what he intends to achieve. okay. so if that s the argument, then lisa, is it really irrelevant that he is running? i don t think it s irrelevant. i think he faces extremely, exceedingly long odds of beating donald trump because, you know, in part because beating an incumbent is really hard but also because of how beloved donald trump really is in his own party. the question here is really twofold. first of all, does he potentially weaken donald trump in a general election by raising concerns about spending and fiscal responsibility that could resonate with more moderate republicans who already are concerned about the president s tone? and second of all, if he does catch some fire, is he softening the ground for another republican who could be a more viable nominee. that s a harder thing to do particularly because of the structure of how these primaries are going to be run. it is something some in the party are thinking about. republican party leaders in south carolina, nevada, a
since president trump s election since october 2017, prestwick airport, there have been 629 refueling stops totaling a stand on fuel of about $11 million. prestwick is a small civilian airport. it s not doing well initially. they re all staying at turnberry, significant figure. and so you touched on the airport there that had financially not been doing very well. and now as a result of many of these stops, it has helped them stay afloat. isn t that a significant tie being made? reporter: it s a connection that s being made. the scottish government is saying that they you know, that this is not something they follow in a detailed day-by-day basis. but obviously it raises questions about that airfield. it is an important airfield.
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all right. meantime, reaction is now coming in from democrats on the campaign trail to president trump s bombshell announcement that he had canceled a secret meeting with taliban leaders on u.s. soil at camp david. the president said he scrapped the meeting at camp david after the taliban took credit for a deadly attack in afghanistan. killing an american soldier. this has given 2020 democrats more fuel to question the president s foreign policy agenda. it s just another example of the president treating foreign policy like it s some kind of game show. even though i do support a negotiated political settlement there that will increase stability and make sure afghanistan is not used as a base of terror operations, it s very odd to invite a terrorist organization like that to camp david. this is the worst president when it comes to negotiating, i
won t have primaries. won t have any competition for the president. this is not unprecedented. obama in his re-election, a couple states didn t hold primaries well, that s because they were unchallenged. but this would be. i think the states are really interesting as francesca pointed out. you also have arizona which is a state where there has been a fair amount of opposition among republicans and independents who make up about a third of the voting base there. so i think it is very interesting, the states where these primaries are being canceled. ae and those polls have to show him as very strong. all right. we ll leave it there for now. good to see you both. thank you. all right. still ahead, are u.s. military dollars propping up one of president trump s golf resorts?