.
. >>> SURE, IT’S GOING TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRADE DEAL
WE’VE JUST DONE.
IT’S A VERY BIG TRADING PARTNER.
BUT TO ME TRADING IS IMPORTANT,
THE BORDERS ARE IMPORTANT BUT
SECURITY IS WHAT IS MOST
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY.
>> THOSE COMMENTS LUKELY CAUGHT
THE ATTENTION OF THOSE ON
CAPITOL HILL ABOUT THE THREAT TO
CLOSE DOWN THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
HERE’S WHAT MITCH McCONNELL HAD
TO SAY ABOUT SHUTDOWN.
>> WE CERTAINLY HAVE A CRISIS AT
THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. THE PRESIDENT’S RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
THAT. CLOZING THE BORDER WOULD
HAVICNOMIC AND SOCIO IMPACT ON
OUR COUNTRY AND I HOPE WE
WOULDN’T BE DOING THAT SORT OF
THING.
THING. >> AND OTHERS PLEASED BY
DELAYING A PUSH OF OBAMA CARE
UNTIL AFTER.
UNTIL AFTER. THE MAJORITY LEADER TOLD THE
PRESIDENT THE SENATE WOULD NOT
BE TALKING UP COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH CARE REFORM UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THE CLOZING OF THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
BORDER. THE ARE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SAID YOU CAN’T DO THAT.
THAT’S PRESIDENT TRUMP
MISDIRECTING ATTENTION AWAY FROM
THINGS.
THINGS. HE DID SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT
AND IT DIDN’T END UP GETTING HIM
A BETTER DEAL.
THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVE INTEREST WHISPERING
IN HIS HERE THIS IS NOT ONE TO
JOKE ABOUT.
JOKE ABOUT. >> NOT JUST BUYOUTICIDE EXPERTS
BY BY MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE NOTICED
IN FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS IT IS
LITERAL WHAT HE WAS RUNNING ON
FROM DAY ONE WHEN HE LAUNCHED
HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND
SOMETHING HE’S KAURIED ON.
HE SEEMED TO HAVE LEFT WIGGLE
ROOM AS TO WHETHER HE WOULD DO
THAT.
THAT. HE SUGGESTED HE WAS HAPPY WITH
SOME OF THE ACTIONS MEXICO IS
TAKING.
TAKING. AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS
WHETHER OR NOT HE CONTINUES TO
TALK ABOUT IT AND USE IT AS A
RALLYING CRY AND WHAT
POLITICALLY THAT COULD PUT
REPUBLICANS IN, PARTICULARLY IN
THE HOUSE WHO ARE CAMPAIGNING ON
THIS ISSUE AND QUITE A FEW SEE
THAT AS AN AREA WHERE THEY WANT
TO COMPETE AND SHOW A CONTRAST
WITH HOW THE PRESIDENT VIEWS
IMMIGRATION AT THE BORDER.
>> SO THERE WAS SOME SENSE WHAT
THE PRESIDENT GOES OUT AND
SPEAKS TO HIS ANIMATED BASE AT
RALLIES ABOUT WOULD BE DIFFERENT
THAN POLICY WOULD BE.
AND THIS DOES SEEM TO BE ONE OF
THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE
PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE
ALIGNMENT OF THOUGHT WITH
REPUBLICANS OR OTHER
CONSERVATIVES OR MOST AMERICANS
ON ACTUALLY SHUTTING DOWN THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. MAYBE WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF AN
UNDERSTANDING OOF THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.
I ASSUME HE DOES AND HIS
ADVISORS HAVE TOLD HIM THAT
WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
>> TRUMP ISSALL WAS GOING TO DO
WHAT TRUMP WANTS TO DO.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PUSH HIM
INTO A CORNER.
AS ALL OF HIS ADVISORS KNOW NOT
TACONTROL HIM WILL SAY.
HE RESISTS ANY EFFORTS TO PUSH
HIM IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION HE
DOESN’T WANT TO GO IN.
I THINK THERE’S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RAN VOTERS AND FRUMP
VOTERS.
VOTERS. BY AND LARGE WILL BACK THIS
PRESIDENT AS A MATTER OF
TRIBALISM.
TRIBALISM. THAW TAKE ON HIS BATTLES AND HIS
SCARS AS THEIR OWN.
AND IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS I
THUNK THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT
THINKING OF WHAT THE
RAMIFICATIONS OF THE BORDER SHUT
DOWN WOULD BE AND THEY THINK
HE’S BEING TOUGH.
HE’S HONORING HIS PROMISE.
THERE’S A REASON TRUMP TRAVELS
THE COUNTRY EWITH SIGNS THAT SAY
PROMISES KEPT.
PROMISES KEPT. >> AND ONE OF THOSE PROMISES WAS
THE APPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
HE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A EARE
PLACEMENT THE SAME DAY, MOBBY IT
THE SAME HOUR.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO TAKE ON
DONALD TRUMP BATTLES AS THEIR
OWN.
OWN. WHERE EVEN TRUMP VOTERS SAID WE
CAN’T HAVE A REPEAL OF MEDICAID
AND OBAMACARE THAT DOESN’T ALLOW
PEOPLE TO BE INSURED IF THAW
HAVE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE PRESIDENT SEEMED TO COME OUT
THIS WEEK AND THROW EVERYONE OFF
GUARD.
GUARD. >> AND A SIGNAL THAT’S NOT
SOMETHING HE’LL TAKE UP.
AND THE THING I FOUND
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS AND THE
PRESIDENT STARTED TALKING ABOUT
HEALTH CARE AGAIN IS IN 2017
WHEN HIS PARTY CONTROLLED THE
HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY TRIED TO
DO THIS AND THEY WEREN’T
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. THE ARE ACTUALLY DIVISIONS AMONG
THE REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT ON HOW TO BEST ADDRESS
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. AND YOU’VE SEEN OTHER
REPUBLICANS, NOT TRUMP
REPUBLICANS, COME OUT AND SAY
THEY’RE SOCIALIST.
THEY’RE SOCIALIST. THEY WANT A SINGLE-PAYER
GOVERNMENT-RUN SYSTEM.
GOVERNMENT-RUN SYSTEM. AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A STRATEGY
REPUBLICANS COULD USE DEPENDING
ON WHO THE DEMOCRAT IS, RATHER
THAN GOING AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND IT’S NOT CLEAR.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WAIT UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
NOMINATED A CANDIDATE.
SO MORE THAN AN IDEA OFF WHAT
THE NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN WILL
LOOK LIKE.
LOOK LIKE. AT THE MOMENT THE PRESIDENT IS
PROMISING IN HIS SECOND FIRM
WHAT HE DIDN’T IN HIS FIRST
TERM.
TERM. >> AND IT’S SOMETHING NO
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.
NO ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN
TAKEN AWAY ONCE GIVEN BY
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. I THUNK TALTS RAR FANTASY
REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO HAVE.
THERE’S A REASON THEYVENT BEEN
ABLE TO DO THIS.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT THIS IN TERMS
OF 2020.
OF 2020. RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY HAVE IS A
MESSAGE OF HOW RADICAL AND
LEFTATHIST DEMOCRATS ARE.
THAT’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT ISSALL
RED EA SAYING AND DONE AN
EFFECTIVE JOB OF BRANDING OF
ASSPEKTZ OF THEIR AGEND TAW,
TLOIK NEW DEAL, IN VERY NEGATIVE
TERMS.
TERMS. .
. >> AND RIGHT NOW DEMOCRATS ARE
VERY WORRIES THE WAY HE’S
ATTACKING THE GREEN NEW DEAL,
THEIR EFFORTS TO BROADEN HEALTH
CARE COVERAGE, THE WAY THEY’RE
DOING THAT, THE WAY THE
REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP TOGETHER
ARE DOING IT IS GOING TO BE DAMP
TO WHOEVER THE NOMAN IS.
AND THEIR JOB AS THEY SEE IT --
THE JANUARYS ARE GOING TO TIE
WHOEVER THE NOMINEE IS TO THIS