been tarnished. but i think even more fundamentally what he is doing here in the united states is very polarizing and he is, i think, the most divisive president we ve ever had in the oval office. he is feeding and fueling hatred and animosity and misunderstandings among americans. ben, this is john brennan talking about what the president is doing. in revoking these security clearances, this reminds us of other countries where people wanting to take power and clear the ranks of anybody that s critical of them. is there a lasting effect on our republic and democracy by seeing a president act this way? and give me some comparisons to when you were in the obama administration. there were obviously critics. there were all sorts of critics that had national security clearances. did this ever cross your mind to do? no. look, actually, some of the people who are on the list that was publicized by the white house were critics of ours. michael hayden was george w.
leaders around the world. and his continued pursuit of relationships to benefit himself as opposed to the country. i do think that america s standing in the world has also been tarnished. but i think even more fundamentally what he is doing here in the united states is very polarizing and he is i think the most divisive president we ve ever had in the oval office. he is feeding and fueling hatred and animosity and misunderstandings among americans. and so i am very concerned when i look at some of the tweets that are out there and commentary, we are just fighting with each other as a nation. and this is something that the president of the united states traditionally has been the one to try to heal these domestic rulings, these domestic problems. but i think donald trump has failed repeatedly to try to do that. he continues just to play to his base of support and feeds them basically with raw meat a lot of
badly sullied the reputation of the office of the presidency with his invective, with his constant disregard i think for even decency as well as his befriending of autocratic leaders around the world. and his continued pursuit of relationships to benefit himself as opposed to the country. i do think that america s standing in the world has also been tarnished. but i think even more fundamentally what he is doing here in the united states is very polarizing and he is i think the most divisive president we ve ever had in the oval office. he is feeding and fueling hatred and animosity and misunderstandings among americans. and so i am very concerned when i look at some of the tweets that are out there and commentary, we are just fighting with each other as a nation. and this is something that the president of the united states traditionally has been the one
speaker. if the democrats take over the house in november, would you want to see her as the speaker? i m comfortable with her remaining as speaker as long as that s what the caucus wants. i think you will see a leadership challenge no matter what happens here. perhaps even more fierce if we remain in the minority in our prospects look so good at this point. kayleigh is correct. nancy pelosi gets cited in every ad i find it ridiculous mitch mcconnell is less popular than nancy pelosi. she gets treated this way and he gets his buzz around untarnished. kayleigh mentioned besides hillary clinton, nancy pelosi is the greatest gift to the republicans. you just named two wynn women. that was a point she was making as well that people do come after her more because of her gender. their attacks are more aggressive. they pick on things that they wouldn t necessarily pick on on a man. how you look, how you talk, how you walk, all of that we have had the sexism debate before. i think she makes v
everyone associated with donald trump comes out tarnished. yes, but in this case, this just feels like the kitchen sink. someone decided this is strategic that they wanted to kill kelly. and they are putting out narratives that have been out there for a while about porter, now this new reporting as well about calling trump an idiot. people in the white house know how to get through to their boss, the best way to get through to their boss is to go on the media. he watches tv voraciously, and this is the way to get his attention. and the question is will it have the desired effect. because someone at the white house is trying to close the door on kelly. put the porter stuff aside. remember when nicholson said, oh, you just made the country weaker, that s the way i would describe it. the way he was described, principal, and he s still there now. he s still there at this