david gergen wrote about it today. in the cnn.com piece what explains donald trump's arrogance. ins the narcissistic leadership which he points out is not necessarily a bad thing. i spk oke to david and drew pinski. david, a fascinating piece you point out. you said that societies need narcissistic leaders they tend to be strong people, have a lot of charisma, powerful drive to get results or what psychoanalysts call productive narcissists. what's the downside to those kind of people? >> well, i drew heavily upon michael bacabee, psychoanalyst, corporate consultant to ceo's, leadership guru. and as he points out, you know, as freud said there are productive narcissists, people who are strong leaders at times of turbulence. you know, the public is looking for someone like a trump who presents a lot of strength. the downside is that, in effect the success can go to the head of a narcissist. and they sort of become self -- self-obsessed, self-absorbed, but they begin to go off the rails. they become socially isolated. they don't accept advice. they don't listen to others. they're di

i want to bring in david gergen sees a lot through a political lens. a good piece on cnn.com, and identified the market plunge as one of three signs that the silly season in the campaign is over or ought to the be. and says time to get serious and by serious he means focusing more on just donald trump's antics and hillary clinton's e-mails and on policy. with us tonight, david gergen, donald trump supporter, jeffrey lord. david, you say this market plunge should put pressure on presidential candidates to engage in a more meaningful way. >> absolutely. we have had a summer frolick. there has been lots of entertainment as well as politics. donald trump has been at the center of that. now as americans face the fact that the world financial markets are in chaos. this economy may be more fragile. your 401(k) could been trouble. what americans want now is, leadership that is strong as well as steady. and steadying force. that's the kind of person they lack for. they will size up the candidates. donald trump exudes personal strength and has not shown himself

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. >> let's bring in cnn senior political analyst david gergen and cnn political commentator and bush o, david, this was a big speech. jeb bush's first major foreign policy speech of his campaign. how effective was it. >> it's getting lost in the stories but i think it's an important speech. it's being seen through a political lens ultimately. we'll look at it more substantive purposes. but politically there are two things that were smart about it. one, he picked a fight hillary clinton and not donald trump. there have been arguing that people on the republican side ought to go after trump. this was much smarter because you go after trump, it doesn't work for anybody, you keep him in the center of the story. this puts bush back in the center of the story. secondly the republicans are doing everything they can to undermine hillary clinton's chief claim to the white house and that is her time as secretary of state and, of course, the e-mail server story is playing right into the republicans' hands on that. that being said there's a considerable question among a lot of voters about -- exc

jeffrey lord david gergen cnn senior political analyst. david, what do you think about donald trump tonight on the stage? a lot of people saying trump is going to have to lay out some specifics tonight. given the time limitations does he really have to do that? would that be a mistake? >> i don't think he has to start laying out policy positions and policy papers. that's not what this campaign is about. what i do think he has got to give us a rational for why he wants to be the president tonight. what is his cause? what mission is he trying to pursue? he remind me of ross perot in enthusiasm earlier. but ross kept going. because he had a cause he brought. remember all those charts on "larry king" about the deficits. >> but trump's theme is "make america great again." that's not -- >> that's so vague. make america great. in what way? it's got to be i assume it is about economic growth that's where his strength is, natural strength out of corporate america. i wad assumeould assume that is where he is going to go. he will need to evolve. tonig

. >> i want to bring in cnn political analyst, david gergen, "outfront" tonight.ed said there, it's not just brashness. there are comments, not just isolated comments that some find offensive. i just wondered, in your ve does donald trump have to come out clearly, specifically denounce the groups and refuse their support? >> i think he has to go further than where he has gone so far. it is important to know that in the last few days donald trump has said he doesn't want david duke's endorsement, not looking for david duke's endorsement and told an interviewer if he would like i will reject it. i think he is going to have to harden that up over time. especially if there are more groups like this, surround him. let's be clear, a candidate cannot control what somebody says about him or who may try to come into his camp or attend his rallies. what he can do or she must do is reject endorsements from extreme groups. and also set a tone at the campaign rallies. ronald reagan was accused of, you know, of saddling up to the kkk. white supremacists in 1980. when he got the

i want to bring in david gergen who sees a lot of 24 through a political lens.tified the market plunge as one of three signs that the silly season in this campaign is over or ought to be. and says it's time to get serious. by serious, david means focusing more than on donald trump's antics and hillary's e-mails and more on policy. joining us is jeff relord. david. you say this market plunge should put pressure on presidential candidates to engage in a more meaningful way? >> absolutely. we've had a summer frolic and there has been more entertainment than politics. donald trump is at the center of that. as americans face the fact that the world financial markets are in chaos that the economy may be more fragile than we thought, that your 401k could be in trouble, what americans want now is leadership that is strong as well as steady and a steadying force for us. that's the kinds of person they look for. and they are going to start trying to size up the candidates. and donald trump exudes personal strength but he hasn't yet shown himself yet to be quote presidenti

david gergen, thank you as always. we'll be right back.back to school time you think your car smells fine, but your passengers smell this eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip break out the febreze, and breathe happy. >>> donald trump was supposed to be speaking with other conservatives, and he was invited with leading republican candidates until his comments about the fox news commentator, and then he was disinvited. what do you make of it? >> first of all, an amazing interview to have somebody fifi >> it was really fascinating, and an interesting thing now is where does donald trump go from here, and it's a whole new phase for the donald trump campaign. >> i wonder -- i am having a little hard time hearing you at the end. who replaces roger stone and who becomes the next top voice in the trump camp? >> it's going to be the campaign manager who has taken the reigns of the campaign at this moment and he's a long-time political operative and he will be the one taking the reigns, and as rog

joining me on the phone, cnn political analyst david gergen. stage four melanoma on his brain, yet he is laughing, he is smiling, he is cracking jokes. what do you make of this? >> well, it's extraordinary, poppy. and the country today has a great deal of affection and respect for jimmy carter, because he had, i think, the most koconsequential post presidency of any president, but he's used it in such a way as to, you know, to advance humankind, human rights all around the world, especially in africa and for his tireless work the country's now become, you know, very fond of him. and i think there's a lot of respect for the way he's going through this. he's showing us all -- he's showing a courage, i think, is inspiring. >> on the day, david, he announced he had cancer earlier this week, he also reflected on his life and whether he has any regrets. listen to what he said. >> i wish i had sent one >> i wish i had sent more helicopters. i would have been re-elected. but that may have -- that may have interfered with the foundation. if i had to choo

joining mow now e now to talk a, cnn political advise er david gergen. nk you for being here. >> hello, poppy. good to see you again. >> democratic sources characterize the president's words as a blessing, not an endorsement but we heard from white house press secretary josh earnest touting biden's aptitude saying president obama feels selecting vice president biden as his vp was the, quote, smartest political decision that he has made. you have worked closely with a number of presidents. what do you read into that? >> i read a couple things into it. one, i think it's very clear now that joe biden wants to run for the presidency. he's just trying to figure out whether he can make it all work and make it seem plausible. that he went to president obama. they had not seen each other for a couple weeks because of vacation schedules, had a chance to talk over what his plans were, and the president gave him a green light, go ahead with it, joe, if you wish, and, you know, i will not oppose you, i will not discourage you. i think that falls well short of an endo

on cnn.com, david gergen writes "as narcissistic leaders experience one success after another, they face a danger of believing more and more in their own infallibility and less in the judgment of others. they develop thin skin and lash out when questions. in more extreme cases they become relentless and ruthless. their response to critics turns into apparent vengeance. sound familiar?" i want to bring in douglas brinkley, a history professor at rice university and fareed zakaria, the host of "cnn's fareed zakaria gps." talk about this, looking at politicians they have to have a healthy ego at least to get into the spotlight. how dangerous can it be for politicians and do you agree it could be narcissism? >> well, certainly it's narcissism, but a lot of politicians have narcissistic tendencies. you're -- basically when you're running for president you're saying i'm the best person to run the united states of america. the difference is about strategy of narcissism. in other words, is donald trump's narcissism so off the line, so off kilter, so huge that he thinks he can get away with sayin

so does analyst david gergen. and "boston globe" reporter james pindell.ou let out a gasp when you heard hillary clinton's trustworthy number there? >> whoa, among democrats in iowa. down in the 20s in terms of trust. >> worrying. >> an astonishing number. it may reflect some of the things the story is going on about her e-mail server and all the rest. but those are very troublesome numbers, anderson. >> is it hard to turn those around? something like trust worthiness? >> an interesting question. i do think it's hard to turn it around you. have to earn people's trust. you can't do it in a single speech. it has got to come over time. if you are running her campaign. she obviously has all of the substantive background. everybody knows who hillary clinton is. all the name id. she has to work on being transparent. and sort of look, every step of the way, like working with the press, taking down the barriers with the press and all the rest. but a bbig number. the big story out of the poll tuesday is that american voters, angry voters are on the march. it's very

cnn senior analyst david gergen wrote about it today in a piece titled what plains trump's arrogan arroganceadership. which he points out has good points as well as bad points. also joining us, dr. drew pinski. >> david, you pointed out that society needs narcissistic leaders because there are those people who are called productive narcissist. what's the downside? >> i draw heavily on michael mcalby, a analyst and corporate consultant to ceos for many years. a leadership goour guru. as freud said, there are productive narcissists, people who are strong leaders in times turbulence. the public is looking for someone like a trump who presents a lot of strength. the downside is that, in effect, the success can go to the head of a narcissist, and they suddenly become not only self obsessed, and self absorbed, but they begin to go off the rails. you know, they become socially isolated. they don't accept advice. they don't listen to others. they are diss trustful and then when they are attacked or someone seems to be threatening them verbally, they hit back really hard. all of these characteristics

also david gergen. and andy dean, a trump supporter who has worked for trump for seven years. great to see all of you. andy, trump no doubt loves these polls oh, so very much. they also show a very big gender gap, as jeff zeleny was pointing out. a sign of weakness. you need women to win. how big of a liability is this? >> well, first, if we take a step back and look at the numbers, it's excellent new for donald trump. ben carson in second place. the american public do not want a career politician. you are talking about almost half the electoral. if you look at voters who made up their minds, they go strongly for trump and carson. that's a good sign. as far as the women vote, that's to be expected. carson is at 20%. that's because he has been taking a pounding in the media. as that works itself out, i think you will see trulmp to th top. >> it's the media's fault. it is the truth right now, he is dominating in iowa. he is the top pick for the candidate with the best chance to win in the general. nothing seems to leave a mark on this guy. what is it going to take for the other

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