pantheon of failed presidents that embarked on wars that were not ultimately supported by the american people. again, if the american people don t support it, forget it. we don t want to do it. tucker: exactly. and they don t. finally, is there some good reason to maintain this level of sanctions against iran? are we getting something out of that? well, i think the idea was to destroy the iranian economy and to bring the nation to its knees. that s really not what we should be trying to do at this point. i think the president senses that there is now an opportunity for diplomacy. for a new approach to iran that could deescalate this set of conditions. and produce a positive outcome. look, this will ruin our economy if we engage iran in a war. iran will instantly have support from around the world. they will be the victims of this limited strike that is
bush. he doesn t want to join the pantheon and failed presidents that embarked on wars that were not supported by the american people. again, if the american people don t support it, forget. we don t want to do it. tucker: exactly. and they don t. finally, is there some good reason to maintain this level of sanctions against iran? are we getting something out of that? well, i think the idea was to destroy the iranian economy and to bring the nation to its knees. that is really not what we should be trying to do at this point. i think the president senses that there is now an opportunity for diplomacy. for a new approach to iran that could deescalate this set of conditions. and produce a positive outcome. look, this will ruin our economy if we engage iran in aer what. iran will instantly have support from around the world. they will be the victims of this limite limited strike being
billions of dollars to a big fuel companies, other tax loopholes that allow you to deduct things you shouldn t be able to deduct. there are number things we can do in the tax code to get rid of some of those loopholes. ed: last question. is it a good look for your party before she s even sworn in, eve heard me ask the question to republicans. before she s even sworn in, she is say no, no, no on the wall. is it showing any sign of compromise? leader pelosi is the leader of the democratic caucus. she will be the speaker tomorrow. she speaks for our caucus. the american people don t support the border wall. our caucus doesn t support the border wall. president trump shut the government down. he told us he intended to shut the government down. he said the government needs a good shutdown. he s had a 25 times. he made up a fight in order shut the government down. frankly, distract from the many other problems the initiation has been his defense secretary left.
people have overwhelmingly supported a comprehensive reform of our immigration system, which i think everybody agrees is very badly needed since the bush administration. and it s the ultra extreme right wing of the republican party, the freedom caucus and others in the congress oh, stop. that every single time tank a deal because they re so far out of the mainstream. almost everybody agrees no, no, no. let s strengthen the security of the border, and let s clean up and clarify the system. it s a mess. it is a mess, and there s lots of bipartisan ownership of it. but let s not kid ourselves here. the american people don t support giving citizenship to people who came here illegally, have stayed here illegally, some of whom have broken our laws and been deported before. the position that chuck schumer and nancy pelosi are taking right now is so far out of the mainstream it isn t tenable. does that mean that the president is addressing this in terms of his rhetoric the rig
almost everybody agrees no, no, no. let s strengthen the security of the border, and let s clean up and clarify the system. it s a mess. it is a mess, and there s lots of bipartisan ownership of it. but let s not kid ourselves here. the american people don t support giving citizenship to people who came here illegally, have stayed here illegally, some of whom have broken our laws and been deported before. the position that chuck schumer and nancy pelosi are taking right now is so far out of the mainstream it isn t tenable. does that mean that the president is addressing this in terms of his rhetoric the right way? no, but he s a heck of a lot closer to what the american people support than the unified democratic left wing of this country. they re just out of it. they re out of it. robby says everybody knows, just like everybody knew hillary was going to win the election. i think donald trump knows something here that robby doesn t.