what does there say about the credibility that perhaps the president is giving to some people who are disseminating information that doesn t really check out? the president has never been one to really be aligned closely to the facts. he doesn t have a very close relationship with that. so you know, he tends to go with what he thinks serves his interests best. and in this case, you know, he s looking for some way to get out of this box he put himself in with this, you know, charge that has no credibility, no base to it. so he s now seeing, well, maybe this fox story could help me out. we ll have we ll have sean spicer float that one. and maybe that will give me some wiggle room. i think he s looking for wiggle room at this point. he doesn t have to come out and apologize, which he ll never do anyway. there may be calls for him to apologize for being wrong and calling obama a sick guy. i think now he wants wiggle room. and maybe any of these little strands he s going to grab for.
the house and senate intelligence committees saying that did not happen. there is no evidence of that. now the white house has broadened that out to say we mean other types of surveillance. you heard the president say that last night on fox news and you heard sean spicer float that out there a couple of days ago when they were trying to walk all of this back. but at the end of the day, this is something the president should never have tweeted, and he should just pull it back. unfortunately, don, as you know and i know because we ve covered this president for a long time during the campaign, it s just not in his nature to admit that he s made a mistake and apologize. so the question is, is how long can we see this go on? now, tomorrow is going to be a very crucial test. there s going to be a news conference over at the white house. joint press conference between the president and angela merkel, the german chancellor who is going to be visiting the white house. donald trump is going to h