technical have director, mvp in our control room. after nearly three decades at cnn moving to new adventures. we wish you all the best. you will be missed. follow me on twitter on instagram at wolf blitzer. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, the fight for 2020 is on. democrats about to go head to head in the first debate. the candidate op the rise, elizabeth warren about to speak in miami. what's her strategy? plus trump takes the bait. the president threatening to obliterate iran after the iranian president says the united states has a mental disability. and the white house has has a new public face. today's announcement was nod made by the president but the first lady. who is the new press secretary? let's go outfront. and good evening, i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight, the biggest show thus far in the fight for 2020 about to take place. we're talking the first debate between the democratic

presidential candidates, 10 of them take the stage tomorrow in the first of a two-night sweep. and the biggest draw, senator elizabeth warren. while many of her. ohhant are behind closed doorz ecoarse preparing for the battle warren is out and about. as you can see about to hold a townhall in miami where she woos voters with another plan. today unveiling a new election security plan. plans that just the concept of i've got a plan for that now defines warren. >> i've gone a plan for that. the good news is i got a plan foltz. they're ready for change, and i got a plan for that. >> and her plans and specifics are defining the playing field right now. senator bernie sanders, for example, announcing a more generous plan for student doet only after warren launched her own plane. ennen learning that joe biden is spending the time days before he appears on stage reviewing his own record from the past nearly 40 years.

mj lee outfront live in miami. to begin the coverage, warren will be the biggest name on the stage, the first night highest ranking in the polls on that stage at the podium. how is she preparing? >> what is notable is the fact that it's the night before the debate and we are going to see elizabeth warren campaigning here tonight in miami. we are at florida international university where she is going to have a townhall with voters and with supporters. and you could argue that that is a kind of debate precip, right. because we expect she is taking questions from members of the audience. but advisers that i've been talking to tell me that they are very could go nizant of the fact that a counsel is different from the debate tomorrow. there is a timer. there are multiple moderators. and of course the fact that elizabeth warren is standing on stage with nine other candidates. now, part of the debate precip we have been told about is that elizabeth warren is trying to sort of boil down the many, many policy proposals that she has

put forward so far. so that she can be focused and to make sure she can actually defend every one of the many ideas that she has put forward. also, even though she is going to be taking center stage -- we do expect a lot much focus on elizabeth warren, of course, erin, ha hard to overstate what a big night this is going to be and how high the stakes are for everybody on stage. for many this is an important opportunity to introduce themselves to voters and really try to have a breakout moment. and make an impression on a lot of the voters who might be turning into the candidacy for the first time, erin. >> mj thank you very much. and now the republican former senator and 2016 presidential candidate rick santorum. along with gloria borger and paul about a gala who serve as adviser to president clinton. glory is only one of the top five democrats is warren who is on the stage on the first night tomorrow. the other four biden sanders buttigieg and harris all will be

on stage at the same time on thursday. so is it an advantage to be the only one in that group on the first night? or disadvantage for warren? >> i know lots of folks say it's a disadvantage for her because she is not up against bernie or biden on the first night. but i think it's an advantage for her. because first of all you're going to have a big tune in on the first night. she is going to be out there alone. center stage. she's got a lot of room to distinguish herself. she can present herself as the liberal who can -- who can beat donald trump. and so, yeah, i think she's got a lot of room in that group to say, look at me, i'm the one to take on trump. whereas if stherp sherp on the other stage shaed have competition. >> are rick when you were on stage for the first republican date. you were one of seven in 2012 you were one of no one and that seemed a lot. and now we have two nights of ten each and some aren't

included. almost absurd. but the question is how hard is it to have a breakout moment in a situation where you are one of nine and no matter how squefl successful the debate is a lot of it you go, you go, you go here's the clock. >> look, i think the -- the opportunity for someone low in the polls is to come out swinging. and the person you swing at is the person can you which is elizabeth warren. in that respect i think it's probably a negative for her to be on the stanl as really the oem top dog to go after. the good thing is when you get swung at you get a chance to respond. i suspect you're seeing some people going after her. but she's having a lot more time than everybody else. because she has the opportunity to respond. bad thing going after her. good thing she is going to have extra time. >> she can say wait i get a chance to respond. i can almost hear it in the same tone of voice. don't i get to respond to that? i can hear it now.

paul, you played george w. bush in al gore's debate prepare in 2000. what is the most important thing the candidates need to prepare for at the early stage where it's important. someone who has not broken out, this could be the ticket to do sohn a it's a crewed stage. >> it is. but the strategy is really really clear. there's only one question. it's the first question, the last question. that question in the mine of democrats is, can you beat trump? are you the one to beat trump? a and that has to be marbled into every answer you give. rick makes a great point. i think a lot of the people on the stanl with senator warren want to attack her. she has a great to response if she chooses. the response of bill clinton to bob dole in 1996. it's i could respond in kind that wouldn't solve a precip. wouldn't comfort an elderly person, expand health care. elizabeth warren is a little bit different. they need to say you have a record too and i could attack it but i'd rather attack problems.

the biggest problem is donald trump and i can beat him. that's what they want to hear. >> what is the goal for the candidates. >>? when you are look for the breakout moment and people don't know who you are -- people need to be introduce today elizabeth warren but i'm not referring to her when i say that. some of the others on the stage do they say who they are? or is the best way to get attention to aim at her. >> congressman ryan was on the air and did he a get anyof describing it. he said it's like speed dating with the american public. >> to them running. >> that's a great description. sometimes when you attack, attack, attack you end up being the one looking bad. so it's a problem, particularly if senator warren has the answer that ball just gave which i think a great answer. you have to strike a fine balance. you have to tell people what you are for. and in many cases you have to tell them who you are. and where you came from. and what are you doing there? >> yes. >> so they have -- they have a double job. and warren just has to prove

that she is somebody who can take on trump and beat him. >> right, she deserves to be where she is in the polls. >> yes. >> and of course higher. >> center stanl. >> i mean, rick, trump, though, look, he has always done things his own way. and just because he does them does not mean it's successful for anyone else. the fact that he has done them has change the game and the definition of success in these. it's a rock and a hard place. here is what he did in the debates. >> in guy is a choke artist and this guy is a lie. >> nasty guy now i know he doesn't have one endorsement. >> i never attack him on his look. and believe me there is plenty of subject matter there. >> he has failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster. nobody cares. >> does that only work for one person? >> rick? >> well, first off donald trump that field has a lane they are running in. and they're going to -- did try to do what they think is

necessary to win their mini prer, whether it's the far left progressive, whether it's the moderate, whether it's the fighter. everybody has a lane. and they've got to make that calculation as to what they need to do to advance in that lane. and somebody -- i know doubt is going to do the trump. someone is going to take the lane of i'm the bad -- i'm the bad guy that can take on the bad guy. >> you know, what do you think, paul? especially given the timing here? it's 60 seconds, 30 seconds to respond to a follow-up and not everyone gets a following up because it's too many people and you can't get everybody on every issue. what do you make of the time restrictions? >> it compose are quoses a lot of discipline. that's a good thing. can you say a lot in a little bit of time for god to loved the world he gave miss only begotten shall not perish but shall have ever lasting life. that's six seconds. talk to me taut to me by my mom. thank you for raising me in the

faith. you can do a lot in a a little bit of time. >> you did it faster than a drug disclaimer from pfizer in an ad. it does impose disciplines but does it impose silence. >> it does for people who have never been in front of this kind of audience and never been on this kind of stage before it does. it's hunlly difficult. you have to say who you are, and who this person running against you is, and why that person is not as good as you are. and i think if elizabeth warren is smart she just keeps talking about herself. because this will fif her an opportunity as people attack her. tokind of say who she is. but you know, you also have this possibility much turning off a lot of democrats. who if you look at poll after poll all they want to do is beat donald trump. as paul was saying before, all they want is somebody they believe can take on donald trump and beat him and this is

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>> this is our chance in 2020. our chance to dream big, to fight hard, and to win. >> in sanders 'pledge for a revolution. >> our job is to complete the are you revolution we began. >> but this time around sanders has considerable competition in his pursuit of progressive voters. warren is not only stealing a share of his thunder but attracting sanders dmirers who see her as the fresh face of the left, one who they believe may be more electable. >> as they prepare for the first democratic debate this week in miami their broader policy ideas are similar. with calls to implement medicare for all and fight income inequality. but there are differences. like the respective plans to relieve student debt. anders would wipe out all outstanding student debt in the country. but warren proposes to forgive up to $50,000 in household making less than six figures a year. it's a subtle but key distinction between beginning to

frame dualing candidacy. they insist it's a friendly fight. >> i think bernie is terrific. we were friends long before i got involved in politics. >> elizabeth is a friend of mine. i think she is running a good campaign. >> yet beneath the surface tensions rising. >> some sanders supporters have never forgiven warren. >> i'm here today because i'm with her. yes, her. >> for endorsing hillary clinton in 2016 before sanders dropped out. >> and sanders is making clear he feels foot steps suddenly painting warren as more establishment candidate after the moldenhauer thirdway said they prefer her to him. at this thirdway meeting i was called an existential threat to the democratic party. >> sanders made that argument the theme of a beaked speech at the south carolina democratic convention. >> they prefer snar senator warren to. >> you i don't care who they

prefer. that's not what i'm talking with i'm talking about needing a exactic the candidate who represents the workers. >> many like sanders but believe warren can win and favor her softer touch. >> i want not as upsetting to other people. >> but sanders loyalists like nina turper say his ideas drive the 2020 conversation and only he can bring sweeping change. >> so people have to decide do they want the original or do they want copies? >> so he is the original. >> he is the original. >> now, senator warren is taking the stage right behind me right now as you can see. and she is holding a town meeting here at florida international university. several hundred people here to see her plans and hear her ideas. this is something we have seen from state to state, month-to-month. her candidacy rising. the question here is what does senator sanders do in response

to that? their campaign is watching in carefully and watching elizabeth warren on the rise. erin. >> thank you very much, jeff zeleny. let's go to democratic strategy isha moodie-mills. isha, how worried should bernie sanders be about elizabeth warren who has gotten momentumen he should be worried bus she has moment up. she is rising and almost everyone else is standing still or dhking. the reality is that elizabeth warren's bases is similar to bernie's. she is cutting into that. he should be concerned about that. >> here is the thing. when went went back and sort of -- there is a plan on student debt and flory plan on student debt he rolls out even more aggressive than hers. it's not just that. they sound strikingly similar on quite a few issues isha like these. >> we can cancel student loan

debt for 95% of the kids who have it. >> this proposal completely eliminates student debt in this country. >> i got a lot of problem with billionaires who are not paying a fair share. >> the greed of the billionaire class never ends. >> yes, we could afraid medicare for all. >> we will guarantee health care to all of our people through our medicare for all single player system. >> i believe that impeachment proceedings should start oh now. >> ilk the house should begin impeachmenties on trump. >> i mean it's -- it's striking as i said. so i guess the question though, isha, if you are elizabeth warren should you continue with the same messages to allowing the repeat to pick off more sanders supporters or is it time to distance herself from his positions. >> well, erin, i want to back up a minute and remind everybody that it was actually back in 2015 elizabeth warren was always

the darling of the progressive movement because so many of the ideas were her ideas that she really created and galvanized the energy on the ground around. and so bernie sanders ended up running for president in a way that he kind of had a platform she started and he took and ran with it. it's not surprising that what we are seeing now is that her momentum is coming from the fact that she is reclaiming the conversation and reclaiming scherr had yous and her plans. i think that, you know, that is what we are seeing in terms of differentiation what we will see at the debates is bernie is a democratic socialistist is a praumt but progressive capitalist that's where they break down. >> socialist capitalist. i think everyone heard what you said and that's significant. because that's important certainly as you move beyond primaries which we're far from doing. at some point will happen. they both support the green new deal. and both have appeared alongside

congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. there she is with elizabeth warren. we have seen her with bernie sanders. the question for you, isha -- obviously aoc as she is known and calls herself gets a lot of attention. she has millions of followers. is her endorsement important to warren a and sanders or not. >> i would imagine both of those campaigns see the endorsement as important. but aoc is sharp enough to know the value of her endorsement and no reason to make one any time soon frankly. the other thing i would say is that -- the progressive movement is about this election. but bigger than that. it's really about ideas. and so whether it be aoc or bernie or elizabeth warren they are really pushing america in a conservation towards progressive values with regards to policies and culture. i think that's where aoc plays and where the benefit for them of aligning themtz with her and vice versa is that this is about culture shift and moving the

needle. and that is bigger than 2020. there is -- that goes on. >> all right. isha thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and next, the disturbing heart breaking image of what appears to be a father and a child found lying face down in the water near the u.s. mexican border. this is a major house vote coming up tonight to address the growing crisis along the southern border. plus how will democrats distinguish themselves when they found sound like this. >> abraham lincoln is my political hero. >> i would go with lincoln. >> certainly abraham lincoln. >> well, john hickenlooper, 2020 contender will be outfront.

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ton, obliteration. the president threatening overwhelming force against iran, days after calling off an air strike once he found out it could kill 150 people. trump tweeting today any attack by iran on anything american will be met with great and overwhelming force in some areas overwhelming will mean obliteration. the selkd second part of that is ominous and absurd. in some areas overwell means obliteration. except in isn't absurd process. it's not a joke. it's threatening warren a mass death. por what was the intended mental to rouhani? >> there is no message. you know, i'll tell what you the message is. when they're ready thoef to let us know. when they're ready they'll let us know. very simple. >> ready to negotiate you mean. >> ready to do whatever. doesn't make any difference. whatever they want to do, i'm ready. >> whatever they want to do?

war? negotiate? whatever? trump's comments coming after iranian president hassan rouhani lashed out in have personal terms. >> they have become frustrated and confused. they do not know what to do. they have become mentally disabled. the white house is suffering from mental disability. >> you a, they, is that like the royal we. obviously this is a child irk slam at trump as the secretary of state mike pompeo said when he heard about rouhani's comments. >> if your representation of what they said today is right that's a bit immature and child-like. >> more than a bit immature. definitely child-like. he is dead on. then why is trump responding in kind? with irresponsible threats of overwhelming obliteration? boris sanchez is outfront. and boris, the president also said after overwhelming could mean obliteration, that iran should take that threat seriously. >> right, it's almost as if the

president senses that he is not being taken seriously. it really would have been a surprise to see president trump show restraint here. he often doesn't when attacked this way. and where this attack is coming from is also important. iranian president hassan rouhani moose not engaged in this kind of rhetoric before. he is seen as a moderate. this is a sign that iranian bes are not afraid of trump's bluster maybe because they have seen it before. it's part of the playbook, making the outlandish threats, enacts harsh sanctions to ratchet up pressure. then he makes the promise of economic proermts in exchange for favorable foreign policy outcome. we have seen this with north korea. remember he used to call kim jong un little rocket man and talk about fire and fury. now exchanging kind letters with kim jong un. we don't have a denuclear station deal. further we have seen this with the middle east. if you look at the economic portion of the middle east peace

plan, he is promising $50 billion in investment in the palestinian territories in exchange for stability in the region. still, unclear if that plan is going to work. at this point, the iranians have said they are not interested in negotiating with trump. they don't want to renegotiate a deal with the americans. in their words they have aiding and abettinged, erin. >> thank you boris. i want to democratic congressman gerry connolly members of the foreign affairs committee. and oversight maccommittee. the president threatening overwhelming obliteration his words. after that he says he think iran takes the threat seriouspy hi. one of the threats that overwhelming being obliteration at times during they take the threats seriously. >> i think iran is taking and has taken the measures of this president and at best they have seen him as ee rat being, at the end of the day he pulls his punches. for a president who can't even

follow through on a measured retaliation for the shooting down of an american drone by the iranians why should they be afraid of massive obliteration. this sounds like typical trump blunder and bluster. and you know, i also find it ironic that the secretary of state would characterize the iranian leader comments as childish and immature. if there is anyone who ought to be an expert in ujds child like and immature it's secretary pompeo. >> certainly he recognizes it. >> that's right. >> he calls it out selectively. president trump said today he does not need an exit strategy. i want to splay play this exchange with reporters if you know what he means. here he is. >> do you have an exit strategy for iran if war does break out? >> you're not going to need an exit strategy. i don't need exit strategies.

>> so what's he saying there? there won't be war or if he does he doesn't need an exit strategy? do you know what he means? does he have a strategy. >> lord online knows what he means. but i will say this. trump has been a consistent critic of george w. bush's iraq war as being a folly and one of the most failed examples of u.s. diplomacy in recent history. because in part is it lacked exit strategy. for him to say he doesn't need one is profoundly contradictory from his own criticism of the iraq war. >> congressman, i want to ask you about a picture we have just coming in. i want to warn everybody about to see it it's incredibly disturbing because i'm explaining what you are see processing. the associated press just took this picture. i don't know when they took it they are release going. it's a salvadoran father and his nearly 2-year-old daughter, according to the ap they are dead. in this picture. face down in the rio grand river

after attempting to cross into the united states. look, this is a horrible picture. what can be done to stop this? >> the crisis at the border is a humanitarian crisis. it's the failure of our government to show any empathy or any concern for the thousands of people who are fleeing violence, gang activity, and dire poverty. in picture in many ways is emblem mattic of the failure of the policy. where is your community? why aren't we taking care of children and the parents fleeing with them in a humanitarian way as opposed to thirj away, refusing asylum, insisting they stay in mexico, and the risks continue. and we just see that in this picture. that father risked all to come to another country where he thought he and his daughter would be safe and have a future.

>> and i want to just be clear. we do understand that picture was taken monday. it's just from yesterday. again, by the associated press. now, i know tonight there is you know a the vote set supposedly on a $4.5 billion package of aid that would go to help people on the border. migrants coming on the southern border but there's been a lot of infighting in the party. you guys are fighting over the amount. some people say they don't want to give money to the immigration agencies because they are under the boss of them ultimately is a donald trump. so don't give them money. you've had infighting in your party. the house speaker nancy pelosi held a meeting with the progressive caucus. one member described it as very tense with high des bell levels. are you concerned that the division in your party between progress he was and moderate democrats is threatening the democratic party right now. >> no, healthy debate is a sign

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ton, breaking out from the pack, 20 candidates will be on stage this week. and they've got to stand out or else. and if their recent interview was "the new york times" are any indication, the candidates may have a bit of work to do. >> abraham lincoln is my political hero. >> i would go with lincoln. >> certainly abraham lincoln. >> in an ideal world people would not own handgun. >> in an ideal world. >> i would visit nato aur lies.

>> i would want to go to nato, europe. >> what's your comfort food on the campaign trail. >> it was m&ms. >> m&ms or minutes. >> we talk about striking word echo process outfront former governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. even on m&ms. i guess a lot of people like m&ms but it's an important point for a big week and big night. you're on stage with nine other people. how are you going to stand out thursday night, governor. >> i'm going to try and really communicate who i am and just be myself. i think i'm the only person up there who has a small business person, a mayor and governor. i've actually done what other people mostly are saying they'd like to do or talking about doing. >> so you're going to be on stage with some of the candidates who have been consistency topping in the polls. on your night joe biden will be there. bernie sapped sanders will be

there are you concerned they could suck all the oxygen out of the room particularly because if swb goes after them then they get the opportunity to reply. then a lot of time goes to just a few people. >> well, you know, that's the difficulty of being -- some media wagon called me the dark horse from the rockies. my wife sometimes has introduced me as in some of our fund raisersers at sea biscuit. but she always says sometimes a long shot becomes a legend. we have to keep our eye focused on what we are trying to achieve and talk about all the things that colorado has done, all the big progressive achievements that people said couldn't be done. we seemed to be doing them in colorado without massive expansions of government, without even a hint of socialism. >> and that's -- that's an important point. because you're saying you can be progressive but not socialist. obviously the terms have been perhaps purposely conflated by some in this race thus far.

one recent policy proposal getting a lot of attention bernie sanders this week, governor, saying he is wiping out all 1.6 trillion in college debt for people who have paid off -- not paid off their debt. here he is. >> this proposal completely eliminates student debt in this country and ends the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation, the millennial generation to a lifetime of debt for the crime of doing the right thing. >> so do you support that $1.6 trillion which would i suppose not go to people who have paid off a portion or all of the student debt by putting all the time in but only people who did not pay off. >> well, certainly, i understand the the -- the reasoning behind it. i understand the emotions. my executive assist had $75,000 in debt. and she had one kid, another kid

on the way. and was 38 years old. it's a drag. and it's a burden to people are carrying throughout their lives. i see that. and i think we got to figure out, a why is college costing so much but make sure we allow our kids to refinance their loans, crack down on the spreader to lending. but i also ask, what about the 70% or almost 70% of the kids that don't get a four-year degree and we've cut back all of our vocational training on them. why don't we have -- i'm pushing a massive expansion of apprenticeships and making sure we have community colleges to any kid who can't afraid it they are-free so everybody gets a fair chance to learn the skills and create their own version of the american dream. >> i hope that this conversation happens at least starts to happen tomorrow night. there is a lot more depth do it appear it can sound good to say something. it's not a bad thing to say it but in practice what des it mean and how is it execute snd some of the plans out there right now have a lot of work to be done.

i want to play for you what the agricultural secretary kwad qb the current one sonny perdue. he was asked about climate change with cnn. >> it's weather patterns frankly. and they change. as i said, it rained yesterday. it's a nice pretty day today. >> what's your reaction to that? >> well, you know, i spentmy life trying to deal with facts. i've got a masters in geology. i'm the first professional geologist to be elected a governor. the facts are hard to argue. we are facing one of the greatest -- probably the greatest existential challenge of our lifetimes if not the last several hundred years. and to have our leaders say, well, i'm not so sure it's that big a deal. we don't have to hurry. listen, we got to go fast now. >> yeah. all right. governor hickenlooper, i appreciate your time thank you. >> thank you. >> governor hickenlooper will be

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tonight an announcement from the east wing regarding a big job in the west. melania trump broke the news that her spokesperson stephanie so who is stephanie gresham. >> stephanie has been with me from the beginning. >> and she's been defending the trump since then. stephanie caught the attention of then candidate trump after she assisted at a rally in her home state of arizona in 2015. soon after, she joined the campaign and took on the role of traveling press secretary saying of trump. >> i think he's one of the kinder people i've ever worked for. >> she went through the ranks and became deputy press secretary. she move the to the east wing in 2017 to work for the first lady. at the time grisham said she had

reservations given the long hours and being a single mother. >> that kind of a schedule as a single parent, it wouldn't be fair to him. over here, the hours aren't quite as long. the first lady is very, very supportive of me as a single mother, and, you know, i'll be able to work from home if i need to. >> just a few months into the job, grisham made a anymore for herself as a fierce defender of the first lady handling melania trump's controversial moments such as the backlash with this moment with the jacket saying i really don't care, do you on a trip to visit migrant children. grisham tweeting if media would spend her time on actions and f efforts to help kids rather than speculate and focus on her wardrobe, we could get so much accomplished. previously the first lady's wardrobe raising eyebrows after his critics questioned the choice of wearing high heel shoes to a flood zone in texas.

grisham at the time telling cnn it's sad that we have an active and on going natural disaster in texas and people are worried about her shoes. >> hi, everyone. >> grisham taking media to task during the stormy daniels scandal over allegations trump had an extra marital affair with a porn star which he denies and dprks r stephanie said i know the media is enjoying speculation and gossip but there is a minor child whose name should be kept out of the tabloids and she was dubbed the enforcer in a 2018 profile. in her new role, grisham will not only be white house press secretary and communications director but remain in charge for communications for melania trump. we can think of no better person to serve administration and our country excited to have stephanie working for both sides

of the white house. >> the first lady is very happy for her. it's a big job, it's a very big job stephanie will do a fantastic job. >> there is new press secretary. we wonder if we'll see more regular press briefings but aside the from that, you heard the president today talking about stephanie grisham, she has this great relationship with the press and after working alongside her in 2016, she did have this good working welati relationship with the media and press. >> it's interesting we haven't seen her do a press conference. >> we have not. >> that will be trial by fire. >> trial by fire. >> thank you, jason. next, jeanne moos on trump's two terms. not everyone is laughing. biopharmaceutical researchers.

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tonight, trump says he's just joking about serving more than two terms or is he? is gjeanne moos. >> reporter: critics love to portray him wearing a crown and he hasn't discarded the imagery with the one-liners ex end thing his presidency beyond the two terms allowed by the constitution. >> if we want to drive them crazy, i'll say in ten years, they will go yecrazy. should we go back 16 years? i was going to joke and say at least for ten or 14 years but we would cause bedlam unless they give me an extension for the presidency. >> his supporters eat it up. his detractors spit it out. >> they want donald trump to be king of the united states. they want him to be president for life. >> if he loses trump, he won't. >> president trump recently tweeted do you think the people would demand that i stay longer?

he's mentioned china's president xi. >> he's now president for life. >> as a role model wink, wink. >> they want to give that a shot some day. >> but now he shot down speculation in an interview they asked if he was joking, president trump responded of course, but it drives them crazy. for instance the other day when he inserted himself into an old "time magazine" cover. as if he were running for president as if he were running for ever. someone tweeted you are the most successful troll of all time. some wonder if president trump has his own troll doll. he earned it. >> see, he is a desk pot. >> a troll forever. jeanne moos, cnn new york.

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