lindsey graham, with john mccain, and many other members of the senate, both democrats and republicans. he s going to face a lot of political backlash if he does that. and susan, we were just on the phone with amy klobucar earlier who was traveling in ukraine with lindsey graham and john mccain and john mccain is going to hold hearings on this starting next week. you know, this is along with lindsey graham, these are two senators who have tangled with donald trump before. there s no love lost for them. if they decide to dive into this, you know, big time come next week. yeah. i think this is actually going to be a problem for the president-elect. i mean, look, on the hill the sense that i get up there is that they don t see trump as the leader of the party or even their leader. they see him as a person who s going to rubber stamp something they have been trying for eight years to get done. that s mostly domestic policy. when it comes to matters like russia, and what s happening in
i think is oversimplifying it. what vladimir putin wants to see here is exactly what s happening right now, which is all of this discontent, all of this confusion and everybody on both sides of the political aisle of the united states upset with political leaders on the other side. and discrediting the whole electoral process. jackie, should we take a step back? as susan pointed out, it was a pretty smart move by vladimir putin to not respond. it makes it a lot easier for donald trump to reverse these obama administration actions. had vladimir putin retaliated it might have made it more complicated for the new president to do that. i don t know. i think this still is going to be very hard for him to take back those sanctions. because everybody knows what vladimir putin s doing. he s not all of a sudden putin claus inviting all the kids over for christmas. that s not a thing. it s not real. the long-held thought that vladimir putin is out for russia and for expanding russian influ
was never someone who really fostered a lot of good will with democrats other than the fact he was the president and he is a democrat. there s not a lot of love there for him right now. he s never been able to transfer his popularity and his coalition to anyone else but himself. so i wonder how many democrats are going to be like, oh, hey, welco welcome, and really not be too thrilled with now what? please tell us what to do, you know? right. strategy on getting obamacare patsdsed didn t pan out that well for congressional democrats so, you know, repealing it, he might not be the best source to go to for that kind of advice. jiangie, susan, michael, thank you very much. we appreciate it. more on our world lead now. it s a waterfront mansion sitting on 45 ache res outfitted with a pool and tennis courts, a longtime retreat for russian diplomats and their families. now the obama administration says this maryland baesmside compound, there it is right there, very nice, a luxury est
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letter last week asking the trump administration to rescind the bannon appointment. what appointment? the bannon appointment. so they think she s playing with them? yes. the people in hawaii think they are deeply concerned. howard dean said that earlier. there s a lot of anger about that. thank you so much, susan, john and tim. when we return, let me finish with tonight s edition of trump watch. it s tough. warning. you re watching hardball, the place for politics. your insurance company won t replace