double underline his comment about the president not having the stability he needs to be president. well, there s a sense in which mr. trump is a model of stability. that is, he s in this for mr. trump. and when he sees an opening to deal with other people, he will do so. he s not a stable republican, but to give mr. trump his due, he s never pretended to be. i think there s at least a 30% chance that if mr. trump runs again, he would run as an independent. that could be where the action is. there s the breaking news report tonight that steve bannon was on capitol hill today meeting with mark meadows, le leader of the conservative group of republicans in the house, talking about someone to replace paul ryan as speaker, and mark meadows has not foresworn this report. it says, several people close to bannon and meadows said on wednesday that the two men, who met on monday on capitol hill,
and when he sees an opening to deal with other people, he will do so. he s not a stable republican, but to give mr. trump his due, he s never pretended to be. i think there s at least a 30% chance that if mr. trump runs again, he would run as an independent. that could be where the action is. there s the breaking news report tonight that steve bannon was on capitol hill today meeting with mark meadows, leader of the conservative group of republicans in the house, talking about someone to replace paul ryan as speaker, and mark meadows has not foresworn this report. it says, several people close to bannon and meadows said on wednesday that the two men, who met on monday on capitol hill, have begun to discuss who could replace ryan as speaker should conservatives rebel against him. but they stressed that those discussions remain speculative and informal with no plan yet for action. george, i can remember a short