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i know you like president obama. it was annexed during president obama s term. president obama was purely and simply outsmarted. they took crimea during his term. that was not a good inning this. it could have been stopped. aneesh, this fixation on president obama, give us some context on that question. what went through your mind when he said that, and was it it like to be a forum where it s not designed for you to push back or even ask multiple questions, and you made sure that you did? reporter: one thing as a reporter, the goal we are trying to ask a question of president trump is always to try to keep him on topic and to try to push back on him a little. in this context, the president was repeating something that i knew not to be true. he continues to say president obama was outsmarted by russia and that s why russia was kicked out what used to be the g8. that is clearly not true. in that moment as i was listening to him answer my first question, i thought i have to get a ....
The country. the challenge for diplomats and the president s negotiating partners is to figure out just what he believes in, what his red lines are, what his goals are. as we have heard from the president over the last 48 hours, he tends to shift a lot. but he also likes his strategy. you can expect this president to keep it up for the rest of this term. a shifting of strategy, no less. nbc s hans nichols. thank you so much. i want to turn to msnbc contributor aneesh. thank you so much for joining us villa skype. when i was watching the 68-minute conference, the moment that most stuck out was this question, this exchange you had with the president when you really called him out on a lot of the false or misleading statements. i want to play that for our audience right now misleading statement that russia outsmarted president obama. he did. the countries have said the reason russia was kicked out was very clearly because they annexed crimea. why are you repeating what is clea ....
Hillary clinton. he also won the state of iowa not only over john mccain, but john kerry. in places like in iowa, also in michigan and drive higher turnout in places like the detroit area, or around the parts of milwaukee, essentially, when you re talking about electability, kamala harris is your candidate. that s the case she s trying to make over the next two days in iowa to iowans. aneesh, what have you seen on this question of iowa. you know, it s true that barack obama was, you know, an african-american who appealed to a largely white electorate in iowa and set him on the path to the presidency. and the coalition we re seeing behind this polling is white liberals and increasingly african-americans. is this a trajectory that can hold? it s a trajectory that can ....
That s going to be tiring. jake, when is this book coming out? april 9, thank you, craig. we look forward to talk about it on your show. jake sherman just plugged a plug. well done, sir. thank you, sir. aneesh, i ll see you this evening. a 2020 picture, ready for launch? a new report is that joe biden is naming stacey abrams his running mate before he ever spends a day on the campaign trail. we ll talk about that strategy. what it could mean and whether it s a bit insulting? and also beto o rourke ready for new hampshire in a 48-hour blitz through the state. are new hampshire voters ready for him? along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. ....
Tragic way seven months ago. it makes no sense. there s no upside, according to republicans. not according to me. and the president has been wildly seen as not well served by these comments as you noted is right, has been going on for nearly a week and going back even further for months. really inexplicable and hard to understand. meanwhile, aneesh, it could be described in what is a marital dispute. kellyanne conway has been raising questions about the president s mental stability for some time now. the president firing back and exchanging tweets ever since. s, again, quite bizarre. what do we surmise may behind the president and george conway and kellyanne conway. it s really hard to say, kellyanne conway is now in the middle of these two men battling. and kellyanne conway for as much as she s gotten pushback for her truthfulness or the way she ....