theory about the middle east and our role there, and the other just sort of putting them in a very awkward position to defend this sort of appearance of self-dealing with the resort and the g7. it seemed like very bad timing and that indicates he doesn t have somebody around him right now who s giving him the kind of political advice that he s willing to listen to in terms of how to approach this prevent. we know that the key to his survival is going to be keeping the party on his own side. kim, the doral decision seems to pull together all of these strands of a president who, as peter said, doesn t have any advisors, there are no guardrails. the impulsivity of it, how bad it is just from a legal perspective in the middle of impeachment, it could have led to another article of impeachment if the house wanted to go there. it was a violation, it seemed by all measure, of the constitution of the emoluments clause very clearly. that is why republican sources i
they should actually be doing and how much the threat is. there s also a lot of debate about who would run the war room and the president himself, as peter said, has 65 million twitter followers. he has the largest megaphone. he is the most active. right now, he is the one people pay taepgs to. i think they don t have there s talk that the white house counsel would be taking charge of the impeachment inquiry. they probably did not have enough lawyers in there for people. but it s kind of extraordinary. we keep asking, what is the strategy, what is the strategy? we get back that there isn t a lot of focus just yet. what you see is what you get today, which is a very angry president, lashing out a number of times every day and then, of course, starting the tweets early in the morning and going till late at night. they re getting more and more incendiary, the tweets. we see tweets about the civil war, treason and all sorts of profanity. carol loennig, talk to us about your reporting a
peter said, has 65 million twitter followers. he has the largest megaphone. he is the most active. right now, he is the one people pay taepgs to. i think they don t have there s talk that the white house counsel would be taking charge of the impeachment inquiry. they probably did not have enough lawyers in there for people. but it s kind of extraordinary. we keep asking, what is the strategy, what is the strategy? we get back that there isn t a lot of focus just yet. what you see is what you get today, which is a very angry president, lashing out a number of times every day and then, of course, starting the tweets early in the morning and going till late at night. they re getting more and more incendiary, the tweets. we see tweets about the civil war, treason and all sorts of profanity. carol loennig, talk to us about your reporting around the records of ukraine thus far.
fighting back other than himself. he s a one-man war room at this point. there is no operation around him. there is no strategy around him other than to support one president and his twitter feed. that right now is his defense. his defense is offense. it s all about the other people. it s about the whistle-blower. it s about adam schiff. it s about the democrats. it s about the media. it s about everything except for himself. elizabeth, indeed to peter s point, people who came up the traditional way in politics or covering politics look at this president, this west wing, and ask how can there not be an overarching strategy here? how can there not be a rapid reaction shop? well, the problem is for them is that they are divided about how much they should actually be doing and how serious the threat is. there s also a lot of debate about who would run the war room, and the president himself, as peter said, has 65 million
and that is just, just, just not community and has followed through on his promises to how you treat good allies. as peter said, danes fought and mitigate some of the cultural wars we experienced in the 2000s. let s talk about that. died alongside americans in war you lay out some reasons, your after war after war. this diplomatic relationship goes back hundreds of years. group does, of why you endorsed and president trump has spread and i had the great to stop the spread of hiv/aids. responsibility to ask the danish deposit to send troops into those are the specific measures. harm s way. and frankly this is just not how others are more general, tax you treat good allies. cuts, helping families, et so given the relationship cetera. by endorsing president trump that you re talking about and you re endorsing a number of given what we have heard other policies. again, just the last 45 minutes the labor department last week proposing a rule that would make or so from the danish prime