This was somebody there are people who were skeptical about donald trump from the very beginning. This was Somebody Playing Ball with donald trump and was a supporter and maybe even going to be his Vice President ial candidate. So the fact that hes saying these kinds of things shows that he gave him a fair hearing, was willing to give him a try, and its become pretty clear that this is a highly problematic president. Part of the thing that is worrying to me is were starting to see everything through the prism of heres another twitter scandal, heres another bit of the crazy. How crazy. Youre talking about somebody who has more access to information about threats to america than almost any human being on earth, Senator Corker, saying hes afraid of world war iii, to the paper of record for the country. That should be a full stop, all traffic comes to a halt moment. Because this is a cry for help for the country. And yet but it doesnt come until after donald trump personally insults him on
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chris did here, the strategy is clearly become, you know, pit the honesty and integrity against the president. the president saying players that don t stand for the national anthem maybe you shouldn t be in the country. would the outrage be greater alex a year ago if the president said this? do we just come to expect something like this from him? there s no question the outrage would have been greater a year ago. they re really outside the realm of things that a president could be normally expected to say, but we ve now seen i think it s not just a matter of your ordinary person being desensitized to this kind of thing. we ve had many opportunities now for congress, for prominent figures in the president s own political party, for cultural leaders to do something really significant or assertive to make
immediate. i think in negotiations you have to be willing to give and take. sorry, can you can there be interpretations of immediate? oh, yes. physically, that s impossible. i think the key thing here is that kim jong-un, the north korean regime is the rogue regime. they ll have to make the commitments but they ll be matters on both sides that will have to be dealt with and it s going to take some time. we have to be patient. we have to build confidence. quite frankly, we need transparency and we need congress involved in how we ll move forward. we don t trust kim jong-un, but we know diplomacy is the best way to resolve this issue. let me ask you about another comment the president made this morning. he was asked about the new nfl rule, about penalizing nfl players that don t stand for the national anthem. here s how the president sees it. i don t think people should be staying in locker rooms, but still i think it s good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem.
year, but it suits his purposes. you know a lot more about this than i do, he continues to play to his base on this subject, but the idea that marshawn lynch and people who don t stand for the national anthem are the reason that the nfl right now is in this kind of pickle is preposterous. it. always great to see you. the white house pushing back after their daily briefing, it s set to begin minutes from now. we ll be right back.