Event and they were keeping it separate. With some prodding from the press, they decided to allow a few reporters in and one camera. Two hours later, they changed their minds. So theres no press inside this event right now. We have no idea what the president is saying to donors, and we likely wont find out unless one of the donors tells us. How much is the trump Hotel Getting paid to host this . I know you were asking some questions about that. Reporter thats a great question. We have no idea who is paying for this event tonight that the president is attending. We reached out for comment, and our requests have not been answered. So it could be the rnc. It could be the reelection campaign, and it could be that the hotel donated the space. We dont know. Is it normal for a president to hold a fund raiser for rhis reelection five months after taking office . President s obama and bush didnt
unprecedented and remarkable in and of itself. Put it all together and once again donald trump is so
now there s on capitol hill. with health care having been paused or maybe even dead there s a prayer among republicans that the economy continues to be pretty steady. i think a tax cut and business growth more than anything they could continue on from the white house is what will protect them next year when they try to keep the house and senate. phillip, understanding you re not his explainer or interpreter, can you explain these tweets about his base? where is he getting the notion of it expanding? i don t know where he s getting the notion that the base is expanding because it s just not. one of the most striking statistics in the cnn poll is his base is softening. that the support is shrinking among republicans. that s a real problem inside the white house and they re aware of it. they re trying to work on it. trump, what he sees are these ral yis.
to know the details of this very important health care bill and instead he s putting his energy into spending time with people that love him, his donors and spending time doing these ral yis. t rallies. the rallies are also unusual to be doing in his first term. there have been criticisms of past administrations about campaigns never ending. this is taking it to another level. it is, but it shouldn t surprise any of us. he campaigned last year in ways we never seen before and lots of people thought he s breaking every rule we know about presidential politics and it works for him. so it doesn t surprise me to see him breaking these rules. on inauguration day is when he filed his re-election committee with the s.e.c. he s been doing online small dollar fund-raising, and he s done a bunch of campaign rallies, that his campaign has