i expect a lot out of him. >> joining me now, the man behind interviews, peter hart.hat focus group on behalf of emory university. thanks for being here. >> thanks, katy. >> i want to play a little more sound from your focus group last night. listen. >> i thought his ideas appealed to me, since he's been in there he's embarrassed me by his behavior. >> how? >> he behaves unpresidential. i can't imagine how they let him build a country club lit alone be in one because we don't behave that way. >> he doesn't facilitate working together. he comes out with grandiose ideas with no follow-through. >> these are trump voters. for that woman to say i don't know how they let him build a country club let alone be in one, but surprisingly they're still optimistic? >> the optimistic part is they look at the economy, see things improved on that front, but on the personal front after a year, this is a man that's in terrible trouble and in terrible trouble for one reason. he's brought it on himself. he's his own worst enemy. and that's become the major problem. the tweeting has just

. >>> last thing before we g tonight has to do a friend and colleague of ours named peter hart. ter is more or less the dean of political pollsters in this country. from time to time, we get to commission his work and ride along when he talks with voters. his business is not a science, but voters come close. in the end, the american people have a funny way of speaking for themselves at the polls, and defying predictions. peter allowed our cameras into a 12-person focus group held yesterday in wilmington, north carolina. there were seven clinton voters, five trump voters and peter started out by asking them all for a word or two to describe the president. >> incompetent. >> childlike. >> troubled. >> loose cannon. >> despicable. >> bold. >> immature narcissist. >> crazy. >> embarrassing. >> ignorant. >> fights back. >> still optimistic. he still has a lot of time to prove something. it's still better than having a career politician in there. but he has had a harder road because everybody hates him, not just the democrats. not just the republicans. >> but you've been pretty tough o

and david, even a democratic pollster like peter hart, he had a focus group recently and talked to a lot of clinton supporters who were condemning trump on everything except the economy. they did give president trump credit for a growing economy. >> well, i think that we have a new normal, wouldn't you say? in that we have the first time, a president with a strong economy inherited, i might add, with the lowest historical modern day poll numbers. there's a disconnect there in that not enough people are giving them enough credit to give him overwelcoming or a majority, if you will, of approval ratings. so, something is off. i don't know if it's because of the mueller investigation, or mueller investigation or because he hasn't passed one piece of mainly-- major legislation. we'll see if he can change it to confidence on the economy. david: e-mack, i don't think that they'll ignore that the economy is doing well and goldman sachs says it will do better. 2017, according to goldman sachs, is shaping up to be the first year of the expanse in which growth surprises to the upside. we expect

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that nbc news observed a 12-person focus group this week in wilmington, north carolina, led by peter hartour nbc news/"wall street journal" poll organized for emory university. there were seven clinton voters and five trump voters. peter asked the voters how they feel about the president one year after his election. watch. >> he comes at you and calls you names and these types of things. i mean what are we, in the third grade again? >> to me it's like firing off these tweets, it's just childish a lot of times. >> when he's away, he's great being a president, you know, he's the showman. but at home he's kind of like two -- i can't imagine how they let him build a country club, let alone be in one, because we don't behave that way. >> it's very clear from these conversations that many of these people say they would still support him, amy, but support him for re-election, but they are not happy about twitter. >> they are not happy about twitter and he's not upr >> good point. >> his republican colleagues are. and they don't want to have to be able to defend this. a lot of these people may sh

and last week, as part of a focus group conducted by pollster peter hart, a number of trumpsters delivered to president trumping his tweeting hasn't. let's watch here. >> he behaves unpresidential. >> he hasn't acted presidential at all. the tweets bother me. they may be enlightening some people. i'm not a tweeter. but to me it's just childish. >> i think every day he lowers the bar what it means to be president with every tweet. because every tweet he is usually contradicted an hour later. it just creates this chaotic feeling. >> that guy should be on "meet the press." anyway, the round table is sticking with us. next three scoops. they'll give me three scoops tomorrow. i get so excited here. you're watching "hardball." actu. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. you're working in millions of places at once with iot sensors. analyzing social data on the cloud to create new designs. and using blockchain to help prevent fraud. so get back to it and do the best work of your life. >>> well, treasury secretary steve mnuchin this week responded to questions about a