we are giving them a big, beautiful christmas present in the form of a tremendous tax cut. joining us now, david k. johnson, journalist who founded d.c. report.org and josh barro. david, joining us from australia. i want to go to you first. might be little delay in the communication here but so the president describes this as a christmas present. what is ivanka going to find opening the christmas present and what kind of christmas present has the president given himself? well, ivanka s going to get a big, nice package from tiffany s, so big she may have to get a truck to haul it. whereas her maid is going to get a little cracker jack ring. and donald is going to do very well without the estate tax and admitted in a signed statement he is not worth anywhere near $10 billion.
but the 25th amendment. the provision by which a majority of the cabinet can vote to remove the president. when bannon mentioned the 25th amendment, trump said, what s that? joining us now, gabe sherman for vanity fair. david frum. jason johnson at the root.com and msnbc contributor and david k. johnson who founded the d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and, gabe, i first i think this might have been the first program where the 25th amendment was discussed this year. and it seems when i look at it s hard to pinpoint exactly in your article when the president had that conversation with bannon but it feels to me like maybe he missed that night of watching this show when we explained it very early in his presidency. too busy clearly watching fox
personal income tax returns which they made public. donald trump is never going to voluntarily let us see his tax returns and so whenever he tries that line about this tax cut not being good for him, he will always have to follow it with that catchphrase of his, believe me. but he will never, ever give anyone a reason to believe him about taxes. joining us now, bruce bartlett, a former deputy assistant secretary at the treasury and also with us, david k. johnson, founded d.c. report.org. a nonprofit news aings to cover the trump administration. david is former tax reporter for the new york times. and, bruce, we want to start with you because you were there at the revolution, at the tax revolution that began in republican governance during the reagan administration where there came the notion that the
the officials said it didn t listen in realtime and could have conducted clandestine surveillance obtaining copies of the e-mails and other electronically stored communications or by having agents follow him or conduct physical searches of his property. joining us now, barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, professor of law at university of michigan. also a nbc news and msnbc legal contributor. david k. johnston with us, journalist who founded d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization to cover the trump administration and joy reid is back with us. and barbara mcquaid, i want your view as a prosecutor to some of
axios people will wish they were nicer to sean. he was in a lot of meetings. wall street journal reports that paul manafort was put under surveillance after leaving. the officials said it didn t listen in realtime and could have conducted clandestine surveillance obtaining copies of the e-mails and other electronically stored communications or by having agents follow him or conduct physical searches of his property. joining us now, barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, professor of law at university of michigan. also a nbc news and msnbc legal contributor. david k. johnston with us, journalist who founded d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization to cover the trump administration and joy reid is back with us. and barbara mcquaid, i want your view as a prosecutor to some of these developments, this special