is entirely different, and that s maybe what the next layer of this is how we talk about it because there does seem to be a level of political immunity that is grant today the president of the united states. and it s not just this time. and ana, it s been described as a numbness. is that what you think is going on? i do. and look, i think the barrage of indecency coming out of that oval office and that white house is such that he has exhausted the ability of americans to be autraged. and i think he is counting on that. it is a very dangerous place for america to go. we cannot get numb and used to the fact. we cannot just shrug our shoulders and say that s trump being trump and we ve heard this before, we cannot get normal. we cannot make normal what is not normal. the lies, the bullying, the attacks on the press, the sexual
president trump more popular than some of the republicans in their own states and districts. he s very popular and playing to this very narrow sliver of the republican base that s needed to win primaries. what we ll continue to see and be intensifying over the next several months, he ll double down on rhetoric like this. the other aspect is this is a pattern with the president of he ll say something outrageous and people will have a dramatic response. he ll keep doing it and eventually people get used to it. when you talk to trump supporter at the rallies, they say we don t love the tweets, what he says about mccain but that s trump being trump. as he starts to gear up the 2020 campaign and as the republicans try to go get re-elected we ll see the attitude of just this is where we are and this is where the party is. the best political move for
leader mitch mcconnell praising mccain but not blasting the president. the few who actually did criticize trump, johnny isaacson, the republican from georgia who called the president s comments about mccain deplorable, he couched it with praise of the president by saying trump may own all the real estate in new york and may be building the greatest immigration system in the world, but he should stop talking about mccain. this just shows this is trump s party and again it highlights how scared republicans are to go against him, particularly on an issue like this where they don t think they can gain anything with the voters. what do you think it tells us about what we ll see over the next year and a half leading up to the 2020 election. if he s not held accountable for these words, it seems anything goes. that s right. not only as rachel said is
doesn t look like there is any other compelling reason for trump to have done this tweet now. i know lindsey graham visited the area and tweeted something similar that we should do this. but the timing here, there are a lot of questions. before you go, secretary of state mike pompeo, we just saw him there visiting the western wall in israel. he gave an interview this morning to the christian broadcast network. he was asked an interesting question. he was asked if he believes that president trump was sent by god to protect the jewish people. the beginning of pompeo s response was, i think that s possible. what does this mean for the prospects of a middle east peace deal? what does it mean in terms of the palestinian authority being willing to come to the table for that? let s be clear. even before trump s recognition of the golan heights that deal didn t have a great chance of success because of the political situation with the israelis and
campaign of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he had been having a rough week to this point. he had been sliding in the polls. he was facing tough headlines about the criminal investigations against him and many in his inner circle. this reverses that entire trend. it immediately gives benjamin netanyahu a boost, especially because this came as secretary of state mike pompeo was here. on that point, pompeo visited the western wall in the city of jerusalem with benjamin netanyahu. that s unheard of. trump visited on his own. mike pence visited on his own. no more. pompeo visited with benjamin netanyahu making it appear for all intents and purposes as if the trump administration is campaigning for benjamin netanyahu. now he needs to the american israeli lobby at the apac conference. this lends credence to the argument that trump is openly campaigning for benjamin netanyahu with the election a few weeks away on april 9.