think that s an interesting connection but i think the breyer connection is even more interesting and the reason, sandra, is remember when they were, the trump administration was reportedly trying to pressure justice kennedy to step aside so he would get an appointment, and who knows what those discussions were, but the next two appointments were kennedy clerks. neil gorsuch and bret kavanaugh, and foolish to think those kind of like gee, i wonder who would replace me conversations don t go on, and i think the up side for judge jackson, she s already recently been confirmed by the senate, so you know, it would be very difficult to make a case that she s too radical to take the next step up because they just basically put her on a very important court. i want to put that list back up on the screen if i can, andy, the send spot, that is leondra
it is potentially a big political problem if you ve got adverse economic consequences, on the other hand, if you have a president who is showing leadership in a crisis, who is standing up with its western allies to vladimir putin, that s also an opportunity for the president to show that he s leading on the world stage. it cuts both ways. obviously we ve seen when we have military conflict overseas, presidents sometimes get a boost from that because they re seen as vindicating the interests of the united states. it s more complicated in this situation because the president has said up front we re not sending troops there so this is not a an american there s no prospect of an american war with russia in this situation but everyone in the world can see the stage for freedom and the whole architecture of the post world war ii europe here. so the president d there s an up side. if they re actually successful
achievements as president and what to believe and not believe. just remember what you re reading and seeing is not what s happening. he called the output of the fake news media, quote, crap, unquote. he decided to throw a long ball, going against what we know to be the truth from our intelligence agencies and putin himself. he turned it all up side down and wrote this. i m concerned that russia will be fighting very hard the to have an impact on the election. based on the fact that no president has been tougher on russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the democrats. they definitely don t want trump. putin s stam in helsinki, to the contrary. jackie, where does this put us on a tuesday night running head-on into wednesday morning?
well, his explanation, it was it was, he s going the right direction. he s explaining himself. reporter: do you believe that president trump believes it was russia? i don t know what he believes. i don t know what he believes. reporter: but you believe it was russia? i mean, you know, i believe it was russia as sure as i believe the sun comes up in the east. reporter: but it s tariffs, not russia, that could be the x factor in this already tight race. farmers are going to take a kick in the as with their soybeans. reporter: the state s agriculture, heavy economy makes it ground zero for trump s trade war and soybean farmers here are already seeing prices trending down. but not all are ready to cut and run from trump just yet. we have been taking it in the shorts for so long on our tariffs that it s time for somebody to stand up and say enough is enough. reporter: cramer can see the up side, too, even if he isn t a fan of the method. i don t like tariffs as a neg
press conference with vladimir putin. i was reporter: and those comments that he made. was the walk back enough for you? well, his explanation, it was it was, he s going the right direction. he s explaining himself. reporter: do you believe that president trump believes it was russia? i don t know what he believes. i don t know what he believes. reporter: but you believe it was russia? i mean, you know, i believe it was russia as sure as i believe the sun comes up in the east. reporter: but it s tariffs, not russia, that could be the x factor in this already tight race. farmers are going to take a kick in the as with their soybeans. reporter: the state s agriculture, heavy economy makes it ground zero for trump s trade war and soybean farmers here are already seeing prices trending down. but not all are ready to cut and run from trump just yet. we have been taking it in the shorts for so long on our tariffs that it s time for somebody to stand up and say enough