Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Allegedly had affairs with, in order to conceal that information from the public in connection with the election. What i think a critical difference is, is the timing of this and how closely related it to the election and concealment of bad information. That differentiates it from the obama case. If i could just go back to the tweets for one second, hallie. Please. I prosecuted Organized Crime Cases in the Southern District of new york. I supervised that unit. The way that donald trump is talking, and i cant help but think about this, is the way mob bosses talk. When you are loyal, youre a standup guy, and you take the rap in the mob world, you get benefits. If you break and you cooperate, youre a rat, which is another term he used. It is a little jarring to see out in the open, the president of the United States using this language, and sayi
to amp up the pressure. i have a feeling we are we should be buckling down for more provocations to come. jeremy bash, on the president s travel schedule as we mentioned, think about this. the uk which is in the middle of being split in two over brexit, france where as we ve chronicled macron has been having his problems. onto japan again for putin and xi among others. i m tempted to see what could go wrong. the other way of asking it is what should americans demand go right on the trips? well, i think we should demand consistency. this idea that being deliberately vague is a diplomatic tack, that may work in limited circumstances. i think it s much more dire, much more dysfunctional than that. i think the president and his advisers fundamentally don t agree. they don t agree on the approach vis-a-vis russia. the president wants to go soft on iran and others want to be tougher. and now the president wants to give kim jong-un a pass and others want to foster things like regime cha
sanctions relief, and unless we re ready to give that, they re going to amp up the pressure. i have a feeling we are we should be buckling down for more provocations to come. jeremy bash, on the president s travel schedule as we mentioned, think about this. the uk which is in the middle of being split in two over brexit, france where as we ve chronicled macron has been having his problems. onto japan again for putin and xi among others. i m tempted to see what could go wrong. i guess the other way of asking it is, what should americans demand go right on these trips? well, i think we should demand consistency. this idea that being deliberately vague is a diplomatic tact, that may work in limited circumstances. i think it s much more dire, much more dysfunctional than that. i think the president and his advisers fundamentally don t agree. they don t agree on the approach vis-a-vis russia. the president wants to go soft and be obsequious to putin and
he to criticize or call vice president biden with low i.q., i mean, that s beyond unpresidentable. but more importantly, i don t think it helps tactically. north korea, it s not going to not pursue nuclear weapons program just because trump is siding with kim. what kim jong-un is now looking for is sanctions relief maximum sanctions relief, and the best way to give that, they re going to amp up the pressure. i have a feeling we are we should be buckling down for more provocations to come. jeremy bash, on the president s travel schedule as we mentioned, think about this. the uk which is in the middle of being split in two over brexit, france where as we ve chronicled macron has been having his problems. onto japan again for putin and xi among others. i m tempted to see what could go wrong. the other way of asking it is what should americans demand go
as well to the extent we know them, in a state like texas on this immigration question. so the president kind of reminds me of playing prevent defense. i never really think that works in football, and i don t think it works in politics. anne gearan, the white house seems to be when you look at that schedule, it does seem to be a senate turnout schedule. it is not or in the case obviously he s in georgia trying to help brian kemp, but it really seems to be designed for that not to do anything they almost seem to be writing off the house. while even though they won t say it publicly. right, chuck. they will not say publicly that they re writing off the house, but the president s travel schedule and the republican money direction tells you everything you need to know about that. but in addition to the senate strategy and where the president is going and the arguments he s making there, i think you put your finger on the georgia