we understand the president trump national security advisers were on board when it came to striking iran. possibly more than even he was. but he didn t listen at the last moment and reversed course. why? what does it tell us about how he handled this and going forward. let s bring in trump biographer. who studied the president closely. welcome back to the prime time. i will set aside my argument this should have been congress s decision from the beginning. let s talk about the process. if we accept the president s reckoning. which i don t. i don t believe that the discussion of casualties only came up at the last second. if we accept it, he didn t think about to ask about what the human cost would be until the last second. surprising. i think it s actually much worse than that. on military commanders understand proportionality. they won t recommend a plan to
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my friend, associate editor, and a trump biographer who knows the president better than most. let s just start with this. the president says it s too early to even be looking at polls. give me a history lesson. is he right? no. it is early. it s early to say these are definitive, but as we all know polls are a snapshot. it s perfectly legitimate to release internal polls that show you down. there are good reasons for that. you can fund raise off it, light a fire under your donors, ignite your supporters and get them out to campaign for you. to say this is an untoward tactic because they show me down reflects a lack of understanding of how the polling industry works and campaigning in general. you wrote about this today and i have to share a piece of it. you write, a source close to the trump campaign told power up that the leaks and the way they were handled are more of a
country that is homophobic. we could sit here in new york and say hey, right on. but he is going to catch a lot of hell. you d like to interview him. i d be curious about his life. i really would be. and the adversity. by biden would be just as sort of interesting to me in a way. our thanks to anderson cooper. coming up, has trump met his match? a trump biographer weighs in on the president and the house speaker. the white house is kroig out for impeachment. nobody wants to be impeached. it s time another tenter tantrum. i was extremely calm. i wish his family or administration or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. very sort of a nasty type statement. not a bed. it s a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this.
let s friday adjacent. what do you say? let s get after it. it s a big number from the president. $434 million in income during his second year in office. a wow number. no disputing that. it s not the story. the story is where did it come from? this president broke precedent by maintaining his interest in the trump org increasing the need to see taxes. one thing we do know is that income includes more than $40 million from his trump international hotel in washington d.c. it s one of the few listed interests to show any kind of real growth. joining me now two men that follow his number closely. money closely. trump biographer david k. johnston and co-host of the trump inc broadcast. for all the talk about how great the economy is revenue gain in short supply for the president s