this is murray for danielle pletka. go ahead -- is maire for danielle pletka. go ahead. caller: i am interested in what the president said the other day. he said he would be better if we did not have to deal with iran. it would help us with north korea. it seems disturbing to me. the deal has already been made. as far as the deal with north korea, i think china should be getting the credit. china is the one negotiating with north korea. i am sorry, but i cannot give -- everythingthis going with the negotiations. i'm interested in how the president thinks in going away withthe iran deal helping north korea with their negotiations. thank you. and itgood question shines a problem donald trump has. it is better if we did not have the deal with iran. there are arguments to be made about it. part of the problem is the deal is you can have your cake and eat it, too. it says you do not have to completely abolish your nuclear weapons program. it is not speak to iran's other activities -- terrorism, human rights violations, oppressions of its own people, and it's concerning ballis

this is murray for danielle pletka. go ahead -- is maire for danielle pletka. go ahead.ler: i am interested in what the president said the other day. he said he would be better if we did not have to deal with iran. it would help us with north korea. it seems disturbing to me. the deal has already been made. as far as the deal with north korea, i think china should be getting the credit. china is the one negotiating with north korea. i am sorry, but i cannot give -- everythingthis going with the negotiations. i'm interested in how the president thinks in going away withthe iran deal helping north korea with their negotiations. thank you. and itgood question shines a problem donald trump has. it is better if we did not have the deal with iran. there are arguments to be made about it. part of the problem is the deal is you can have your cake and eat it, too. it says you do not have to completely abolish your nuclear weapons program. it is not speak to iran's other activities -- terrorism, human rights violations, oppressions of its own people, and it's concerning ballistic

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panelists here, robert costa, dani danielle pletka and jon mecham. me start with your colleague, robert, dan balls and what he wrote friday morning. the larger reaction to everything we have learned. does it bother anyone that president trump has been caught lying, does it bother anyone that the president has been shown to be a liar? that's not somebody who throws the "l" word around. >> one of the best. he brings up an important question. for republicans i'm covering, they do not seem to be breaking with president trump. they have bought the ticket. they're taking the ride. they're sticking with president trump. for those suburban voters who watch this with the misstatements, lies, you do wonder, do the voters who may have went from the middle to president trump in 2016, do they flip back this year? >> danielle, "the wall street journal" editorial page. a dispute over speaking with special counsel robert mueller, mr. trump should worry americans will stop believing anything he says. >> this should bother us from the standpoint of leadership as ameri

joining me are danielle pletka. robert costa, kimberly atkins and jon meacham. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. it was in the 1960s during lyndon johnson's presidency that the term credibility gap gained currency. the difference between what the administration told the public and what actually was true. the term seems particularly relevant again today. we have been told by his doctor that mr. trump would be the healthiest president ever. we were told he fired james comey because of the russia investigation. now we're told he was fired because he refused to say that mr. trump was not a target of the investigation. we had been told president trump knew nothing about the $130,000 payment made by his lawyer to stormy daniels. now we're told the president reimbursed cohen. then we were told giuliani will get his facts straight. the president could not tell us what those facts are at that moment. all presidents str

host: joining us is danielle pletka from american enterprise institute. she served as a foreign