there s the side of trump very affable and enjoyable to be around and then the side that s angry and unpredictable. i saw both sides consistently when i was there. but it did start to unravel in the final days. i think close aids started to walk away or disconnect and not show up regularly. that s when the rudy giuliani s got to him. and from the testimony mark meadows is scrolling on his phone, rather than give sound counsel. ornato got to trump and said there are weapons at this rally. this is dangerous. told him directly. i get a sense you only got to trump when you really had to get to trump. i m sorry a. that was the smoking gun to me. he knew there were weapons and a lot of the people with the
client who s going to completely ignore good, sound counsel. no one wants that. that s a dangerous client. so the big question we re asking today, is trump s old strategy his only strategy, because he can t find qualified people who want to work for him? maybe. we ll hear directly from the white house in just moments, when white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, starts taking questions. we ll bring it to you live, as usual. but first, let s get started with our team of reporters. jake sherman is a senior writer for politico. chris maguerin covers the investigation into russia for the los angeles times and eli stokols is an msnbc political analyst. eli, i want to start with you. does anyone ever truly leave the trump orbit? and why not, if they don t? yeah, the hotel california analogy is an apt one. it s been used several times to describe the trump operation. he tires of people quickly, and as soon as they re gone, he wants their feet back and he starts to warm to t
question that s provided data that s necessary for the department of justice to protect voters and specifically, to help us better comply with the voting rights act, which is something that is important and a part of this process. and again, this is something that has been part of census for decades and something that the department of commerce felt strongly needed to be included again. has the there been any talk of trying to do some other type of campaign or outreach to ensure that immigrants participate in states like california, for instance, that have large immigrant populations are counted appropriately? i m not aware of those specifics, but i would refer you to the department of commerce. phil? yeah, sarah, the president in the last few weeks has reached out to a number of high-profile lawyers to take him on as a client in the russia probe. dan webb took a pass, recently. ted olson took a pass recently. others have as well. i m wondering why the president is having so much
be adequate representation when there is a criminal probe into his associates. and that s a very precarious place. the president seems to want to rush into an interview with the special counsel out of this belief that the investigation is a witch hunt and if he gets face to face with them, he can convince them of that. that s a dangerous situation, as any lawyer can tell you. jake, there is every day a new headline about upheaval or a new headline that is controversial, potential the idea of bringing back somebody who is accused of domestic violence into the fold. not being able to retain lawyers or hire new lawyers or stormy daniels or firing the former deputy director of the fbi. the list goes on and on and on. the president is very clearly comfortable in chaos. it s the way he s operated for many years now, before the campaign, through the campaign, in the presidency. al year and a couple months in, though, how is this affecting
senator john mccain has been a bit of a thorn in the side of this administration, now out with criticism. telling foley le senators, quote, we have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other. that is never been truer than today, when congress must govern with a president who has been poorly informed and may be impulsive. we must, where we can, cooperate with him. we are not his snowboard that s. we don t answer to him. we answer to the american people. pe must serve as a check on his power. let me ask you what mccain is say income light of the reporting we are getting halle was talking about, about the relationship between trump and his new chief of staff. because one of the things kelly was supposed to do is create an environment where donald trump wasn t going to be quite as impulsive, where he was going to be surrounded with a sound counsel before he went and made decisions, mccain seems to be saying in that letter i can not