be president. that s wicked. will ferrell s depiction of george w. bush, in my opinion, made him seem cooler, more relatable and a little silly, but warm-hearted. we have to get ready to debate al gore. polls say you re neck and neck. i m a uniter not a divider. i m a uniter, not a divider. snap out of it! everybody knew bush was sort of challenged when it came to the english language. strategery. his gore said something that wasn t helpful to gore. rather than squander on a risky tax cut for the wealthy, i would put it in what i call a lock box. that sortly superior repetition of lock box sort of said something to americans about gore that is responsible for the 500 votes in florida.
whoever is doing an impression of the president on saturday night live, that become s everybody impression of president. lobster boy, i feel your pain. man, at school, i m going to be president. that s wicked. will ferrell s depiction of george w. bush, in my opinion, made him seem cooler, more relatable and a little silly, but warm-hearted. we have to get ready to debate al gore. polls say you re neck and neck. i m a uniter not a divider. i m a uniter, not der.a divi snap out of it! everybody knew bush was sort of challenged when it came to the english language. strategery. his gore said something that wasn t helpful to gore. rather than squander on a
be politically gifted in some way. that s how he got to where he is. we have to give him that credit. and everything that he has done, i m less inclined to think that it s impulse and more that it s strategery. do you think that, olivia, on the sessions and on mcconnell, which both seem self harming in certain ways, whether that is a strategic decision or an impulse? i think it s a combination of both. i agree. donald trump, even though he obviously is, as you said, a little bit politically talented considering he s president, he still doesn t really understand how things work in washington. he doesn t understand how the justice department works, doesn t understand how congress works and why they can t push through what he wants to do and why he s not just succeeding because he s president. a lot of it has to do with just thinking, well, maybe what people need is they need to hear from me that i m not going to take this anymore. so i guess it s strategic in that sense. but i think,
from a security perspective, to solidify that relationship, we ought to have a mutually beneficial economic relationship as well. you ll recall that president obama froze in his afghanistan review at the beginning of his administration. president trump doesn t want to compare unfavorably with that. when is the decision coming from the strategery, to use a quote from your old boss, george w. bush. the president has already made important decisions on afghanistan. troop levels. we re in the going to talk tactics anymore. everything before was troop levels and very specific details, announcing to the enemy years in advance exactly the number of troops you re going to have, exactly what they re going to do and not going to do. so the president has said that is not the way to fight a war. it never has been. don t look for an announcement of what we re going to be doing there. yes. don t you need that to sell
you. those are president trump s words. i would love it if someone who truly understands the spirit of president trump, the commander in chief, what exactly did he mean? was that leading his country and representing us well? just asking. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker joins us now. barry is still with us, special assistant for george w. bush and barack obama, senior directly for direct policy on the national security staff. george w., remember when we gave a hard time to strategery. the interesting thing about the transcripts, they are not just interesti to read but donad trump had tweeted that the reports that he had a rough conversation with the prime minister of australia were fake news, thank you to prime minister of australia for telling the truth about our civil conversation that fake news media lied about very nice. this was on the 3rd of february,