Well sort them out. Also, were tracking issues inside the Trump White House from the departure of key aides to the reports of friction within the family. The Justice Departments Second In Command Playing Defense for his boss after criticism from the president. Not much happening. Lets get to it. Trade wars are good. So says the republican president of the United States. First from the fox news deck this afternoon, President Trump says the United States will win big in a trade war. But his plan for new taxes on steel and aluminum imports had stocks taking a dive the second day. President trump tweeted when the u. S. A. Is losing billions on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and easy to win. Example, when were down 100 billion with a certain country
the president s allies are castigating the idea of tariffs. Listen to what marcy captor said. We dont want to wait for the Steel Industry collapse as happened to the auto industry. We cant afford to
special counsel and on and on. and rod rosenstein speaking to the american bar association defending the leadership saying he and jeff sessions are bound and they re determined to not repeat the mistakes of past leaders at the doj. listen here to what he said. i can assure you the department leadership team appointed by president trump is very strong on ethics and professionalism. the team that was appointed by president trump very strong on ethics and professionalism. let s see. the president is upset at jeff sessions. again, every time he sees him he sees the word recusal pasted on his forehead. he doesn t like rod rosenstein and doesn t like the overseeing of the mueller investigation. the best job security that jeff sessions has right now is rod rosenstein. if jeff sessions were to be fired or quit, rod rosenstein would become the acting attorney general. you can bet, shep, that
part of deep state plot against the president add this had on friday. you will not always agree with our policy decisions and you definitely won t hear this on cable tv, but i can assure you the department leadership team appointed by president trump is very strong on ethics and professionalism. history will reflect that the department of justice operated within integrity on our watch. i want to spend most of our time in this first segment on that, the pushback from the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to the president of the united states and make no mistake about it that s what that was. first the attorney general and the presidential dinner and the president in the happy. the deputy attorney general. what does it say? the white house will say takes joke. what does it say when the president of the united states stands up at a fund raiser and he says, maybe we should try that, president for life, after