firing james comey. the cover letter says based on this recommendation i m firing james comey. that s just a lie. we know it s a lie. we know he made the decision to fire director comey at the golf weekend. he drafted some crazy explanation for it. rod rosenstein knew it. the question is was rod rosenstein providing political cover for president trump and how does that affect his role in this investigation on an ongoing basis? because, indira subsequent to that we heard from a number of people, the president himself, sarah huckabee sanders this was large largely done on the advice and counsel of rod rosenstein. but it gives you a sense or at least gets you into the president s head a little bit about the idea that he was obsessed with james comey telling the country that he was not under investigation. what does this make you think? right. i mean it s not just rod rosenstein we have to wonder about his rationale, but also steven miller, the aide who if the reports are correct mig
the daca situation is a very, very it s a very difficult thing for me. because you know i love these kids. i love kids. i have kids. and grand kids. president trump has always maintained a hard line on illegal immigration. but as you heard just there, he sometimes has taken a softer stance on the so-called dreamers, those who came to america as young children, raised in america. the president is deciding if he will end an obama era program known as daca. deferred action for childhood arrivals, a program temporarily protecting undocumented immigrants who were brought to the united states when they were very young. this was president trump today when asked about the dreamers. should dreamers be worried? we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much thank you. do you think daca is illegal? thank you very much.
it kind of tells what you you need to know. ultimately the president is in charge, not the chief of staff. and the president will get to do what he wants to do. jonathan what s your take on this. it s inevitable that it s already happening to some extent that trump is going to rebel against in new order around him. something pretty interesting happened today. it might seem minor to a lot of people but it s a big deal. keith schiller donald trump s personal security guard but really like a brother to him is leaving the white house. and that s a big deal. he is someone who has been with trump for almost two decades. trump confides in him. he is the first person that trump sees in the morning. walks him from the residence an night. he is old friends, often feeding him information from people on the outside.
know, decade after decade usually you ve been able to get something through. obviously trump didn t get anything through with health care. now he s looking at tax reform which will be just as big of a battle. it is interesting that you re seeing some democratic senators saying they ll work with trump on that because they see the power he has among the republican power and trumpland, but it will get difficult to get tax reform because there s a lot of opposition to it. i would have lost a bet if somebody asked me who the next person that john kelly chief of staff would be going after in the white house. i would have guessed stephen miller. he s trying to side line omea rosa saying, and there s a quote from a source close to the trump administration saying when general kelly is talking about clamping down on access to the oval, she is patient zero, the idea she gets trump riled up, gives him a lot of articles to
what he is feels is being told what to do. like every other new sheriff in time, president trump has tired to turn things around in the white house, mr. kelly has gradually diminished in his appeal to his restless boss. what is different this time is that mr. trump, mired in self-destructive controversies and record low approval ratings needs mr. kelly more than kelly needs him. unlike many of the men and women eager to work for president trump over the years, the new chief of staff signed on a sense of duty more than personal enrichment or fame. you and i had a conversation just as john kelly when he was coming on to take the job and the role he would have to play. i don t know that he was going to relish the role. it sounds like he is having difficulty. the problem with the trump presidency is donald trump first and foremost. kelly won t change that.