presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste
Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. And of course to those of you on cnn max. Gentyes, joining us today fr the u. S. One of the greatest names in broadcasting. That is true. Just ahead on cnn newsroom donald, i know youre watching. You cant help yourself. I know youre watching. No one calls you donald trump anymore, well call you donald duck. Every time i hear you, i feel dumber. We cant trust you. I have been discriminated against, but america is not a racist country. We will end this war. We wont have a blank check, we wont have u. S. Troops. I saved American Auto manufacturing, you know that, in my first term. And ill save it again. We did great. He serves a Billionaire Class and that is what is wrong with this country. This week of all weeks, it will hit home that they are not here, they will miss being here more than were missing them. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is
Now new tariffs that might ultimately ignite a trade war. The president has ignored the advice of most of business leaders. If you are thinking this president hasnt really thought this through very well . Thats how it happened. Jesse but the tariffs were just a Bargaining Chip and they worked. President trump this week we secured a wonderful deal with south korea. We had a deal that was a horror show. It was going to produce 200,000 jobs and id did for them. She was right, but it was for them, not for us. Jesse south korea doubled the amount of american cars they will allow to be sold in their
country. This in exchange for trump temporarily dropping the threat of steel tariffs. The Washington Post reported it marks the First Successful renegotiation of a trade deal for the Trump Administration. That line was buried at the bottom of the story, not even worthy of a headline. Little rocket man traveled to beijing for constructive talks with his puppet master. America and north korea are n
The president of the United States has just fired his National Security adviser john bolton on twitter. This is by my count the third time a top National Security official has been fired on twitter on social media. The first time of course was Rex Tillerson. The second time was dan coats, the National Intelligence director. The tweet i am now seeing says i have asked john for his resignation. I thanked i dont know for his service. I will be selecting a new National Security adviser next week. I disagreed strongly with his decisions and ever there continued to say i asked john for his resignation today. Msnbc political analyst, were going to speak shortly with peter baker who is on the Phone Reporting at the New York Times as we speak. Jim joins me now, manager of President Obamas campaign. This is pretty extraordinary. Were in a middle of a controversy over the camp david proposed meeting. John bolton objected to it very strongly, and we understand according to our reporting that priva