work. richard nixon could certainly have contested that election in two states especially, texas and illinois. but he did not. and the country moved forward. and david ignatius, as i listened to nixon and watched nixon in the clip we just played, i couldn t help but think not for the first time, i think about it too often every day but we in the media, we cover the moment. we are of the moment. we will cover everything that happened yesterday in ukraine or in the congress of the united states. but in the larger picture, out here in the country where we all live, where people get up, go to work, uncomplainingly each day to raise their families and things like that, pay tuitions. the damage that was done in the four years under donald trump has really not been addressed, either, politically by people in power or certainly by the law, thus far.
sinema, joe manchin, bernie sanders and the like to get behind the bill to the it out of the senate. never mind that $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan that is still awaiting action in the house. so big questions remain as democrats try to get a deal on the larger plan this week, guys. that s for sure. manu raju, appreciate the reporting as always. joining us to talk about all of this, cnn senior political analyst, david gergen, advisor to nixon, ford, and reagan. always good to have you on. thanks, jim. it s good to be here. you ve seen, witnessed and been involved with your share of white house negotiations with the hill. i wonder, we were talking all about manchin s sticking points and now we re talking about sinema s. do you see these as part of a negotiation, trying to the best deal possible, or a potential deal-breaker? well, i think it can be both. a lot depends on where you sit in this thing. if you re a progressive, you
something wrong and then you continue to investigate. well, these were subpoenas from a grand jury. there you have it. no, that s the beginning. but you have the same people who are asked to do this say that they weren t getting any proof and we re told to continue. that s the part that matters. his own department of justice targeted his political opponents. including this house intel committee member. i hope trump supporters who fear big brother see that donald trump was the biggest brother we ve ever seen in our country who did weaponize this to go all the way down the stack into, you know, the private communications of people he perceived as political opponents. trump s like nixon. trump s like nixon. don t do that to nixon. trump is worse. he didn t use the doj like this. this makes watergate look like jaywalking. what else don t we know about what they were up to? he was in office for four years. so the question is, how do we
fear big brother see that donald trump was the biggest brother we ve ever seen in our country who did weaponize this to go all the way down the stack into, you know, the private communications of people he perceived as political opponents. trump s like nixon. trump s like nixon. don t do that to nixon. trump is worse. he didn t use the doj like this. this makes watergate look like jaywalking. what else don t we know about what they were up to? he was in office for four years. so the question is, how do we find out and what should happen? that s the question. but here s what we know that should have a period at the end of it, trump was never going to drain the deep state. he was never going to drain the swamp. it doesn t matter, he didn t mean them. he was the worst and is demonstrable because we ve never seen anything like this.
reporters. no booking was too small, no outlet to obscure to print his name or take his picture by the pool. people in the white house trying to figure out an actual crisis in our country complaint at the time that they hadn t even heard of some of the outlets he was asking to appear on every day. top doctor indeed. understand these elites are the same people who have been wrong about everything for decades. how did nixon win? no one i know voted for him. the story of the last two decades of american leadership, from the 60s, to nixon, global cooling, the cold war, immigration, trump, and hillary s historical significance to the emerging democratic majority, to beto o rourke, bernie sanders and socialism, everything. they are wrong like it s their job. and any group of people you are going to have an elites, you re going to have power and wealth and some people will be better at it than others. no matter how you write the rules there is going to be an elite who wins the game, but the