On the recordDecember 26, 2018
I think he's playing a losing hand, John. It all started back with that meeting with Nancy Pelosi. My interpretation... was that Nancy Pelosi outmaneuvered him.
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transcripts.cnn.comI think he's playing a losing hand, John. It all started back with that meeting with Nancy Pelosi. My interpretation... was that Nancy Pelosi outmaneuvered him.
David Gergen assesses President Trump's position in the government shutdown and his interaction with Nancy Pelosi.
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He is trying to delegitimize this election in all sorts of ways, we know that.
He is obsessed with winning re-election. It's all about self-respect. It is whether he is going to be humiliated or not.
Absolutely, absolutely. I -- Because the Republicans have gone at this in such a different way than the Democrats, the Democrats have been arguing the facts and the evidence, and the Republicans aren't contesting them on the facts.
It is so hypocritical that I think you're going to see that the Republicans will pay a price at the polls this November over this issue.