let's speak to daniel lippman, politico reporter covering the white house and washington. hello.usy time. we knew it would be. give us your take on what president trump has done and announced so far. what is interesting is this is all basically previewed by his campaign and this is what his supporters wanted in many cases, what they voted for it. by cases, what they voted for it. by doing this blizzard of dozens of executive orders it is almost like he is trying to shock the system so democrats and opponents cannot really oppose them on every single thing. there is too much they are fighting about. in his first term in the first month he only signed a dozen or so executive orders. he had that muslim travel ban. executive orders can be easily withdrawn by the next president and so he has not really passed much legislation to speak of. that is significant. future presidents canjust get is significant. future presidents can just get rid of anything trump did through these executive orders and have to keep in mind to build his own legacy to get some actual laws passed. in own legacy

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daniel lippman. daniel, good morning to you. and let's start with this wednesday, oval office address by president biden. this interesting variable, of course, we've seen farewell addresses from presidents before. obviously over the, um, over the years. this is unique because his successor is his predecessor. how do we expect that will play in. >> yeah, he was really hoping that one of his legacies would be to get donald trump out of politics forever when he beat him in 2020, and people expected him to be a bridge to a future candidate. and so they were surprised when he ran for reelection in the first place. but i think he he may not contend with how trump is coming back, but he's going to say that historians will judge his presidency over a long time period. but he himself has admitted that he is not someone, you know who is. some of his policy accomplishments are not affecting voters in their day to day lives. and so he's hoping that trump is not going to tear up all parts of his legislative accomplishments. yeah. >> so we'll

daniel lippman is white house reporter for politico. donald trump likely reaction to the sentencing date. he did not want this to be on his record, on his resume, for americans to be hearing about his extramarital affair, allegedly with stormy daniels. and so, i think it's embarrassing to his wife as well. melania, i think she's had years to get over it, but he did not. he thinks that this is a blemish on his record, or he would not be fighting this as hard. butjudge merchan said, hey, we can'tjust let people who were convicted in a jury to be scot free. when trump himself and the supreme court said, hey, you're not. they did not weigh on state charges. and so he said, there's no get out ofjail free card in this instance. it's called an unconditional discharge. and so it's almost like a slap on the wrist. it's saying, hey, for people who are committing crimes like this in the future, which was business fraud charges and you're found guilty, you know, we're not going to wipe the slate clean for trump. we're not going to say this verdict

for more on all the latest from dc, we can speak now to politico white house reporter daniel lippman.taying up late to talk to us. it has been a busy evening in us politics. if we could's step back and talk about mrjohn's felony charges first. the sentencing date has been set, ten days before his inauguration. i presume that mr trump is not happy about this. he presume that mr trump is not happy about this.— happy about this. he did not want this — happy about this. he did not want this to _ happy about this. he did not want this to be _ happy about this. he did not want this to be on _ happy about this. he did not want this to be on his - happy about this. he did notl want this to be on his record, on his resume, for americans to hear about his extramarital affair, allegedly, stormy daniels. so it is embarrassing to his wife, as well, unfortunately now. she has had years to get over it but he did not, he thinks that this is a blemish on his record or he would not be fighting this as hard. butjudge merchan said we cannotjust hard. butjudge merchan said we cannot just let hard. butjudg

daniel lippman is white house reporter for politico.onald trump likely reaction to the sentencing date. he did not want this to be on his record or resume for people to hear about his extramarital affair. it's embarrassing to his wife as well, milani, she has had years to over it. he thinks that this is a blemish on his record, or he would not be fighting this as hard. they said we cannotjust let people who are convicted in a jury he's got three when trump himself —— ——jury himself —— —— jury to be scot—free. they said they do not weigh our state charges so there is no get out ofjail card in this distance. it is a malacca slap on the wrist. for people committing crimes in the future, which is business forward, and you are found guilty, you we are not going to wipe away the slate clean for trump —— but this is business forward. in reality, is not going to get prison time or probation time, is not even going to get a find it so he doesn't have to pay a penny to new york's state —— — newell says taxpayers. for will appeal this and we will