David Axelrod: “Is this really what they want to be talking about?”

The nature of presidential politics is the bar gets raised constantly.

The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…

I do believe that you are elected not to advance the interest of your party but advance the interest of your country.

That was shredded today in that meeting in the Oval Office.