isn t that essentially what the base will be looking for? what he s done, which is smart. he s recruited the biggest trump die hards. he has people who are popular with the base. look, i just don t know. it s one of those open questions. will this help with the relationship and help with the bannon/trump makeup? i would be skeptical. to kokaokay, thank you so mu friend. you ll see jonathan a little bit on morning joe. we ll read axios am in just a little bit. and with that, that does it for us right here on this thursday morning. i m richard lui and morning joe starts right now. president trump tried to push back today on omarosa.