President itself wants to do the interview and its only his lawyers holding him back. So what is really going on here . Does the president want to talk or not . Politico suggests the answer is yes. Despite the risks. Thats because of, quote, trumps belief in his selfcreated myth, that he can convince anyone of anything if hes simply given the opportunity to get them in a room alone. Apparently that includes Special Counsel bob mueller himself. I want to bring in nbcs Peter Alexander whos live in berkeley heights, new jersey. Peter, if the president really wants to do it, he could just say yes. I mean, his legal take is working for him. So whats going on here . Yes, chris, you make a very good point. There would be one easy way for Rudy Giuliani and, frankly, President Trump, to wrap this thing up sooner. Giuliani saying he wants it to end within the next three weeks, by september 1st. He doesnt want it to interfere with the november elections. They would sit down with robert
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mueller. the president certainly could do that if he so chose. but instead what we ve sort of witnessed is what appears to be a very sort of public stalling game, a public mudslinging effort by rudy giuliani. and the president s legal team. broadly, they are able to monopolize the air waves right now because robert mueller, the special counselor, his team, they are not speaking publicly. instead we ve heard from giuliani as a variety of occasions as you noted over the last several months doing what s sort of a delicate dance. publicly negotiating, more often commentating. describing in multiple occasions this investigation is illegitimate. saying there s a lot of bad information about robert mueller here that hasn t gotten out yet without giving any specific details about it, effectively saying it s going to blow up in robert mueller s face. a lot of this appears to be an effort to really rile up some of the president s base of supporters here. in effect, inoculate him against whatever