with the cycle, then that is not good for you. if you are a democrat, you shouldn t be opposed to this kind of infighting. good point. days after president trump accused the new york times of committing a, quote, virtual act of treason for reporting on the u.s. cyber attacks on russia, the publisher is pushing back. the op-ed titled, accusing the new york times of treason, trump crosses the line. the word treason is a loaded one, trump has gone from insult gs our business to demonizing our integrity. now the president has escalated his attacks even further accusing the times of a crime so
distract? he sent one tweet on iran. five on russia. he is upset and annoyed about that. it seems as though folks who say the president is trying to distract may be giving him a little more credit, considering what he is publicly talking about that. that said, you talked about these tweets he sent. it is just as plausible that he is shooting from the hip. doesn t mean he is planning to launch a strike. the analog, the fire and fury talk, that led to a summit with kim jong-un. niceties. they ended the provocations at the time. there is reporting they re continuing the nuclear program, but it didn t end in the bloody conflict his words seemed to indicate. john bolton, on the other hand, he has a hawk on iran for a long time. he s been openly calling for conflict with iran. in march 2015, he wrote an op-ed titled, to stop iran, bomb iran. the policy is interesting to watch for. we showed the tweets you were
tax. he obviously has to walk a very fine line here but how s he going to do it? it s just negotiating tactics while you have the president saying our trade war already occurred and we lost and you have steve mnuchin saying, well, it could be a trade war. the fact that larry kudlow is saying we re negotiating behind the scenes. there s no negotiating happening. the tariffs had not yet been put in place but playing chicken on the world stage is certainly not a responsible or wise way to negotiate. xi jinping is no shrinking violent. i will target kentucky bourbon and target specifically the products in state where republicans are running them. i want to play to the point larry kudlow who is invited on the show, by the way. please come on the show. stephanie and i talk to you together. here s larry kudlow on state of the union just this morning being asked two weeks ago on his position on trade. you wrote an op ed titled, mr. president, tariffs are
unprecedented written by members of the editorial staff. they will walk out the door. our marching orders are to cut a full 30% by the start of july. consider this editorial as a plea to alden to rethink its newspaper strategy. tell us what brought about that op ed. thanks for having me, joy. thanks for reading the denver pos post. yes. we ve been through a lot of cuts. we ve had a newsroom greater when i joined back in 2003 more than 300. when alden took the reins in 2010, 250. we ve shrunk down to less than 100. after monday we ll be getting into the 60 range.
you re disappointed by the story? the first i heard of it, and i think it is, it is an affirmation of the president s decision to ask general flynn to resign. reporter: but last move congressman elijah cummings sent this letter to then vice-presidential candidate mike pence raising conflict of interest concerns and pointing out that michael flynn wrote this op-ed titled, our ally turkey is in crisis and needs our support. please welcome to the stage michael flynn. reporter: general flynn on the campaign trail. he was hosting government officials from turkey including the foreign minister of foreign affairs, and minister of energy on september 16th. flynn s tenure at the white house was a short one. he resigned after he withheld information about discussions he had with russia s ambassador to the u.s., even then president trump continued to defend him. and general flynn is a