>> SO THE COUNTRY IS REALLY A
BIG, BIG BEAUTIFUL SHIP WE'RE
TURNING AROUND.
>> WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
IS THE BEING REPEALED, THAT
MEANS OBAMACARE IS BEING
REPEALED.
>> IT'S TIME TO EXIT THE PARIS
ACCORD.
>> THE WAR ON COAL.
>> THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET DACA.
>> THE TRANS PACIFIC
PARTNERSHIP.
>> COMPLETELY ONE-SIDED DEAL
WITH CUBA.
>> THE ROGUE REGIME IN IRAN.
>> JERUSALEM IS ISRAEL'S
BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY.
>> Mike: IT HAS BEEN QUITE A
YEAR.
LET'S BRING IN OUR PANEL.
DANIEL HALPERT, AMY AND MOLLY
HERE WITH US.
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO SEE
FIRST-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS.
>> IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
A ROUGH YEAR.
HE ENDED REALLY STRONGLY WITH
THE TAX REFORM, TAX CUTS.
HE DID IT WITH A SLIM MAJORITY
IN THE SENATE.
A MEDIA ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS
CONTENT TO NOT BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT
WHAT IS IN THE BILL.
ON FOREIGN POLICY, HE TOOK A NEW
DIRECTION FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN
ACCUSTOMED TO AND CRUSHED ISIS.
NOT THAT HE HAD A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAN
PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT HE ENABLED
HIS MILITARY TO MAKE THE
HE SAW SUCCESS THERE THAT WE
DIDN'T SEE UNDER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT ARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS?
GOTTEN A LITTLE MORE BALANCED.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY ROCKY DURING
OBAMACARE.
THAT WAS THE ISSUE SET.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET
REPUBLICANS ON THE SAME PAGE ON
TAX CUTS THAN IT IS LIKE
OBAMACARE AND THE MANY DIFFERENT
FACETS.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE LIST OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE PRESIDENT
FULFILLED A LOT OF THE THINGS HE
SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THE CHALLENGE FOR THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS PARTY IS THAT VOTERS AT
THIS POINT ARE NOT GIVING CREDIT
TO THE REPUBLICANS.
THEY DON'T SEE HIM PARTICULARLY
POSITIVELY, THEY DON'T SEE THE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS IN A
POPULAR LIGHT.
2018 ELECTION, DEMOCRATS HAVE A
DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD AT THIS POINT.
SO GIVEN ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND HOW WELL THE ECONOMY IS
DOING, THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY
ISN'T THE PRESIDENT OR THE PARTY
DOING BETTER.
A LOT OF THAT FOR AS MUCH AS
HE'S SUCCEEDING IN KEEPING HIS
BASE ENERGIZED, HE'S DOUBLE
ENERGIZING HIS OPPOSITION AND
SWING VOTERS, A LOT OF THESE
THINGS THAT ARE APPEALING TO
CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT
NECESSARILY APPEALING TO SWING
VOTERS.
MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION,
WHICH IS THE TAX BILL.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE ECONOMY.
WE HAVE HANDY DANDY GRAPHICS TO
SHOW YOU ABOUT CHANGES.
LOOK AT THE DOW MILESTONES.
LOOK AT THE CURVE AT THAT.
ANYBODY WITH A 401(k) AT HOME
RECOGNIZES THE IMPACT IN TERMS
OF THE SURGING DOW.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT CONTINUES INTO
THE NEW YEAR OR WHETHER WE SEE A
BIT OF A REVERSAL.
DANIEL IS ONE OF THE KEYS
LOOKING AHEAD THAT VOTERS FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE GETTING SOMETHING
FROM THE TAX CUT AND THEY SEE
IT?
>> THAT IT WOULD HELP, IF PEOPLE
CAN FEEL THE BENEFITS OF IT.
I THINK THAT DOES HELP IN MANY
WAYS.
LOOK, PRESIDENT TRUMP SO FAR HAS
BEEN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF
MY LIFETIME, WHICH MIGHT NOT SAY
THAT MUCH.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
YET BEEN LASTING.
SO HE'S GOT A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE, HE'S RESHAPED IN MANY
WAYS THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WITH A
LOT OF NOMINEES IN LOWER COURTS.
HELPED ALONG BY THE SENATE.
OF COURSE, HE'S HAD THE TAX
REFORM PACKAGE.
A LOT OF THE OTHER CHANGES HAVE
BEEN ROLL BACKS OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA, WHICH CONSERVATIVES
RIGHTFULLY CHEER AND THEY
ABIDE BY THAT.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT CAN COME BACK
IN AND RESIGN A LOT OF THESE
SO UNLESS HE CAN GET CONGRESS
AND LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
JUDGE THAT IS STILL UP IN THE
AIR.
>> WE SAW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA,
WAS PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
>> AND I THINK I THAT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT POINT TO PICK UP ON IN
TERMS OF THE ROLL BACK VERSUS
THE NEW STUFF.
PLUS, THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE
THIS PRESIDENCY THE FIRST YEAR
THAT THIS PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN
MUCH MORE ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY
THAN ABOUT THE POLICIES.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING,
PEOPLE THAT LIKE HIM AND DON'T
LIKE HIM, WHAT IT IS THEY DO OR
DON'T DO ABOUT HIM, THE NUMBER
ONE THING THAT COMES UP ARE
ASPECTS OF HIS PERSONALITY OR
TEMPERAMENT.
THEY PICKED OBAMA'S POLICIES.
I DON'T LIKE OBAMACARE.
>> BUT OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY WAS
REPUBLICANS, HOW TO WORK WITH
THIS PRESIDENT AND MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR SUCCESS IS TIED TO
HIS.
THE TAX REFORM AND THE TAX CUTS
ELEMENT TO WORK WITH THE
ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS.
IF THEY CAN DO MORE OF THOSE
SUCCESSES WORKING TOGETHER, THEY
MIGHT BOTH BENEFIT.
>> AND MY SENSE IS THAT WITH A
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BEING
APPROVED, IF THERE'S ANOTHER
SUPREME COURT OPENING AT SOME
POINTS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT HIS BASE COULD GET VERY
EXCITED ABOUT.
>> THAT WAS ONE OF HIS MOST
SUCCESSFUL THINGS.
DONALD TRUMP GOT A GOOD
RECEPTION TO THAT PICK.
YOU CAN COUNT HE WILL PICK
SOMEONE ELSE ALONG THOSE LINES.
THE SAME TIME, IT'S TRUE THAT
SOME OF THESE REGULATORY CHANGES
ARE FAR-REACHING.
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DISMANTING THE CLEAN POW
DISMANTING THE CLEAN POWER
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE MORE
LONG LASTING THAN PEOPLE JUST
REALIZE.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE JUST
REPEALS.
>> WE'VE SEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF