the only person whose o pin ypi who really mattered is president trump s. on the whole, with very notable exceptions, the president liked it. thought bannon gave a forceful defense of him, not just of him and praise of him as well, but also of his policies and his agenda. so on the whole, he has a complicated relationship with steve bannon but watched this entire interview, watched it very closely and he was quite pleased. we re reminded of that phrase. an audience of one. our great thanks to our leadoff panel tonight. ashley parker, jonathan swan, jill wine-banks. thank you all for stayi ining u with us. we ll take our first break. and coming up, to be a fly on the wall tonight at the white house as the president dined with rs and ds. senators from both parties. when the 11th hour continues. nick was born to move.
and so if the frustration level is there and they can see writing on the wall, why stick it out? to tamara s point, charlie dent was on with chris matthews this weekend, talking to his family every cycle about how the job was no fun, you have no choice but to believe them. bannon threatening to use the word at the moment, primary incumbent republicans which is crazy. but that s the dynamic that s sort of at the root of all this. when you think back to the primaries last year, donald trump wasn t endorsed by a republican member of congress until after he won the new hampshire primary. absolutely unheard of for a nominee in either party to have that complete lack of support from capitol hill and then go crickets. out there and win the nomination. there s this element here, charlie dent is certainly one of those guys who wouldn t even endorse donald trump last year in the election. you have this element where all
already this week, and that s steve bannon. where did opinion fall in the west wing as to whether or not his 60 minutes appearance net/net was a good thing or bad thing for this president, this administration? so like all things in the west wing, opinion was very mixed. some people just sort of hated even the mere fact of it, want him to go away and think it s disingenuous to be criticizing the fake news and appear on the real news of 60 minutes. the only person whose opinion who really mattered is president trump s. on the whole, with very notable exceptions, the president liked it. thought bannon gave a forceful defense of him, not just of him and praise of him as well, but also of his policies and his agenda. so on the whole, he has a complicated relationship with steve bannon but watched this entire interview, watched it very closely and he was quite pleased. we re reminded of that phrase. an audience of one. our great thanks to our leadoff panel tonight.
rolling from crisis to crisis. fiscal cliffs and debt ceiling fights and continuing resoluti n resolutions every few months and it s just not a very fun place to be. add to that the basically constant fund-raising that a member of congress has to do and, you know, they get a republican president. it s a republican congress. and it hasn t vastly improved. you know, things haven t been sailing through. and so if the frustration level is there and they cab see wrin writing on the wall, why stick it out? to tamara s point, charlie dent was on with chris matthews this weekend, talking to his family every cycle about how the job was no fun, you have no choice but to believe them. bannon threatening to use the word at the moment, primary incumbent republicans which is crazy. but that s the dynamic that s
statement once and it could be a mistake and it s not criminal. but if you keep repeating them, it becomes an attempt to obstruct justice, to interfere with the investigation and that could make it an actual crime in and of itself. ashley, you get the last word. a man, a topic you wrote about already this week, and that s steve bannon. where did opinion fall in the west wing as to whether or not his 60 minutes appearance net/net was a good thing or bad thing for this president, this administration? so like all things in the west wing, opinion was very mixed. some people just sort of hated even the mere fact of it, want him to go away and think it s disingenuous to be criticizing the fake news and appear on the real news of 60 minutes. the only person whose opinion who really mattered is president trump s. on the whole, with very notable exceptions, the president liked it. thought bannon gave a forceful