
I think that's a large part of it. We've never before had a president who did not have political or military experience.
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I think that's a large part of it. We've never before had a president who did not have political or military experience.

This president is the first president in our history who has had neither political nor military experience. And that's -- it has been a challenge to him to learn how to interact with Congress, and how to push his agenda forward.

Well, first let me say that I think the Republican leaders and the White House are making a sincere effort to listen to us and try to accommodate concerns. But for me, I have fundamental concerns about the bill, and it's going to be hard…

I believe that the president failed to show both respect and civility. The president should be modeling behavior -- good behavior.

The president did speak eloquently after the shooting of the congressman and others at the congressional baseball game. And that's why I was particularly surprised to see him revert to this kind of language, because he clearly recognized…

I completely agree with you that visibility and transparency are absolutely critical, and that is an important lesson from what happened last fall.

I think that President Trump should consider, maybe Secretary Tillerson should do this--exactly what President Obama did.

President Trump's Administration does not seem to have any strategy to deal with this going forward at this point.

I think a more aggressive response would've been appropriate in 20-20 hindsight.

Any doubt that RT is an arm of the Russian government?

The best defense is if the people know what's happening, and they can say, oh, it's just the Russians.

I just can't even imagine a headline in the United States saying 'American newsrooms unite to fight election misinformation.'

I strongly supported [Montenegro's NATO accession].

I would call it behind the scenes, ineffective, and tardy.

He has to learn how to be the President now and achieve actual things, and that's a much different thing from ginning up a fake 'TIME' magazine cover or seeking awards.

This President is the first President in our history who has had neither political nor military experience. And that's -- it has been a challenge to him to learn how to interact with Congress and how to push his agenda forward.