he s been praying in public. he s been trying to connect to the base that way. while he s also been talking to you know that s the question, philip, it does make some strategic sense if you have the risk here of your base getting upset with immigration and you know you take some hard line public position. on the other hand, my sense with trump is he s a lot more reactive than strategic. i think you said this correct. this is at least fourth time by my count he has either inappropriately related something to terrorism before the fact and before authorities said it was terrorism. the reason he does this i think you are right. reactive. anytime he sees terrorism. he thinks he can play to his own political advantage. he tweets there is terrorism and tweets immediately after how we feed the terrorism ban and yet, of course, when there are other acts of violence and terrorism not perpetrated potentially by muslims, a total different reaction, days to respond. this is a core thing, a co
said it was terrorism. the reason he does this i think you are right. reaction. any time he sees terrorism. he thinks he can play to his own political advantage. he tweets there is terrorism and tweets immediately after how we feed the terrorism ban and yet, of course, when there are other acts of violence and terrorism not perpetrated potentially by muslims, a total different reaction, days to respond t. core philosophy is i need to jump on top of this terrorism. it s interesting, too, at the start of thet show, we had jonathan swann at axios, look, kelly the chief of staff has done a good job of tightening and controlling the information that comes into trump every morning. he s not looking at breitbart ed lines every morning if he does x, he will be a sellout. he is looking at different information, a major national story, an international story is playing out, he takes out his phone, donald trump is communicating with everybody. the president is just like you and me. in the mor
or is it more terrorist related? say your question again, lauren? is this religious though? is this a religion ban? no. i don t think it s a religion ban. i think it s a terrorism ban. i think trump is immune to what religion is. he just wants to keep the bad guys out. and i think that s why in many respects he was voted in for president. because people want to see action. they want to see proaction. trump is saying, look, i m concerned about this. this is what i think is going to work. i don t know if it s going to work or not, but he at least is showing leadership. and i think that s what the american public is responding to. i hope this is the right solution. i don t know if it is, but at least he wants to do something. and that s what this past administration was not doing. tons of action. he hasn t even officially started yet. we can only imagine what happens in the new year. but as we talk about vetting, is this a threat in a way by the