just about 30 minutes after urging iranians to fight against the regime, trump unleashed an attack against his alleged enemies in the united states that sounded like something from an authoritarian leader. hillary clinton s top aide huma abedin has been accused of disregarding protocols, put classified passwords into the hands of former agents, jail, deep state, justice department must finally act, also on comey and others. not surprisingly trump s tweet about huma abedin appears to be a reaction to a fox and friends report. when trump once again attacks his own justice department, it s not a joke. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders had to say about the white house s deep state obsession next.
i wonder if that rings similar in your vein to some of these authoritarian regimes? certainly does. we have to remember the people that are protesting in iran right now have real grievances, both economic and political. they are facing a very, very tough situation. and i think it is not the right thing to do for the president to actually try to turn those things into political football over here in which he s trying to score points against obama administration, et cetera. in fact, there s things that need to be done to actually make sure that the situation in iran doesn t get worse. but what he seems to be doing, because these tweets seem to be carefully written, unlike much of the other stuff that he does. seems to be aimed, not at helping the protesters, but rather fanning the flames so that the situation gets more inflamed and more destabilizing. i think for a lot of people when they hear that the situation getting more inflamed and destabilizing, they worry about war. sarah huc
situation getting more inflamed and destabilizing, they worry about war. sarah huckabee sanders, as well as state department spokesperson heather newart, was asked if the trump administration was call for regime change in iran, here s the response. we support them giving basic rights to the people of iran. and we support them stopping being a state sponsor of terror. and we want to see those actions take place. i think what the president is talking about is exactly what the iranian people are saying. that they want change. they want the government to start taking care of them. ned price, does that sound like a government calling for regime change? well, joy, i think the concern here that some have articulated about is what we re seeing is a 2002 playbook, the same playbook the george w. bush administration used in the run-up to the invasion of iraq the following year in 2003. there has been an effort by
watching, exclamation point. normally such statements from an american president would carry a certain moral force, but in this case the president making those statements is donald trump. just about 30 minutes after urging iranians to fight against the regime, trump unleashed an attack against his alleged enemies in the united states that sounded like something from an authoritarian leader. hillary clinton s top aide huma abedin has been accused of disregarding protocols, put classified passwords into the hands of former agents, jail, deep state, justice department must finally act, also on comey and others. not surprisingly trump s tweet about huma abedin appears to be a reaction to a fox and friends report. when trump once again attacks his own justice department, it s not a joke. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders had to say about the white house s deep state obsession next.
openly boast going how this will affect his taxes. here was sarah huckabee sanders today. we expect that it will likely, on the personal side, could cost the president a lot of money. congressman, number one. they can t prove that because they won t show the returns. and under likely will. number two, i ll put up on the screen and get a fact check. to the extent we know circumstantial things about his status. the view is that he could save up to 100 million over a decade on this bill. there s no question that the trumps of the world, including president trump and his family, will see enormous benefits from this tax cut. the llc, limited liability corporations, what they do for pass-through entities, we know it will bring the week down to 20% for most of the earnings. so the president and his family