i don t see this ending anytime soon and i don t see the president backing down and i don t see these four women backing down. charles: beverly, we came into the weekend. wages soaring through the roof. america, you can also argue. some saying the president didn t have to go down this road. words do have consequences in one of the things that the president did is he buried a new cycle with those different topics you just mentioned and also the fighting between democrats and have been escalating over the weekend. beyond that, one of the things the g.o.p. members are going have to face and are already facing is that they are not going to be able to be silent on the president s comments. they are going to have to respond to it which of course puts them in a difficult position. all around it seems to be kind of a firestorm not just for the president but for the g.o.p. charles: you know, kristin, some are saying president trump, by doing this and of course nancy pelosi having to come
with a looks at axios a.m. editor and chief for axios nicholas johnson. good morning to you. good morning. talk to us us about 1 big thing today. trump s threat roller coaster. pt president is bluffing until he s not. the president backing down on mexico tariffs over the weekend saying that the president is once again just all talk and no action, backing down on some of his big threats to impose tariffs on mexican goods. the president sometimes does actually go forward with some of these beg threats and sometimes doubling down or returns to issues we thought faded off the table. up see all across the board how he acts. on immigration he did go forward to roll back a pro technical for dreamers and and a kon other iss
so, franco, with that as our baseline, what does donald trump do to josh s point when he s asked about this as early as tomorrow when he has a proclamation signing in honor of the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr., and what happens now to an immigration deal? you know, i think josh is right. i don t see the president backing down. i see him, you know, kind of trying to explain around it. how will it impact the immigration deal? i think it can provide some challenges. i also don t think he s going to back down in any ways and he s going to keep pushing forward on this issue and pushing these as hard as it is. i think he s trying to set a strong, a strong border enforcement type measure. and i think what you re seeing is a pattern that he s showing. he hasn t apologized once. you played those clips. you mentioned the comments in
to an immigration deal? you know, i think josh is right. i don t see the president backing down. i see him, you know, kind of trying to explain around it. how will it impact the immigration deal? i think it can provide some challenges. i also don t think he s going to back down in any ways and he s going to keep pushing forward on this issue and pushing these as hard as it is. i think he s trying to set a strong, a strong border enforcement type measure. and i think what you re seeing is a pattern that he s showing. he hasn t apologized once. you played those clips. you mentioned the comments in the summer about haiti. you also have the australian comments that he made to the australian prime minister about the refugees, saying that he doesn t want any of these refugees, that i know they re bad people. i d hate to take them.
between the white nationalists and the counter protesters. and that is one of the reasons the white house came out with a statement yesterday that was very clear. it goes like this: the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred. of course, that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo nazi and all extremist groups. pete: that s right. yesterday he did say, to be clear, he condemned in the strongest possible terms bigotry and hatred, talked about coming together and putting america first as opposed to racial identity first. talking to all sides, which everyone needs to hear, the specificity today, of course, comes after we learned that this james alex fields was obsessed with hitler and the nazis, something everyone would and should condemn. abby: yeah. and something that should be called out for what it is. there is no room in this country and political dialogue for hate and violence. we heard the president backing