he s someone who has consistently doubled down in the face of controversy. we have no reason to believe that the firing is going to bevy different. you can look at how the white house handled it on friday. sean spicer said in response to many questions about the quote/unquote tapes about trump tweeted about, sean spicer said, well, the president has nothing further to add on that. that s something that the president has done throughout his time in politics. he s always doubled down. never felt he needed to comment on questions. it s going ton an unapologetic search for a new fbi director. and really a dismissal of questions still remaining, although they re very valid, as to what led to the firing in the first place. president showing no signs of backing off. nbc s kelly o donnell at the white house. ali vitaly in lynchburg, virginia. thank you, both. the investigation lee mains a hot topic.
commencement address? certainly, the tenor, a friendly audience, they were clearly excited to see him. there was a two-prong feeling there in the clip you just played on religious liberty, someone who has acted and spoken in the campaign to give more freedom of speech, including protection of speech. but there s the other prong, donald trump has always been somebody as long as i ve covered him over two year he s doubled down. taken this idea of him being an outsider very seriously. it s allowed him to buck the establishment on the republican side, of course, the democrats as well. i think what we ll see from him in the aftermath of this james comey firing is going to be someone who doesn t apologize, he obviously tweeted about this quote/unquote tapes. kelly o donnell did ask him about that and didn t get a response.