A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Guilty to one count of filing fraudulent information to get a bank loan but the ones that could be most problematic for President Trump are counts seven and eight in which he said he coordinated with a candidate for federal office whose name was not revealed and worked at the direction of that candidate to provide payments of 150,000 to one woman which would likely be Karen Mcdougall. Remember that payment she received from the National Enquirer was 150,000 and that was classified as an unlawful corporate contribution and a contribution of 130,000 to Stormy Daniels that was made on october 27th just a week before the election. Again, cohen saying he did this on behalf of and the direction of and in coordination with a candidate for federal office, that person unnamed. Just heard from Rudy Giuliani a
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we ran through the tape with john edwards some years ago with a similar sort of issue and there at the was in question. now the same arguments are going to be applied over to president trump s alleged involvement in this payment. what i am struck by is that for years now donald trump has kept his enemies scrambled. they don t know how to criticize and how to respond to him. in the past few months what we have seen is the way to actually respond and get trump in trouble is by adopting his own reality tv approach to the world. who was causing president trump the most trouble these days? it s michael: who did the dramatic reversal and have the secret tapes, it s omarosa who did the very similar thing and it s michael avenatti who even though he has not a politician is garnering more energy on the democratic side than any candidate out there. bret: the critics of the muller investigation will say
to deliver the ratings? right. it s the classic trump administration malevolence tempered by incompetence, so that we hope will save us. when you see that he s thirsty, should a president be thirsty? well, i think his thirstyness and his reality tv approach to presidenting could have really significant real-world implications. right? i think he s potentially undermining his position vis-a-vis north korea. he s undermined his position vis-a-vis the entire world by pulling out of the iran deal. so we re heading to the point now finally where these types of theatrics are starting to really have a significant impact. and it goes to the mentality. here s randal pinket, who was an apprentice winner on how trump looks at the world on a daily basis? basis. he had a stack of magazines on his desk, each with a post-it
military official said this doesn t make any sense. yet, you look at the polls, they say donald trump. that s because he s entertaining. he s really a bully. that s what he is. he s a bully who says things that he thinks so you believed great. and people who don t exam what he s saying, let s turn those parts of syria to glass. would that be a good policy? no. but there would be a lot of people who would say oh, yeah that s a real good idea. it eegts essentially a reality tv approach. trump said he would find his
i m rich. i can do it. it is essentially a reality tv approach to foreign policy. david, do you agree. in the hugh hewitt interview, trump said he would find his douglas macarthur in the pack, surround himself with advisers. some reports advisers are reluctant to admit they might be talking to trmp ing ting to tru. his appeal is much more than entertainment in foreign policy. the muscularity and strength. the rise of donald trump is an indictment of the political class, politics and some of us in the media. people are so fed up. they see so much incompetence they would rather take someone or willing to take someone who is entertaining and exudes strength as opposed to somebody who is incompetent. i do think the standard by which