and principal at cogent strategy kevin mclaughlin. thank you all for being here. kevin, i would like to start with you. >> yes, ma'am. >> i would like you to explain why it is 88% of americans approve of president trump considering what saw contradicts republican orthodoxy for years. >> president trump has shown throughout his campaign and polling what i took away from the 2016 election is the american people want authenticity. may not like what authenticity is, what he's saying or how he's doing it, but he doesn't back down from it. when he goes out and does these events, i will call them, it actually helps him in fly over country. the outrage you see is in the corridor where we all live and work. when we get out of here people say he's a knuckle head and stuff like that. we understand what he's doing can hurt us personally, but we have to make sacrifices. >> when he says he could walk down 5th avenue and shoot somebody -- >> he defies political gravity. i was thinking the exact same thing. >> the poll number that struck me was the poll that came out earlier last

david: many thanks to steve mcmahon and democratic strategist kevin mclaughlin from cogent strategieswhatever that augments. breaking news -- whatever that meant. breaking news, john kelly, one person has said he has been asked to stay on until 2020. theres important because has been speculation about how he is getting along with the president of the united states. one report says he is been asked to stay on until 2020. much more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg markets: balance of power. i am david westin. shery: i am shery ahn. u.s. intelligence agencies are reportedly seen signs of north korea building missiles. ofpons that are capable reaching the u.s. mainland. all of this according to the washington post. trump'spite president assertions that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. joining us from washington is a senior research fellow at northeast asia, bruce klinger. we have the latest reports that earlier this year, we were talking about north korea dismantling their rocket testing. what is the latest development telling you about north korea's ultimate in

kevin costner movie "no way out" where in that private meeting is donald trump going to just suddenly blurt out that he speaks russian? doubtful. but for the most part i really think that john mclaughlin today put it perfectly. and i have a whole chapter on why donald trump is a russian's dream. it's not just that they may have motivated him to see the world their way. they framed the world for him. and every time that he had contact with them they created that perception bubble, that entire world view that he now espouses. break-up and dissolution of nato in a slow roll. i think he really believes that. getting rid of all world trade, you know, and breaking up the atlantic alliance in europe. he has bought into that. crimea belonging to russia. he has bought into that. he is -- you know, i said this today in the same interview with john mclaughlin. when he goes to this nato conference, who will he represent? will he represent the united states or will he represent moscow? >> or donald trump. >> maria bartiromo did a recent interview with the president where she got a lot of criticism for not doing any follow-ups. she did ask some good questions. here's an example of her good question