OF VICTORY, SELL IT TO REPUBLICANS THAT IT’S NOT AN
ENTIRE CAVE BUT WE’RE SEEING
MEDIA ON THE RIGHT NOT BUYING
IT.
IT. >> EARLY THIS MONTH SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM HAD A WARNING OF
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO TRUMP IF
HE GAVE IN ON HIS IT MAND.
>> THAT’S THE END OF 2019 IN
TERMS OF HIM BE WITHING AN
EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT.
EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT. THAT’S PROBABLY THE END OF HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. >> SOME HEADLINES BOLSTERED THAT
POINT.
POINT. BREITBART "GOVERNMENT OPEN AND
BORDER NO WALL STILL NO SOTU"
AND A CONSERVATIVE PAPER SAYS
"TRUMP BLINKS.
"TRUMP BLINKS. WAETS AND ONE A MOVE WAS A TOTAL
CAVE UNLESS HEALLS NATIONAL
SECURITY EMERGENCY WHEN HE
DOESN’T GET THE WALL FULLY
FUNDED.
FUNDED. AT THE END OF THE THREE-WEEK
COOLING OFF PERIOD.
IF THE PRESIDENT GOES ON
TELEVISION AND GIVES ONE OF
THESE JOHN F KENNEDY KIND OF
THINGS.
THINGS. WE HAVE TO SECURE THE WALL.
I’M DOING IT WITH AVAILABLE
FUNDS FROM THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. WHAT WOULD THE CONGRESS DO?
>> BECAUSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
HOUSE AND SENATE PUT STHIN ON
HIS DESK.
HIS DESK. THEN, IF HE TRIES TO GO AGAINST
HIS REPUBLICAN SENATORS, I THINK
WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT YESTERDAY
SIX REPUBLICANS VOTED WITH
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. IN FACT THE DEMOCRATIC
ALTERNATIVE HAD MORE VOTES THAN
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. THAT SHOWED HIM HE’S LOSING --
>> DO YOU THINK MITCH McCONNELL
HAS BEEN OBDURATE IN DEFENDING
TRUMP?
TRUMP? WOULD LET THEM AGREE TO A
COMPROMISE THAT DIDN’T INCLUDE A
PHYSICAL BARRIER.
PHYSICAL BARRIER. >> MITCH McCONNELL IS IN TROUBLE
TOO.
TOO. YOU UNDERSTAND THE
BEHIND-THE-SCENES MEETING,
BEHIND-THE-SCENES MEETING, THEY’RE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR
OWN YOU KNOW WHAT.
>> THE NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT,
ONE THAT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF TEETH.
THE WHITE HOUSE SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERED AND SORT OF BACKED
AWAY BECAUSE THEY DON’T FEEL
THEY’RE GOING TO GET MUCH
SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS.
THEY’RE AFRAID THEY’RE NOT
WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT SORT OF
POWER AND THEY’RE AFRAID OF
SETTING A PRECEDENT TO COME CAN
IN AND DECLARE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY FOR SOME SORT OF
LIBERAL CAUSE.
LIBERAL CAUSE. >> CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHO GETS
CREDIT FOR THIS DEAL?
>> I MEAN MITCH McCONNELL’S
REEMERGENCE IS WHAT BROKE THIS.
BECAUSE HE ENGAGED IN THE
PROCESS THE WHITE HOUSE REALIZED
THEY HAD TO MOVE.
AND SPEAKER PELOSI DESERVE AS
TON OF CREDIT FOR CLAIMING WHAT
IS UNQUESTIONABLY A WIN FOR HER.
HER POWER HAS INCREASED.
SHE OUT MANEUVERED THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> LET’S TALK THEATRICS.
I KNOW YOU’RE A SERIOUS
POLITICIAN.
POLITICIAN. TRUMP WALKS OUT WITH THAT USUAL
STRUT OF HIS.
THE OPEN COAT, THE BIG, LONG
OVER COAT.
OVER COAT. THE TIE EIGHT-FEET LONG AND
SWAGERS OUT.
SWAGERS OUT. HE COMES OUT AND SWAGERS OUT AS
IF HE WONNER.
>> HE’S A SALESMAN.
THAT’S WHAT HE DOES.
>> SALESMAN, CONMAN.
THAT’S WHAT HE DOES.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE ART OF THE
DEAL.
DEAL. HE’S GONE BANKRUPT SIX TIMES AND
ON THE FINANCIAL SERVICE COMMIT
CANNY THERE’S GOING TO BE PEOPLE
LOOKING AT THOSE DEALINGS.
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
THERE’S NANCY PELOSI SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE SIGNING THE BILLS TO
GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN.
IS HE GOING TO CALL HER NANCY
ANYMORE?
ANYMORE? THAT’S HIS NICKNAME FOR HER.
>> EARLIER TODAY HE SAID NANCY
PELOSI OR AS I CALL HER, NANCY,
WHICH CAN IS NOT A DEVASTATING
NICKNAME.
NICKNAME. HE FELT LIKE HE COULD DEAL WITH
HER, THAT HE DID RESPECT HER.
SHE’S BEEN A USEFUL WHIPPING
GIRL FOR REPUBLICANS FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME. THEY’VE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY
OFF OF HER NAME BUT PRIVATELY HE
THOUGHT I CAN NEGOTIATE WITH HER
AND GO ON A RALLY STAGE AND BASH
HER.
HER. BUT HE HAS BEEN UTTERLY OUT
PLAYED BY THE SPEAKER.