former president trump back on the campaign trail in new hampshire and once again he is praising dictators around the world. listen to how he characterized chinese later on xi jinping earlier today. president xi is like central casting. there is nobody in hollywood that can play the role of president xi. the look, the strength, the voice. it s good to have a good relationship with putin and xi. they have lots of good reopens. and kim jong-un. the former president showing some confusion over who is the current president. the head of hungary, a very tough, strong guy. victor orban. they were interviewing him two weeks ago and they said what would you advise president obama? the whole world seems to be exploding? trump tipped his attacks on special counsel jack smith, talking about smith s wife and family. the former president repeated his accusations that smith is deranged and a trump-hating prosecutor, tipping his wife and family despise me much more than he does. turn
Hes made comments about the assassination of journalists and hes joked, his Administration Says it was a joke about murdering somebody whether he he was younger. This is somebody who is not a traditional leader ally like you might see in other parts of the region. Yet, the president and white house have talked about this friendly relationship between the two. I think you saw that here in manila. The two toasting. At one point duterte singing a love song in honor of the president , getting up on stage and delivering this duet with lyrics like you are the light of my life, the half of my heart. So clearly the two of them working on this relationship. The president seeming to hope the Good Chemistry leads to good policy. Again, questions on why no mention of Human Rights Abuses here. That is similar to what we saw from President Trump in china, for example, and on past overseas trips. Im thinking of the one, for example, over to saudi earlier in the year. Back in may. The White House Admi
the robert mueller thing is unique circumstances. are peopling making too much out of that specific race? i think so. there s a civil war taking place between the steve bannon wing of the party and the mitch mcconnell wing of the party, if you will. mitch mcconnell won that civil war. that s going to help republican prospects. that s going to help unite the party going into the 2018 mid-terms. on the other hand, don t just like at alabama. there s other races that have taken place from georgia, virginia, montana where democratic turnout has been energized and the results for republicans have been very concerning. all right. thanks, josh for joining us. thanks for having me. meanwhile, thousands gathering in st. peter square to hear pope francis deliver his annual christmas message and blessing. christians around the world celebrate the birth of jesus. the pope taking a more somber tone warning the winds of war have blowing around the world . he cited conflicts in the
there were folks around the country who didn t know and are buying into a lot of the lies that this person told. he was elected president of the united states. during the election we were told to not take him seriously, but then we were told that we should consider him a serious candidate, seriously but not literally. he does get away with things that other people don t get away with. before i go too far with that, i have to remind myself, and we have to understand his ratings in the polls are very low. the party may be turning away from him and the steve bannon wing. we may see in 2018 that this catches up with him at last. when we re talking about how
i think donald trump occupies this interesting space where he triangulates between the steve bannon wing and the mitch mcconnell wing. he goes back and forth and he plays with them both. he supported luther strange and then he supported roy moore to keep that seat. i don t think donald trump is going to get any blame from the conservative voters about this. i think they have taken donald trump out of this equation. it was very much a roy moore centric vote. not that we shouldn t learn from it, but he was a uniquely flawed candidate. he managed to lose a uniquely republican state. i don t think donald trump is going to get any blame, at least not from republicans, and if democrats try and cast on him, i don t know if it will resonate. i beg to differ. the reason why, if you look at other republicans, i think the