he knew what he was doing. no matter how many times some have hoped this is finally the end, he surprises when having a better read of his base than anyone could have initially imagined. and my hunch is this is another of those intentional instances. president trump tweeted last weekend that he s a stable genius. well, my next guest thinks trump is a genius when it comes to his skills and persuasion. you ll remember in august of 2014 when most saw candidate trump s campaign as a flight of fancy, scott adams said on his blog that trump had a 98% chance of winning. he s the creator of dilbert, the author of a fascinating book called win bigly: persuasion in a world where facts don t matter. have i persuaded you the president meant to say exactly what he said, he knows what he s doing in this regard?
job at fox news and tell the bosses hey, they are under we ring go at them we are investigating them. steve: there suffice can a warrant. ainsley: you can t call someone s bluff. steve: what s interesting though is they are throwing the book at manafort assuming that he would flip and then say something i have this information about russia, which, you know, essentially afteessential assums something about russia which a number of congressional committees thus far have not been able to find or prove. brian: shows a cup perform things. that this is a wide sweeping investigation beyond russia because paul manafort is linked to the ukraine and what he did. steve: not during the campaign. brian: clearly beyond the campaign but also beyond russia. most of his links were to the ukraine and pro-russian-ukrainian government and international lobbying. it also shows they can flip a witness and keep it quiet. because nobody had the papadopoulos story and that happened in the summer. and here we
steve: what do you make with the fact with his 12 count indictment robert mueller is trying to throw the book at mr. gates and mr. manafort as well? well, you know, it s pretty typical as a prosecutor you charge as many things as can you and can you scale them back later. if you don t charge now though you could get a double jeopardy issued later. there was a statute of imlimitations after manafort. he had to go after all these things. they can scale it back later. try to build pressure on him to help rat him out. if vladimir putin were really involved, there is no way that paul manafort is going to rat out vladimir putin. steve: sure. the lead op-ed this morning in the wall street journal says the main charge against donald trump poor judgment hiring and notorious beltway operator in the form of paul manafort because historically, paul manafort and his group have worked for essentially a rose gallery of dictators and a lot of other questionable characters around the world. you k
steve: right. he s got everything working for him. that simple style which people criticized at first, what s wrong with him with these simple words. by now everybody has realized the power of these words. i will give you one word that u.s. is says it all. sad. right? everybody knows sad. steve: #sad. so it s all part of branding. circumstantial is he a genius at branding. look at his skills is he a brander. he wrote a book on negotiating. he has been on television. he knows the reality tv world. he has brought all of these things. steve: used all these things to run again and win in a couple of years? i m thinking that if he has a great four years, which, you know, he is off to a good start. the economy is good. if the economy is booming. if he is at 4% at any timed in the four years, i think he would have to be tempted to go out on top. brian: like a comic leave with the highest note. if is he worried about his age catching up with him, wants to enjoy his, you know, his grand
might reconsider a second term. ainsley: do you think he would really give up a though and say i m not doing this. that s the counter argument. key ever give up? i don t know. steve: brand new book comes out today. it s called win bigly from the creator of dilbert. scott adams, thank you very much for joining us live. ainsley: thank you. brian: some soldiers died, others badly hurt trying to find him. now disgraced sergeant bo bowe e bergdahl says is he sorry. led the search for bergdahl. does he forgive him? he will join us live next. ainsley: it s the ultimate delay of sportsman ship behind this touchdown going to make your day. a positive football story. we are the champion my friend we ll keep on fighting to the end we arech the champion