forums, and this is not a view that s held by the mainstream and certainly some of his policies are downright cruel. stephen miller didn t want migrant children to be able to enroll in u.s. public schools. i mean, why? it s almost cruel. so the fact that trump is listening to him so hard, obviously he thinks that stephen miller had a hand in getting him elected and that miller is able to whisper to some of the people in the midwest or in the middle of the country that are a little bit afraid of immigration. i don t know. but i don t think it s a smart policy on his part. okay. got to have one more point here on greenland and i ll ask you this, jeff. larry kudlow was asked about this idea. the president wants to purchase greenland. here s what he said. this is an interesting story. it s developing. we re looking at it. we don t know. years ago harry truman wanted to buy greenland. denmark owns greenland. denmark is an ally. greenland is a strategic place
the american farm bureau warning china has bought $1.3 billion less in u.s. farm products. in a new poll out today found that the president s approval rating remains around 43%. 49 supports how he is handling the economy. 89% of those voters support background checks. 76% favor red flag laws. 62% support banning semi-automatic weapons. a revealing look at stephen miller. the post interviewed him. one official tells the post president trump has quote, superficial knowledge of how the immigration system works and the president relies heavily on miller to explain and interpret it for him. he continues to defend the separation of migrant families. quote while some in the
questions. the thing is is stephen miller didn t respond any pull some weight today and defer to the vice president and other white house officials and we talked about early next week, i think were looking at a monday or tuesday that we ll do more about it. i would not know how to read more into it other than what we heard. i would remind to. i think it s worse. but, they have on tape a conversation with the russian ambassador where he apparently talked about sanctions and made it clear that he wouldn t and shouldn t and apparently didn t, given that, the fact that he did not tell the truth which he is now acknowledge makes a his effectiveness as national security advisor much less. i think the president would be best served and the vice president seeking his resignation and appointing someone who is less tainted and
also, msnbc political analyst and president of the foundation for research and opinion editor add forbes. welcome to you all. general, i have to talk to you. my colleague, chuck todd, tried over and over to ask steve miller if lying to the vice president is a fireable offense. i m talking general michael flynn. stephen miller didn t seem to want to answer that. what do you make of that? the key question here is, does president trump know what mike flynn is up to? if they did, they have to move this along quietly. at the end of the day, you hope all the enormously important things going on in the world, north korea, dealings that russians and the chinese, you wish you had a dr. condi rice, rob portman, somebody of that caliber in the white house as chief of staff trying to make it run on time.
questions. the thing is is stephen miller didn t respond any pull some weight today and defer to the vice president and other white house officials and we talked about early next week, i think were looking at a monday or tuesday that we ll do more about it. i would not know how to read more into it other than what we heard. i would remind to. i think it s worse. but, they have on tape a conversation with the russian ambassador where he apparently talked about sanctions and made it clear that he wouldn t and shouldn t and apparently didn t, given that, the fact that he did not tell the truth which he is now acknowledge makes a his effectiveness as national security advisor much less. i think the president would be best served and the vice president seeking his resignation and appointing someone who is less tainted and has none of the ties to the