Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
talk about ex presidents making money. this is nothing new. i remember nancy reagan stops talking to her long-time friend mike wallace when you brought up a $3 million speech reagan was making in japan and the obamas are raking in a lot of money. i think this is just tackier, chocolate bars. maybe because he s also an active political candidate poenl poenl possible for 2024 rankles some people. and because it is direct to the consumer, he is going back to the trump steaks, trump mattress model he used before he became president. normally a president will give a speech to a private equity fund or a foreign group of wealthy people and make quite a bit of money. trump is selling tickets. the high-end tickets go for
martin writes this. as mr. trump works to retain his hold on the republican party, elevating is a slate of friendly candidates in midterm elections, mr. mcconnell and his allies are quietly, desperately moving to thwart him. in conversation with senators and would-be senators, mr. mcconnell is blunt about the damage he believes mr. trump has done to the gop, according to those who have spoken to im. privately, he has declared he won t let unelectable goof balls win republican primaries. no names were mentioned, but candidates like christine o donnell in 2010 and todd aiken in 2012 come to mind. mcconnell has worked to recruit governors who have been unafraid to stand up to donald trump, but that effort so far has come up short. maryland governor larry hogan and new hampshire governor chris sununu have both declined. while arizona governor doug
$7,500, but you can get into the events he did an event in texas and you can get in for $20 if you want. i think that s the difference, that trump is sort of returning to what he was actually very good at before he got into politics, and it leads to all of the unusual things. it leads to people getting e-mails from trump that they think that look like political fundraising e-mails but they re actually for his private company. it is not really clear who is making the money. they hear about an invite for an event. they think it maybe for a political fundraiser. he sounds like a political fundraiser, but if they don t read the fine print they may be going to something that is making him money. michael, your story, it is a fascinating story. it is almost like a reset. it is like we ve gone to the way-back machine. this remind me of march 2016 where you have the teaming masses supporting this, you know, reality tv host, but you have all of the officials behind
end up with a 50/50 margin g or potentially lose a seat because he got saddled with radical trump candidates. think of the swing states. you have arizona, you have wisconsin, you have pennsylvania. right. i mean you could just go state by state by state. georgia. all of the swing states from 2020. you know, if biden s approval ratings go up, and they will have to go up to make the races more competitive, if they do go up over the next six to eight months then the wrong candidate loses it for republicans. yeah. well, now to the question of what makes a successful social or political movement. our next guest is taking a look at how radical ideas are implemented to spark lasting change and the role of social media, for better or for worse. joining us is gal beckerman, senior editor for books at the