. >> let me bring robert traynham into this conversation. i'm pretty sure that's not where the public are, who hopes their trips would be for this long-waited conservative agenda that paul ryan's been making charts about for years and years. but instead, he's going to be watching jim comey on thursday. >> republicans are very, very concerned for obvious reasons. these are all self-inflicted wounds. it would be one thing if this was iran contra or something like that, there was a big policy discussion and the president stumbled upon this by mistake. every single thing that the president has done so far, at least from a bad perspective, has been self-inflicted. we've got to remember two thing about this president. number one, he's a very emotional thinker. he thinks off the cuff. that's been fairly successful for him for the past 50 to 60 years he's been in real estate. and the second thing, we have to remind ourselves, he's not a political animal. this is his first job on the national stage and he's still -- he trusts no one and he doesn't ha

action network and with us from massachusetts the man with the best summer plans that i know, robert traynham, former adviser to the bush/cheney. thanks for being here. let me start with you and if you could just weigh in as a former -- well, a current communication strategist, but not inside the white house anymore. what goes through the minds of the professionals as we often call folks like hr mcmaster, dina powell, people who are there trying to protect the country when they see their boss, the president, on twitter down in the gutter and fighting with cable news hosts? >> i would not pretend to think what they're thinking right now. >> but you have didn't -- just as a professional, what must its be like to have your boss -- >> i think they're focused on south korea right now. every syllable spoken about this hyper ventilating scenario around "morning joe" all that attention in a normal environment would have been focused on what's happening in north korea and south korea. you had the president -- >> i take your point they're focused on south korea but have they been able to get the presid

young people didn't -- i want to get robert traynham in on this.viously, pretty significant and a significant shift. and it doesn't make everyone happy. i think i have ann coulter expressing her displeasure. i want her to act on the other side. >> what i'm frustrated with right now is i think the gop should change their motto to "next time." we have donald trump, he gives away daca and doesn't get the wall. what a good humanitarian by saying, what a good heart he has for those dreamers, the illegal aliens he promised to deport. next time we'll get them. >> now, robert, i'll be admit to being that version of the opposite, what she's for, i'm usually against. but is she a canary in the mine with donald trump's 38% hard-core base? i mean, can donald trump sort of sustain making people like ann coulter mad without winning over any converts in the rest of the political universe? >> that's a good question. and i don't know, and i don't think anyone knows. i listen to talk radio this afternoon, and i was trying to listen to rush and some of the others to

john heilemann, marco lopez, reverend al sharpton, and my friend, robert traynham. that does it for this hour. i'm nicole wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. >> nicole, are you ready for mark on sunday? are you going to be good to him if >> father's day. yeah, happy father's day. >> only one day a year you have to be nice to mark. remember that. thank you, nicole. >>> if it's friday, did president trump sound the fire alarm again at the white house? tonight, president trump's latest twitter rant. did he just confirm he's under investigation for obstruction of justice? plus, dazed and accused? the president attacks his deputy attorney general. will rod rosenstein be the next to step aside? and the cure for cat scratch fever. while i'm obsessed with rocker ted nugent's new political pitch. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> good friday evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington and welcome to "mtp daily." the special counsel's investigation is, indeed, expanding. and in response, the president has basically declared war on his own justice department.