donald trump said this. I dont want to get into loyalty but i will tell you that i will say this. Holder protected president obama. Totally protected him. When you look at the things that they did, and Hold Proer Tekted the president. And i have Great Respect for that. Ill be honest. I have a little more on that in a moment. Trump also asked here in this very newsy interview whether he would order the justice
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desperately needed wall at the southern border and an end to the horrible migration and ridiculous lottery system of immigration. and the president cooperating with a 35% approval rating. even amid the low ratings, trump is also gearing up for his re-election campaign. telling the new york times. he s sure to win another term because of his accomplishments in office. but because another reason i m going to win another four year is because newspapers, and all forms of media will tank if i m not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes. president trump is insisting that his numbers are on 5 with where president obama s were at the end of his first year in office. but if you look at any record pol, you see trump trails behind any predecessor president including president obama.
golf swing. though twitter erupted with criticism over the lack of pushback, the interview succeeded in revealing much of trump s psyche. his needs to insist 16 times there s been no collusion and his claim that he will win in 2020 because, quote, newspapers, televisions, all forms of media will tank if i m not there because without me their ratings are going down the tubes. thank you all very much for being here. no collusion. i saw in two separate answers he said no collusion six times in each of those answers. let s go round robin and just get your quick reactions to the new york times interview overall. what s remarkable is that according to the washington post fact check, he lied 20
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mind. and his sickness. so you know, none of it makes any sense. i will say a lot of americans wanted tax reform. it happened. this isn t an overly popular bill. i will say that. but he did get tax. brian, in this interview with the new york times, he said something stunning. and let me read it to you. here s his words. another reason i m going to win in another four years is because newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if i m not there because without me, their ratings are going to go down the tube so basically, they have to let me win. it went on from there. he is saying that he thinks the media is going to throw the election to him. putting aside the fact that the media can t do that, doesn t do that. what do you make of that statement? yeah, i m in sacramento, california, where we had a celebrity governor, schwarzenegger. he learned something and i learned something from him early on. that the media loves these types of headlines with their celebrity politicia