tonight, the message is clear the world is not one giant pocket listing. tomorrow for the danish author, the emperor has no clothes on the ridiculist. >> thank you very much for that. i'm chris cuomo, willielcome to "prime time." imagine if the election were held today. would insulting jewish-americans help him get elected. why? we're going to ask a trump when i sayer -- whisperer. can se help us understand what's going on. and as this country does get ready to pick its next leader or keep the current one, this president is actually picking a fight with another ally calling its female prime minister nasty. our great debate takes on his

basis and his bombast and the president says he has an appetite for background checks but it seems to be the only food that he'll take a bite of and then spit it out. a member is here urging him to finally be strong. it's your country. who should lead it? let's get after it. ♪ election watch, the president's positions on major matters seem to be as clear as mud. proof, listen to tuesday trump versus today trump. >> payroll taxes, something that we think about and a lot of people would like to see that. >> i'm not looking at a tax cut now. >> we have very, very strong background checks right now. they call it the slippery slope. and all of a sudden everything gets taken away. we're not going to let that happen. >> i have an appetite for background checks. we're going to be doing background checks. >> that's the proof.

that's just taxes and gun control. is economy the strongest ever or is it desperate for juicing? and is going at denmark's female p.m. for being nasty over a greenland deal that never was, good for america? that is the premise of the great debate. thank you both. kaylee, we'll do this one, two, three style. let's start with denmark. what is the upside to the posture of the president vis-a-vis, that ally. >> there's a tremendous upside were we to acquire greenland. it's important in the event that a nuclear weapon was to take off from china or russia. the president is smart and strategic and saying i'm interested in this and for the prime minister to outright just say this is absurd and what would be a diplomatic negotiation -- >> selling a country would be a

diplomatic negotiation? it's a sovereign -- >> did anyone make fun of harry truman for offering $100 million for green land. it's a smart move and the prime minister of denmark just shot it out of hand and said it's absurd. so the president responded in kind and side, pay your fair share into nato. >> i think the president is a lunatic and i think we've got to be honest about it. and we've got to start talking about the 25th amendment right now. so this guy cancels a diplomatic trip to denmark because he's so thin-skinned, he gets triggered so easily, that when denmark says, no, we're not going to sell you greenland, he says my feelings were hurt. apparently he needs a safe space. in the same 24-hour period, he called himself the second coming of god and the king of israel. the man is deeply, mentally unstable. the cabinet should convene

immediately to discuss the 25th amendment. and i'm not kidding. the emperor has no clothes. we're ignoring the elephant in the room. he's mentally unstable, and it's obvious. >> cabinet is not going to do that. and if anyone reads the 25th amendment, it has to be triggered by those in power close to the president. he would have the ability to undo it. let's stick to policy here. when we're looking at taxes, he says payroll tax, we're talking about it, payroll tax, not going to happen. >> it's a debate within the administration whether now is the time to give another tax cut. this is a key part of the president's strategy. he's having this debate and having it publicly. but tax cuts work. this is the hottest economy on record. >> how is it the hottest on record? >> lowest unemployment rates for african-americans, hispanic americans.

wages growing at the fastest pace in a decade. no arguing with the trump economy. that's why we're going to win in 2020. >> it's going to be what they rest the campaign on in major part. of course your side will argue that the strength of it is a continuation of it and the tax cut was an artificial juicing. and if the economy is so strong, why do you need to juice it again? >> he says the economy is fantastic and we need to cut interest rates. that makes no sense at all. if the economy was booming, you would be worried about inflation, and you would be increasing the interest rates. the reality is that the economy is not booming. every economist in the country is worried about a recession. and the trump administration is deeply worried about a recession. they told donors that there was a moderate risk of recession. and the only reason they're considering a payroll tax cut is because they know the only thing that stimulates the economy is not supply-side economics but getting finally the american

worker some sort of relief. and the reason they're considering that now and trump is obviously lying about -- that he -- it's not connect today the recession, is because they're really, really worried we're about to hit a recession. when we do hit the recession, will you come back on here and admit that the tax cuts for the rich didn't work. >> it's really quite disgusting that you're rooting on a recession and telling lies to the american people. >> i'm telling you it's going to happen. >> economists do not foresee a recession actually. i take my notes from them. 71% tell cnn the economy is in good shape. the facts are not on your side. >> hold on a second. hold on. let's set the table. we don't do that on this show. you don't have to accuse him of rooting for a recession. >> he is. >> the question is, not if, it's when. we all know that. the concern with the economic

policy and i've been on record saying i get why you guys don't like what powell did with the rates. they raised them too much, too soon. if you have a strong economy, you would not put into play mechanisms that you may need if there's a recession, like messing with rates, like using another tax cut. if the economy is strong, you don't do those things. you do it when it needs help. which is it? >> when you're fueling a strong economy, the belief of conservatives, the belief in the truth of it is that tax cuts fuel economic growth. that's -- >> paid for tax cuts. you didn't pay for the last one. now they're worried about the deficit. why would you put another one on, especially one that would starve social security and medicare. >> it's starting to go up in revenue increases. in the long run tax cuts do pay for themselves. >> that didn't happen. >> we haven't seen the burst in

investment that we expected. we saw stock buy backs. one more question. background checks, is there an appetite or is the atlantic reporting right that the president told the nra, don't worry about it, it's not going to happen. >> i don't believe their sources but this president is the one who fixed the criminal background check system. he wants solutions but he wants solutions that work like red flag laws -- >> red flag lows happen state by state. not on the federal level. do you believe that background checks of all commercial transactions should be covered? >> i support the president's stance on this. it's a decision -- >> which one? >> what's the position? >> hold on, hold on -- i got to ask you. which president's position? because right after the shooting he said he was for federal background checks and he said that he was absolutely clear

about it. >> he said -- >> hold on. let me ask the question. then he meets with wayne lapierre and then he comes out and he's not bright enough -- >> let's clear it up. give kaylee a chance to clear it up. we know he's waffling. >> he's corrupt, that's why he did it. >> let's get the position. >> he said he wants meaningful background checks. we're talking with congress, but you are doing a disservice to everyone in this country by not focusing on the real problem here which is mental illness. we could have kept a gun out of the hand of the parkland shoo r shooter. >> it's a -- >> he's not going to do it. >> meaningful background checks. he already, by the way -- we already have a criminal background check in this country -- >> but it doesn't cover all commercial sales. >> which shooting would have been stopped by the loopholes

you're citing? you don't have an answer. a red flag law could have. >> and a background check could have. >> and we cannot get it in a so-called democracy because of corruption. donald trump got $30 million from the nra and he serves the nra -- >> red flag laws work. you're doing a disservice to every person in this country. >> he said they're very strong backers of mine. >> let's -- >> that's called a swamp. he's corrupt -- >> let's leave it here. certainly -- >> that's ridiculous. >> i'm out of time. listen, here's what we know, twice he said he wanted background checks, twice he talked to the nra, twice it changed. it's on him. but fix nics is not the same thing. information sharing matters. covering all of the transactions matters. red flag laws matter. they all matter. it's about all of it. it's about attacking it with an

urgency that suggests you get how big the problem s. let's see when that happens. thank you for making the case as always. we know the president has his problems on these issues. you see the debate, it's obvious. what about the democrats. we got to look deeper inside the poll. it's not about who got the pop. it's not about the two-headed animal on the left now of sanders and warren, i don't mean that as an insult. it's an insight. what about harris? what happened to kamala harris? what does it say about where that party is. the wizard of odds has been looking deep. what did he see? next. ♪ ♪

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harry, not a huge surprise, inslee wasn't going to make the next cut. >> exactly. you're not going to make the cut. you can't get the fund-raising. there are a bunch of those candidates. i wouldn't be surprised if he's not the last one to drop out as we go forward. >> and i said to harry, he's an encyclopedia, i was like, wow, what a drop for harris, 17 in some poll, 14, now down to 5. he says we kind of saw that with herman cain and he started to look into what it means. what is the reality with what we see with kamala harris? >> i think one of the first things we should look at is african-american voters because they make up 20% of the electorate. they're a huge part of the democratic primary process. take a look at this trend line among them. look at this, joe biden has been leading with them the entire

time. look at what happened in the june/july numbers that occurred right after the debate. kamala harris jumped from 8% to 27%. joe biden fell from 44% to 31%. a near even matchup and that mirrored what was a near even matchup. >> she goes into the debate. she gives him that pop in the nose. he wasn't ready for it. she's got the t-shirts ready to sell on the success. where did it go? >> i think one of the things that we should point out here and this is very, very important and this is a question that was asked which is are you excited about the other candidates and what do we see here. this is very important. 78% of kamala harris supporters say that they are excited about the other candidates which means they're much more likely to change their minds. 53 of biden's supporters say they're excited about other candidates. which explains why he's been steady in the polls. and bernie sanders, the same thing. >> this hurts me too. because i've been talking the

talk that may be the warren move of eating into bernie sanders -- what does this 80 tell us? >> that support may be a lot softer than you think it is. elizabeth warren started out this race in the mid single digits and she's risen up. >> give me one more fact for people or one more insight as we're starting to look at things through the lens of what it means for electability. >> i think there's one other thing and that i -- take a look at this. the relative amount of cable news mentions, you need cable news, press mentions in order to give yourself oxygen. it's all about press, generating press for yourself. kamala harris only had 7% of the cable news mentions the week before the first debates. that jumped up to 37%.

but look at this, she blew this opportunity. week after the second debate, she was down to 9%. if you get press mentions, don't mess with it. >> you got to take the invitations. appreciate it. >> shalom, brother. >> harry enten, the wizard of odds. the democratic side, you're going to see ten of the democratic presidential candidates debating the best solutions to the issue that you, if you're on the left part of the political spectrum, you say it's their most important issue, climate crisis. we're going to do it right here on cnn in the next two weeks. in the meantime, a devastating blow to the climate fight is what's right now on the screen. it's not getting enough attention. these are record wildfires in brazil, in the amazon rain forest. accurately called the lungs of

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all right. this president once again picking a fight with a u.s. ally. this time a personal attack against the danish prime minister for saying no thanks to the president's suggestion that he wanted to buy greenland which isn't for sale. >> i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was an absurd idea was nasty. i thought it was an inappropriate statement. all she had to do is say, no, we wouldn't be interested. >> s.e. cupp joins me now. what's your take on the denmark situation? >> well, it's -- trump is fairly

predictable, if not anything else, when he's told by a man, a man says no to him, he has a very specific reaction when he's told by a woman no or criticized by a woman, he has this one, to call her nasty. and, you know, i'm no psychologist, i don't know if there's some, you know, deep meaning hidden in that, but it is his go-to attack on women who say no. women who i think he was used to for a very long time, women saying yes to him. and i think he's personally insulted and offended and threatened when any woman, especially a powerful woman, a woman in a leadership position says no to him. >> to play on the phrase, what is rotten in denmark, it's one thing if he's upset at you because you push back on a

policy he wants. but this is about something that is absurd by definition, greenland's not for sale. kaylee was bringing up truman trying to buy greenland, it was a totally different circumstance. i don't understand why he would pick this fight right now. can you help? >> he's pathologically insecure and so this wasn't -- >> so much for the not a psychologist. >> he wasn't taking issue with her resistance on policy. he was taking issue with the way she spoke to him and about him. and so for him, there's no -- he'll walk away from no fight in which he feels personally insulted. so i don't think he wants to have policy fights. that's absurd. what he wants is to have the personal -- he wants to have the personal fight because he knows, you know, it makes him feel

tough. >> so s. e., on -- what is your read on the reality of the background checks? there's no question, that as a matter of fact and time line, when the nra gets into his ear, he changes his position. i'm not saying it's the money. i'm saying it's a matter of fact he changes. today he says he has an appetite for it. kaylee, i got to tell you, i respect kaylee, i don't feel her on this. she said we want meaningful background checks. and when i said, do you think all commercial transactions should be covered, she doesn't want to answer it. i don't understand the position. >> look, you know, she is right, we need to fix our nics system. our background checks is only as good as the information we put into them. it's absolutely reasonable, i say this as a gun owner, to expand background checks to include private sales. that's the loophole that most

people acknowledge is a problem. i don't have a problem with that. what's weird to me for trump and the politics of this is neither do nra members, a majority of nra members support expanding background checks. the majority of gun owners support background checks. so it seems to me trump is putting wayne lapierre ahead of actual nra members. and it just looks really weak because the nra is not in as powerful of a position as it was just a couple of years ago. and they're not going to walk. they're not going to pull their support from trump. there's nowhere else for them to go. and trump already did sign new gun legislation. he banned bump stocks after las vegas. i didn't hear the nra blast him or threaten to withdraw their support. so this would be his moment. if he's got an appetite for background checks, do it. prove it. >> well analyzed as always.

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all right, some references, the king of israel, the second coming of god. before the president declared himself the chosen one today. he ate up that praise of a host on newsmax. retweeting a far-right conspiracy theorists's words a flattery and criticism of jews who don't support this president's election. the ceo of newsmax joins us now. chris ruddy. friend of show, friend of president trump. let's -- >> before we do that, i've never heard him described as a conspiracy theorists. this was news. and he didn't say anything that was over the top. >> he called him the king of the jews. >> i think he's saying it tongue

in cheek. you should ask him his religions belief. >> i wasn't going to ask you to defend him. >> he's not a far-right -- i wouldn't say -- >> he's a birther. >> there's people that -- i disagree. i believe that obama was born in the united states. >> no, no, no. >> i don't think that's far-right conspiracy theory. >> what else is it? if you're saying obama wasn't born in this country and it's not a far-right conspiracy, what is it? >> it took obama, what, five years to release his birth certificates. if he had released it -- >> this guy won't release his taxes this president and you're saying that obama had some litmus tax of proving -- >> the president said he will release it when the audit is done. >> what audit? this is a bad road for you. >> i've said before that the president should release his tax

returns, but i also belief that if there's an audit, i have no -- >> why won't he show proof o the audit? >> i think docongress is going know whether or not there's an audit or not. >> if you want obama to show you a birth certificate right away, why wouldn't he give us proof of an audit. >> there are other documents -- >> the certificate came right out. i don't want to go through the vetting of president obama. he also said, your employee, that the -- >> he wasn't an employee. he's a host on one of the shows. >> he's not an employee. >> he's under the banner of newsmax. >> he said the vague issue was done -- >> what shooting. >> the las vegas shooting. >> i'm not here to defend wayne. >> you started by doing that. >> i'm not here -- every comment that you accuse him of making -- >> i'm not accusing him of

making -- >> wayne would come on your show and talk about any one of these issues. >> i'm sure. >> he never talks on newsmax about muslims -- >> you should know a little bit more about the guys who are under your banner. what i want to talk about is this, this president is a sophisticated guy, especially when it comes to jewish americans. he is told this is a dangerous description of jews -- >> who told him -- >> i'm asking you. he's sophisticated enough to know what's going on around in the world. he pays attention to his media 24/7. they're saying jewish leaders, jewish groups, don't talk about us this way, creating this paradox of you're loyal to israel or us. don't do it. and then today he doubles down and does it again. why? >> i don't believe that he was intending -- he is the first

jewish president. it's the most -- >> that's what root said. >> that's the most pro-israel -- >> and he meant it by a negative. >> his daughter converted to judaism. >> i'm not saying he's anti-semitic. >> that's a start. that's being said on a lot of networks -- >> i'm not a lot of networks. i'm mean. >> i don't like the word of the use disloyal in this case. >> why don't you say that? >> i just said it. he's his own person and as we know, this man, he's not a typical politician. i think the -- >> what does that mean? you have to help me understand this. n not being -- >> you come from a political family. most political figures are highly scripted in everything they do. most presidents are highly -- this is the first president we've ever had where he's not scripted really at all. and he's going out just telling

people what he thinks. there's going to be a lot of mistakes. >> what he thinks is that jews are ignorant or disloyal if they vote for democrats? >> i think he's got frustration that he has been so supportive of jewish causes, including the support of the state of israel. obama was very lax, allowed the iranians to have a very bad nuclear deal -- i think that deal needed to be confronted. >> you like the situation with iran right now? you feel we're in a better position? >> i think we're in a better position when they were just a few months from building nuclear weapons. >> that's not what the experts say. >> the iranians have been thrown back. i think this president has a better idea of how to approach them. >> so it's picking up the fight with denmark. why? greenland is not for sale. >> i'm amazed -- i was just

watching s.e. cupp on your show and i couldn't believe she's saying that the president said this because it's a woman and he's against women? first he's against jews -- >> i didn't say he's against anything. i'm saying he's saying stupid things. >> you're challenging me on wayne root -- >> you jumped to the defensive. i was going to leave root alone. i was going to do you a favor. you jumped into that mud. now you got it on you. that's not on me. >> you're saying things that wayne root should defend. >> you don't get to talk that kind of trash -- >> we know donald trump is an equal opportunity offender. >> he talks about -- >> he tells people what he thinks. you and i might not like it. it's very politically incorrect -- >> what do they all have in common that are called nasty?

>> is the canadian prime minister a woman? the president attacked -- >> he didn't call him nasty. >> you could show 30 men that he's attacked in criticized. >> but he deals with hundreds and hundreds of men and he deals with much less women and he calls much more of that percentage nasty. >> for cnn to take a group of women he's criticized -- >> i don't think you should talk about anyone this way. i don't think you should encourage any kind of bigotry -- >> i agree with you. i agree with you. >> that's why i'm asking you, you understand where his head is. >> i think his head -- first of all, i don't speak for donald trump. make that clear. >> you understand him. you're not -- >> i've known him for many years. i think he's a good president. i look at his results and i think he's a nonpolitician and i don't agree with everything he says or does. but i think if you look overall at his record, he's got a tremendous record on the

economy, on national security, on foreign policy. >> if the economy is so good, why is he so desperate to juice it? >> every time i turn on cnn or msnbc, they say we're heading into a recession. he's talked about doing a tax cut, but the economy is doing very well. we had a federal reserve that increased interest rates -- >> a lot and fast. >> nine times in 18 months. the only reason you increase interest rates is if there's signs of inflation. there were no signs of inflation over the past 18 months. you ask yourself, jerome powell who was appointed first by obama, who the president had confidence said, you're going to support a low-interest environment and he's flouted that. >> i want to talk to you about whether or not you think we have any shot on reasonable gun reform and what might look like

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i'm going to let you in on a little bit of a secret. very oven when i'm engaging in political debate, i will indulge in things that i think i already understand just for the sake of people figuring it out. but this is a good opportunity with the newsmax ceo who understands the president and his thinking on a number of issues because of their relationship on something i don't get. i see the background checks, and thank you for saying for a second block, as a big win for him. you know the majority of the country wants it. gun owners says, yeah, all sales should be checked. most gun owners are responsible people and they're very respectful of the right.

and they're good with process. and i'm not saying that because i'm a gun owner. most of the ones i know are like that. there's a win for him. what is wayne lapierre going to do to this president? he doesn't need his money? this is all upside for him. his followers can't leave him. he did bump stocks. why not move on this and -- >> again, i can't speak for him. i haven't spoken to -- >> the thinking behind the vacillation. >> i think he's probably for sensible things related to guns. i think he's indicated where the policy falls, congress is out of session this summer right now. so we're going to have more formative in terms of legislation -- >> he could call them back and say all sales should be covered by background checks -- >> there's a lot of data, chris, that says not one of the massacres would have been

presented by a background check system. in some cases they had no priors. and what basis would you have that? and then you would have to have red flags. >> you have 17 states that have them already. >> you don't want someone saying chris cuomo is saying he's going to kill someone. it's an emotional reaction -- >> no. >> i think background checks make a lot of sense. >> my point is this, i think it's not one thing, it's everything. you do it so that reasonably you have all different sales. you're going to check some sales, why not check all of the sales. >> i don't think it solves the problem. >> you don't know what will and won't. why won't you try anything? when you care about something, you don't know what's going to make a big difference in the economy. you want to move the rates, you want to do a tax cut. i'm not talking about bans. you do red flag laws and you help with the funding.

you increase access to health care. you increase the dialogue on respect for people with mental health so they seek help. you do everything you can because you care. >> we were chatting about this a little bit in the break. people say donald trump's liberal, he's conservative. i think he's pragmatic. he looks at the data, information and he's a business guy. he wants to see things that work. on one hand, he says the background checks make sense but on the other hand, he says, okay, would it have stopped any of these killings at the end of the day? and so -- >> why each time after talking to lapierre, he's backed off the position? why would he be afraid of that guy? >> look, i think gun rights is a second amendment, the right to have firearms, and it's very important. the nra has been -- >> where are those people going to go? where are they going to go? >> they're going to go into the

election booth and vote. i have been amazed in my life of people you meet that are democratic voters that vote on the gun issue. >> they're in favor of these checks. it's like 82%. the numbers are always supermajorities. i got to leave it there. i love this dialogue because i want us to be talking i love this dialogue. i appreciate this. >> i appreciate your open conversation.d having a >> you're always welcome here. thank you for taking the opportunity. >> so, we're talking about the president a lot because i'm looking at it through lens of the election. and he is a sitting president. he wants four more years. one of the things is to look at his disposition with foreign relations in terms of how he treats allies and people. i have an argument to lay out. if the election were today, and you were going to judge by what

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all right. so here's the argument. if the election were right now, whom would you vote for? let's examine what happened just today in some major foreign policy situations. through that lens. not merely what is outrageous or i can't believe he said this. or he's an atypical politician. all that bs rationality. throw it out. what should a leader do in your estimation? for example, when discussing the china trade deal process. this president said the following. >> somebody had to do it. i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it. >> what was he talking about there? is that confidence in strength?

or are you going to ascribe to it numb skull narcissism. as a matter of clarity, no one had to do what he's doing with china. he forced the situation. there's no doubt there are trade inequities. no doubt that china steals intellectual property. many even in his party didn't like the timing or the strategy involved here. and as a result, they're not happy with how our farmers are being hurt and our markets are being roiled. next one. this president says certain democrats hate israel and thus jewish american are ignorant or disloyal if they vote democrat. when it came out, and he has to be aware of this. forget about growing up in queens where we all knew jewish people, christian people, we knew better than to talk this way. the leadership has come out and said you're repeating the bigoted trope. even with that out there, today president said this.

>> in my opinion, you vote for a democrat, you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you're being very disloyal to israel. >> he then retweeted a known conspiracy theorist. i like having chris on the show. he's wrong about his guy. he's wrong about what he said. and it is controversial. and no, he is not getting a platform on my show to push his b.s. but this guy, you know, obama birther and all this other stuff. the president of the united states retweets him saying this. jewish people in israel love him, talking about trump, like he's the king of israel. they like him like he's the second coming of god. maybe that's why he called himself the chosen one. now another tactic presents another question. should a leader bad-mouth other american presidents? if it is done to flatter a decemb despot. again, just from today. >> the fact is president putin

totally outsmarted president obama on crimea and other things. he made a living on outsmarting president obama. >> today, this president also threatened to release terrorists into key ally lands. france and germany included. if they don't comply with his demand on prisoner transfers. >> we're holding thousands of isis fighters right now. and europe has to take them. if europe doesn't take them, i'll have no choice but to release them into the countries from which they came. which is germany and france and other places. >> so you flatter the despot from russia who interferes in your election and plays you like a puppet but you attack france and germany? also today, a little bit yesterday. the president got into it with denmark after he decided that buying greenland could be a good

idea. he didn't discuss it with them. he discussed it with his guys. greenland is a sovereign country. not a golf course. the prime minister of denmark, greenland is a danish territory but self-ruled, said greenland belongs to greenland and not denmark. that the idea that it is for sale is absurd. here is the response of the man who wants to continue to be your face to the world. >> i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd, that it was an absurd idea was nasty. i thought it was an inappropriate statement. >> what he thought was appropriate was backing out of a visit with a key nato ally to punish them, he says, for how they spoke to the u.s. the prime minister didn't say anything about the united states except flattering things about the relationship. but this president saw her as inappropriate. and some as you assess whom should lead, if it were to be

today, he praised putin saying he was a better leader than president obama. he called a nato ally nasty. a woman, of course. he threatened to unleash isis fight orders two others. he offered russia back into the g-7, or g-8, if they wanted. he repeated that voting for a democrat would be disloyal of jewish people and he called himself the chosen one, discussing the china trade deal. and remember, he's the one who pro stroked tariff that's are suffocating our farmers. that's just foreign policy. that's about assessing just one day in the life of a leader who is asking to you keep anymore power. a taste of the walk and talk of a man who gets only 40% approval in foreign policy in the most recent polling. how did he fare today in your eyes? let me know. thank you for watching. cnn with d-lemon right now. >> it's only wednesday and i'm exhaust. i can't believe we have to sit here and discuss it as if it is a normal thing because it is not. and i wonder how many times he was in front of the mirror