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David Gergen: If you're the president of the United States and you got people in your organization who in effect have become…

On the recordNovember 17, 2019
If you're the president of the United States and you got people in your organization who in effect have become disaffected and have, you know, testified against you in some fashion, I don't think it's unreasonable for a president to sort of think that's not -- that's not a great team player on my particular team.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen argues that a president may reasonably consider the loyalty of those who testify against him.

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