On the recordMay 18, 2017
the first rule of politics is if you want to get out of a hole, stop digging. And the president has been digging furiously for some time here.
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David Axelrod discusses the political implications of President Trump's actions regarding the ongoing investigations.
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There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
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