have to see them as generational peers. the president s already isolated. doesn t have a lot of people he trusts around him. and he sees giuliani, former new york mayor, as someone who played at his level in the big apple for a long time. they knew each other socially. weren t particularly close. but now that he s part of the team it s really not so much a team. jay sekulow and others are part of it, but it s really the president communicating with his generational peer, an isolated president trying to manage his legal case with robert mueller, with the media. and giuliani s the only person who s speaking with the president about those sensitive issues in that way. well, chuck, that seems to point the blame right at the guy in the office with no corners because this does not from the pr standpoint this is not helping. no more people think donald trump is innocent than before rudy snul ni wgiuliani was adde team. and i wonder from your perspective if he isn t creating more questions
reporting the president s staff has prepared for him the documents to revoke more security clearances. they are waiting for, as they write, the optimum time to release those to distract from news stories that are not flattering. to me, that undermines the reason or the argument for revoking the security clearance. if you think these people are not worthy of having this information, if you wait a week, wait a month, don t you then become complicit in endangering the united states? i don t think it endangers the united states to take away clearance from john brennan. the question is, if they say having the security clearance, that they don t deserve it, that they are not deserving of the privilege to hold it until it makes sense for them and from a pr standpoint, that undermines
and he has two young children. monsanto has vowed to appeal this. i wanted to ask you about two things that stand out regarding that. first of all, if they appeal, from a pr standpoint and this man alone, the optics are pretty heartless. at the same time, because there are thousands of lawsuits out there or allegations against them, the president is frightening for the company if they let it go as is. is it too late for the company to settle? you know, it s never too late to settle and, oftentimes, what you see is after a verdict, there will be a settlement because of all the litigation that happens post-trial, right? the fact is that you can appeal, as they are, and in the event that you appeal and the verdict is overturned and you start again and incentives even with this victory for there to be some type of settlement. on the one hand you could see that the company would be dug in. this is ruinless liability. weigh mean is the overwhelming
and he has his own jewgiuliani lanny davis. they can come out from a pr standpoint and really throw some punches. i agree with gloria that it s unclear at this point what information michael cohen may have, but look, it s no secret that when you hire guy patrillo, that he s looking to potentially cut a deal. he s looking for guy patrillo to pick up the phone, say, what can we do? here s what we have, is there anything we can work out? and after that, he would engage in what s known as proffer sessions with potentially the southern district, potentially robert mueller s office. who knows? s there could be a lot of information that could be helpful here. rudy giuliani did a series of sunday show interviews this weekend and he madestepnopoulosy morning, talking about what the president knew in conversations that were had about michael flynn.
hhs and dhs to unify these children despite the court order. it s tragic. to your point, this is far more than a pr nightmare. don t think i was making light of this. it s horrifying. these are thousands of children and thousands of parents who don t know where potentially who don t know where their children are. there s no getting around that. there s nothing partisan about the outrage as we all look at that. kevin, one would think that that would be enough of a motivator, even if you are simply looking at it from a pr standpoint, even if it s that callous, to get things together. you talked about there s chaos. shouldn t this be the thing that can cut through that chaos? it s nothing but a win for the president if he can fix this. even though he created it. if we return to two weeks ago, that was what motivated the white house to provide more clarity to the folks that are dealing with this at the border. i think that s where the pressure will come. i know we don t want to think