but besides the matt gaetz thing he has had a pretty good run.or. >> yes it does bring too mind te clichÉ about democrats and republicans that republish at the fall and light republicans have definitely fallen in line. mark wayne mullin is really, it's almost like he is playing the type that guy is a martial artist and it likes to be known as a tough guy. and he has been one of the big enforcers for the trump administration in a way he's actually still working with his colleagues. you actuallyin do not hear a lot of negative things. he is in john thune's kitchen cabinet he does not have a formal leadership position but he is someone who has a lot of respect in very short period of time in the senate. this is definitely, i see we are looking at the senate floor right nowow and joni ernst, shet question whether pete hegseth was the right person to run the defense department and just got sort of overwhelmed by reaction to trump's allies both inside the building and outside of it and quickly got in line. x outside the white house or some activity tha

but beside the matt gates thing, he's gaetz thing, he's had a really good love.ason: the cliche that democrats have to fall in love and republicans have to fall in line and republicans have fallen in line. he's a marichal artist and likes to be known as a tough guy and he's been one of the big enforcers for the trump administration in a way where he's actually still working with his colleagues. you actually don't hear a lot of negative things about mullen. he has earned a lot of respect in a very short period of time in the senate. this is definitely -- we're looking at the senate floor right now and joanie ernest. she questioned whether pete hegseth was right person to run the defense department and got overwhelmed by reaction from trump's alleys and quickly got in line. peter: and outside white house, there is some activity. looks like the trumps will be coming out to the limb sheen shortly and obviously we'll bring you that. if the president speaks to the press while he's there, we'll certainly listen in on that. one third location we want to show you. this is

seats, both republican held seats from florida because of appointments to the white house and matt gaetz's seat is the other one still open to special elections to bring the house up to 435. you heard the president speak for about almost two hours come about one hour, an hour 45 minutes that he spoke. and we are going to be getting your reactions mourn. 202-748-8920 if you're a democrat. independents, 748-8922. if you would like to send a text message, please include your first name and city. that number is reserved for text messages only. we will begin taking those calls right after the democratic response. senator others to slacken -- senator slotkin, freshman democrat from michigan, is going to be giving the response. we will go live to it, and after that, we will be hearing your voices. let's get to some reaction from the president's speech. greta: let's start with some early headlines, starting with the l.a. times. their headline on their website, "trump takes credit for swift and unrelenting action on immigration, economy, and security." and this from the washington examiner, the con

and it was the matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene's of the world on that contingent. it is much bigger now. and as exemplified by lindsey graham being at the white house, speaking out against zelenskyy just on friday. >> no question. as we go to break, i just want to emphasize and underscore where we started this program, which is that, as you said, the president is doubling down, tripling down on the tense relationship and on the notion that they are kind of done with zelenskyy saying america will not put up with it much longer, really. um, big development in a series of. monumental developments coming up, president trump is threatening to impose new tariffs on two american allies as soon as tomorrow. will he follow through this time? we'll discuss after a break. >> when it comes to rooting out corruption, do the fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. >> it's an embarrassment. >> for the country. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on cnn. >> you want high performance tools, long lasting tools, affordable tools. you want harbor f

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many of these picks were controversial, but with the exception of matt gaetz, who was briefly nominated to be attorney general, they've all been confirmed, often along party lines, as i turn to peter alexander. this is the president's choice to lead some of these changes. we are going to also see elon musk, not entering with the cabinet, but arguably, as important, if not more important, in terms of what he's been doing with the federal government. >> we wait to see where elon musk is going to be sitting. he appeared in the cabinet meeting a few days ago. we saw him riding with the motorcade, dressed in a suit, joining donald trump on this night. how much has changed since the last time we saw donald trump in this position. five years ago, his last state of the union. we've had covid since then and so many other changes. think about the room, just the optics of this, when he first gave a joint address, there was a different vice president over his shoulder. then mike pence, this go around, jd vance. a different speaker of the house, paul ryan, this time around, of course, it's going to