fascinating interview, sit down and watch. the resignation of trump whisperer hope hicks is leaving the president without one of his only people he trusts. a new profile of hicks in new york magazine is full of details about what her life was behind the closed doors of the white house. olivia newtsy, washington correspondent for new york, who reported the profile. this is a fascinating po file. let s go through some of it. i want to read a portion of this article that you wrote. it s important to keep in mind when discussing this hicks story. hope hicks wasn t a victim. on this both her allies and critics agreed. she didn t faint in the field of poppies and wake to find himself in donald trump s campaign 35,000 feet up and strapped in aboard a boeing 757. over the course of three years she spent more time with trump than anyone. more than his own children and his wife. and she acknowledged his flaws and idiosyncrasies. she had made her choices knowingly, even if she couldn t know whe
it s all great but we re not talking about that right now. we re talking about hope hicks but that s what matters to most americans. you interviewing for hope hicks job, that s it. that s fine, the policy or the campaign slogans and the campaign chat, we ll get to that later. we re not talking about that. that s a rabbit hole. those aren t just slogans, that s real life. we ll see. there are people who that was a hell of an audition, steve. there you go. 11:43:35, you can send them the link. angela, chief of staff john kelly reportedly referred to hicks as a high schooler and joked about inexperience, immature, former white house official told olivia kelly thinks women should be subservient to him. what s your reaction when you read that? my reaction to that is that it sounds very similar to steve s commander in chief, right? this is a situation where donald trump angela, your commander in chief as well, by the way. nah. ain t. no rabbit holes. finish your
cab through the window in the back of the cab home. who was following hope hicks? the media? who was following? it s this group called probe media. and there isn t a lot of publicly available information about probe media. like typical records that you would find for any company. i could not locate that for them. they took photos. they say on their website they work for private investigators, that they work for international news outlets, that they work for different individuals and companies. and these photos eventually, several days later, made their way to the daily mail, where they reported that hope hicks and rob porter were dating, which of course was closely followed by the revelations about the allegations against porter by his ex-wives of physical abuse. it was they re not seeing each other anymore? my understanding is they are not. it sounds like what you are saying, what you are reporting and others are reporting, her time in washington is almost sort of tablo
overblown. it doesn t make any sense to me. steve, i ask you then, maybe it has been reported that you re in the mix for hope hicks former position. does this piece give you pause? are you auditioning? trying to figure out how you put a bow on white house chaos or staff turnover right now? because the president, sometimes he watches. well, of course he does. as well he, should right? by the way, don, are you trying to kick me out of cnn? i work for cnn, you want me to get a new job? i don t have the power to hire you or fire you, just want you to answer the question. he doesn t want to answer. thank you, angela. am i awe duditioning, no r. love to talk to the white house, i love advocating for this administration because i love what this administration is doing for this country and i ll advocate for them wherever i m planted, whether inside the administration or at cnn. here s the point i really want to make. despite the palace intrigue again, i ll concede there s more o
what s going on with america, once you get out of the beltway, cross the potomac river, consumer confidence is soaring, small business it s all great but we re not talking about that right now. we re talking about hope hicks but that s what matters to most americans. you interviewing for hope hicks job, that s it. that s fine, the policy or the campaign slogans and the campaign chat, we ll get to that later. we re not talking about that. that s a rabbit hole. those aren t just slogans, that s real life. we ll see. there are people who that was a hell of an audition, steve. there you go. 11:43:35, you can send them the link. angela, chief of staff john kelly reportedly referred to hicks as a high schooler and joked about inexperience, immature, former white house official told olivia kelly thinks women should be subservient to him. what s your reaction when you read that? my reaction to that is that it sounds very similar to steve s commander in chief, right? this