the pressure on him right now is enormous. he s under i think this great fear of this book coming out and what s going to happen next. it s been a horrible summer for him and it may not be a very good autumn. david don, can i make one more quick point about the lester holt interview? the lester holt interview stands on its own. the president s fudging comment makes no sense. you know, and it s a year-plus after he had a chance 15 months. to say, oh, he took me out of context but there s also the may 9th, 2017, letter in which president trump notified comey he was fired where he referenced i appreciate that you told me three different times that i wasn t under investigation, but i still agree with the justice department that you ve got to go. that s in a letter. so i it s hard for the president to maintain at this point that comey and the russia investigation had nothing to do with comey s firing. joan, i ve got to ask you before we go the new york times reporting th
on its own. the president s fudging comment makes no sense. you know, and it s a year-plus after he had a chance 15 months. to say, oh, he took me out of context but there s also the may 9th, 2017, letter in which president trump notified comey he was fired where he referenced i appreciate that you told me three different times that i wasn t under investigation, but i still agree with the justice department that you ve got to go. that s in a let e so i it s hard for the president to maintain at this point the investigation had nothing to do with comey s firing. joan, i got to ask you before we go, the new york times reporting that michael cohen and then-candidate trump came up with this potential plan to buy these catch and kill stories from the national enquirer that could prove damaging to trump and backs up a report that cnn, you remember we heard on tape yes. right, of them talking about, you know, our friend, david. david. gets hit by a bus truck.