SIDE.
THANKS MARK.
LELAND: HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
ENTERTAINMENT, GOP DAN PALMER
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 90 PLUS
PERCENT APPROVAL, I FIND HIS
ONLY PLACE APPROVAL NUMBERS HAVE
ACTUALLY GROWN SINCE
INAUGURATION.
DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE
WORRIED?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE NAME ID, BE
ABLE TO RAISE MONEY, AND YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A COMPELLING
MESSAGE.
I MEAN, FRANKLY, JOE WALSH ISN'T
EVEN THE BEST KNOWN JOE WALSH.
IT COULD BE THE GUITAR PLAYER
FOR THE EAGLES RIGHT?
>> POINT TAKEN THIS IS HOW MR.
WALSH IS FRAMING HIS CURRENT
RUN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> MOST OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES
BELIEVE.
THEY THINK TRUMP IS GOING TO
LOSE IN NOVEMBER AND THEY WANT
HIM TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER, AND
THEN THEY THINK THEY'RE DONE
WITH HIM AND EVERYTHING CAN GO
BACK TO NORMAL.
LELAND: YOU MADE AN INTERESTING
POINT HERE.
ONE ALSO COULD REMEMBER SOME OF
YOURS AND MY CONVERSATION CIRCA
2015 WHEN DONALD TRUMP GOT
INTO THE RACE AND YOU'RE
SUPPORTING TED CRUZ AND YOU'RE
SAYING THIS IS A CELEBRITY, THE
GUY IS NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IS THERE A RISK OF DISMISSING
WALSH TOO EASILY AS SO MANY
DISMISSED TRUMP?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS A
CANDIDATE FLANKED CRUZ TO THE
RIGHT AND THE DIVIDING LINE IN
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY 2016 WAS
THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, AND HE
OWNED THAT ISSUE.
LELAND: HE PUSHES EVERYBODY TO
THE RIGHT.
>> EXACTLY SO IN THIS CASE
THERE IS ALWAYS A NEVER-TRUMP
CONSTITUENCY.
IT'S DIMINISHED BUT IT HASN'T
GONE AWAY AND I THINK THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO BEHIND
WHETHER IT'S GOING UP TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WHETHER IT'S JOE
WALSH BUT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR
HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE HAD SOME
POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE
INTERNET, I MEAN, HONESTLY IF I
WORE A SQUIRREL PUPPET ON MY
NOSE, I COULD GET SOME POSITIVE
FEEDBACK ON THE INTERNET.
LELAND: THIS TIME YOU'RE ON OUR
SHOW WE'D LIKE YOU TO TRY THAT
AND SEE HOW MUCH POSITIVE
FEEDBACK THERE IS.
I THINK YOUR WIFE MIGHT HAVE A
THING OR TWO TO SAY, BUT PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THE
MEDIA LOVES THE CHALLENGE FROM
EITHER SIDE.
THE LAST THREE TIMES AN
INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT
WAS CHALLENGED BY A PRIMARY
CHALLENGER FROM THEIR OWN PARTY
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
REAGAN CHALLENGES FORD, FORD
LOSES.
KENNEDY CHALLENGES CARTER,
CARTER LOSES, BUCHANAN CHALLENGE
S H. W. BUSH AND H. W.
BUSH LOSES.
SHOULD REPUBLICANS WORRY THAT
WALSH ARE GOING TO BE SPOILERS?
>> THE COMMON THREAD IN THOSE
THREE LOSSES WAS A LOUSY ECONOMY
AND AT PRESENT WE HAVE A PRETTY
ROBUST ECONOMY.
THE LEFT IS TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA
AND RACISM AND NOW RECESSION.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND
OF A HOLD TO TRY TO ATTACK TRUMP
AS LONG AS THIS ECONOMY IS
STRONG THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME.
LELAND: WE HAD A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN ON EARLIER WHO
ADMITTED THE ECONOMY WAS PRETTY
STRONG AND KEPT TALKING ABOUT
RECESSIONS ON THE HORIZON.
IT'S COMING IT'S COMING.
DOES THIS PUT THE PRESIDENT IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION TO NEGOTIATE
WITH CHINA, BECAUSE IF HE
DOESN'T GET A DEAL WITH CHINA
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE COULD
BE IN A MUCH WORSE SPOT A YEAR
FROM NOW THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
ACTUALLY MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE.
THAT GIVES CHINA THE UPPER HAND.
THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTION.
PRESIDENT XI DOESN'T.
>> I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THIS.
I THINK THE REAL ISSUE WITH
CHINA HAS BEEN FRAMED
INCORRECTLY.
THIS IS NOT STRICTLY AN ECONOMIC
ISSUE.
THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUE AS LONG AS THEY
APPROPRIATING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AS LONG AS THEY ARE
USING CURRENCY MANIPULATION, A
SYMMETRIC ACCESS TO MARKETS.
THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY CAN
CHALLENGE FOR WORLD DOMINANCE.
NOW THE UNITED STATES IS A
SINGLE PREEMINENT WORLD POWER.
IF CHINA'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE
THESE PRACTICES, THEY COULD FIND
THEMSELVES RIVALLING THE U.S.
FOR DOMINANCE.
YOU ALREADY SEE THEM BUILDING
ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
LELAND: AND MILITARY BASES.
>> THEY ARE A RIVAL AND COULD
RISE TO BECOMING AN ENEMY AND
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WITH
THE CHINA TRADE DEAL IS WE HAVE
TO HOB EL THEIR PROGRESS.
LELAND: STEVEN MILLER NOW START
ING TO MOVE TO THAT POINT
TALKING ABOUT MOVING AWAY FROM
CHINA'S PAYING FOR IT TO THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE DAN
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME