practici pragmatism. can we talk about how ridiculous it is donald trump aspires to be the most pro life president ever? when he was a new york whatever he was, tv guy, faux, titan of business, he was not opposed to partial birth abortions, but he didn t support legislation banning them with tim russert. he doesn t aspire to be the most pro life president. he is the pro life president from the executive orders he has signed, from the executives he s put in office, hhs, the judges he s a int toed to the courts, the supreme court and the lower courts. it s all political calculation. it is to counteract what elise was talking about because republicans cannot hold onto their majorities in the fall if pro life religious conservatives stay home. that s why donald trump was at this dinner on tuesday night in washington, d.c. speaking to one of the largest pro life organizations that exists, saying, i have kept my promises to you. he wants them to know that he has been doing everything
my doctor in the white house who was the nicest guy. wouldn t hurt anyone s feelings. always a great guy. just kind of hanging around. donald trump just made him the v.a. secretary. he has no experience running anything. i loved him. he was my personal doctor. he s the worst choice you could possibly imagine for the second biggest agency. it s like having your uber driver park the space shuttle. this guy has no idea what he s doing. and because he s nice, and spends a lot of time with the president, he gets his own cabinet seat. this is a president who is not necessarily demonstrated his oh, what shall i say, i m trying to be diplomatic here. he s not a president that seems to regard specialty. he s not a president that seems to regard experience as much as some of his predecessors. that s very true. he regards phil said this earlier. he wants people who can get things done and wants people to what he s seen on tv. his new national security adviser is a tv guy.
relationship with the mercers who have long backed him. even took away his security detail they had been paying for and there are questions about whether bannon will continue as the head of breitbart because the mercers play an important role in funding that site and doing to be under pressure from trump to get rid of tv guy completely. i m reminded bid it s not exactly the same. reminded by the harsh words mitt romney said about donald trump and to bury the hatchet. we could see this over and over again. mitch mcconnell and his relationship with him. not the same thing. lindsey graham too. exactly. life in washington. check in a little bit later in the program. amid all the talk on the mental state, president trump says he s open to having a phone conversation with north korean leader kim jong-un. are you willing to engage in phone talks with kim jong-un right now. sure. i always believe in talking. do you think we have a very firm stance.
he knew it was him. it s a pretty distinctive voice. i can t know i was running for president at the time. i was joking around with a tv guy. there are lots of different things you could say that would garner different levels of consideration by voters. the reason we are seizing on this, one, it s a naked lie, and even with most of the audacity, there s usually space, even on the birther thing there was two different tapes of paperwork from hawaii and the reluctant no kernel of truth here. it calls into question the level the mentality of the president of the united states. if he is willing to go there on this tape, what else is he willing to call into question without basis? i think as we have seen with this president, i think you are
it s a secure complex. uh-huh. the secret service in conjunction with military partners are going to ensure that conversations or documents reviewed by the senators are not susceptible to foreign espionage. okay. chris cillizza, a couple of questions for you now. let me just begin with listen, i don t know how many cameras cnn has. a lot of networks have cameras on capitol hill, at the route, at the gate of the white house and i know the president is a tv guy. he knows how to get eyeballs on the tv screen. i know critics are calling this a dog and pony show. how do you see it? i ve now worked longer in this town than i d like to admit, despite my youthful appearance. so youthful. but i have not seen something like this. yes, there are motorcades all the time but packing on to tour