steve, i mean, you were russia operations division, does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one on one conversation jeopardize national security? yeah, anderson, i mean, you ve got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us. it s difficult to say which is the most horrible thing. that is certainly a terrible, terrible thing when you ve got the president of the united states of america reaching out to a foreign leader and asking for that help, regardless of whether there s a quid pro quo. i mean, you look at the other stuff that s going on here, you ve got basically the decimation of anybody in this administration who understands russia and who understands ukraine getting rid of all those people, ambassador yovanovitch, even john bolton, who replaces them, as you said rudy giuliani. then you ve got the president consulting with vladimir putin and guys like two bit dictators, autocrats like viktor orban. you ve got the stat
president met with devin nunes, the top republican on the house intel committee. we are very familiar with him. this was about discussing a replacement for dan coats, who s the director of national intelligence. coats has been there since the early days of the administration. he s been seen as somewhat of a straight shooter. is this signaling an end for him? i think it is. the president has been grumbling about dan coats since back at the aspen security forum a year ago when coats had that visible reaction to the president saying that he would welcome a visit from vladimir putin to the white house. but coats is also somebody who s never really gelled with the president. he s a former senator. he s somebody who embodies kind of old-time washington, something the president vowed to shake up. so i think the president consulting with more and more people, including devin nunes, about who should replace coats does indicate that he s probably likely to tap somebody for that post in the com
believe this person will do a great job. but i m very close to making a decision. have not made it official yet, obviously. have not made it final. but very close to making a decision. let s say it s the four people. they re excellent, everyone. you can t go wrong but i m getting very close to making a final decision. reporter: the president indicated he plans to share the decision with the country tomorrow night tweeting looking forward to announcing my final decision on the united states supreme court justice at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow night at the white house. an exceptional person will be chosen. the president spent the weekend with advisers discussing the pros and cons of the final candidates, brett kavanaugh, brian kethledge, amy coney barrett and tom hardman. the president consulting with a wide range of folks
do you think, steven, what do you think is this a negotiating tactic without the intention of follow you know all the way through as the president is the president consulting with his team or is he wing going here? what s going on. i disagree with rick. you weren t listening to donald trump during the campaign. this was one of the major economic points with we were getting tough with china. he mentioned china in every speech. they are stealing, cheating on trade keels, consorting with enemies in north korea in every way china in my opinion donald trump shares this opinion has become an enemy of the united states. they re not an ally. a lot of americans are wondering rick and don why has it taken us 15 or 20 years to react in this
the president consulting with his team or is he wing going here? what s going on. this wasn t kbusive. . i disagree with what rick. you weren t listening to donald trump during the campaign. this was one of the major economic points with we were getting tough with china. he mentioned china in every speech. they are stealing, cheating on trade keels, consorting with enemies in north korea in every way china in my opinion donald trump shares this opinion has become an enemy of the united states. they re not an ally. a lot of americans are wondering rick and don why has it taken us 15 or 20 years to react in this which when china has been stealing about $300 billion of intellectual property every year? i talk to ceos every day who say it s almost impossible for american companies to penetrate the chinese markets. so it s not a level playing