the important messages to the troops is that we as americans, all of us americans, no matter your political stripes, that we stand behind the troops. is this just a photo op? the criticism is, hey, donald trump didn t go there and then as soon as he goes there, they say it is just for a photo op. what does this mean? what is the message that president trump is saying to the men and women and their families who put their lives on the line for our united states military and for this country? jason, it has nothing to do with a photo opportunity. it was leaked so now ii can discuss it, in the second month of the administration, we had 18 future green beretsex visiting the eisenhower building next to the white house. up there, i took them to meet the president. the president took time out of his schedule to meet these young officers, each one was photographed next to the president at the resolute desk, not because those photographsen can be used in public, because these are our cutting ed
understanding has visited iraq since 9/11, taking your christmas celebration, andnd taking it to the troops, and the amazing moment that sarah huckabee sanders shared with us when one of our servicemen said to the president, i came back into the armed services because of you, mr. president, and his response was, what? e am here now in iraq because of you. that is the make america great again way and that is donald trump. jason:y marc, tell us about the perspective from the international community. we are the world s preeminent superpower. so what is the message that president trump is putting out there by being on the ground himself in iraq? i think it sends a strong message that the president has the backs of our soldiers and our airmen and our sailors, no matter where they are stationed in the world, and he showed that, he demonstrated that, and this is a president who has also stood withth them by rebuilding our military, and so much emphasis has been placed today on the launch
today, key house republicans suggested the president should make his case directly to the american people. this is about the perception of the american people, and the president has to continue to message the american people why he s fighting to secure the border and i know he likes to tweet but let s do a national address, an address to the american people from the oval office saying why this is so important, and if he does this, i think w he wins the heas and minds of the people and achuck will roll. with the ball in his court right now, house leaders say they will give their members 24 hours notice ahead of possible votes. jason? jason: mike, thank you very much. on monday, radio legend rush limbaugh urged president trump to hold firm on his border wall promises. take a look at this. the democrats have no incentive, really, to solve this until they take control of the house of representatives on i think january 3rd. but i want the president to hold firm on this.
it s amazing to me, in a $4 trillion budget, they can t find $5 billion? how much did the stimulus package that obama put together cost did not stimulate? what about cash for clunkers ? cars forti clunkers? all these wasteful programs? the money we spent in the department of education, over $50 billion, that could fund two walls alone. it s ridiculous how much the governmentte waste, and they can come up with $5 billion for a down payment on a border wall. when they say trump doesn t compromise, he has already compromised. $5 billion is not $25 billion.d. it s absurd! jason: he did start at $25 billion and has backed off of that. michelle, in the united states of america, any american can worship how they want to worship.p. they can pray to who they want to pray to. they can practice the religion of their choice. but i see these democrats, p people i have interacted with in the past, suddenly find religion to bash the trump administration.nl how does the average american,
asn the american people learn that asylum claims are up 1700% over the past eight years, when they learned that 12,000 kids have come here unaccompanied and they are being held in the carea of hhs because they are coming without their parents to try to get into this country, when they hear all the things that are happening, that there are 800,000 cases right now pending in our courts for these asylum claims, they go, this is a crisis.. this is ridiculous. the president is coming to the table with solutions, very reasonable, common sense solutions, and the democrats refuse to fix the problem. this is owned by the democrats and the american people, the more they learn about this, are going to recognize that the democrats are not doing right by our country, or by the people trying to come into this country. we need to fix ourur immigration problem. jason: now gianno, i have never seen a political party succeed by being anti-federal worker, by attacking the 20,000 plus border patrol agen