Jones: We should be talking N. Korea, not Podesta

PODESTA THING.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETING EVERYBODY
IS TALKINGS ABOUT JOHN PODESTA.
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT PODESTA
OVER THERE, WHICH MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU BE?
WHAT DOES HE GAIN BY TWEETING
THAT?
>> I THINK HE HAS THE ABILITY TO
PLAY GAMES OR, YOU KNOW, ON LOTS
OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND I DON'T MEAN A GAME
NECESSARILY.
ALTHOUGH VAN MIGHT SAY IT IS A
GAME.
BUT I THINK HE DOES KEEP PEOPLE
OFF BALL HANS.
HE'S UNPREDICTABLE.
IT IS SOMETHING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE CAP ACTIVATED BY.
WE SAW SPONTANEOUS THINGS ON OUR
OWN TWITTERS.
IN THIS CASE IT IS A SUBSTANTIVE
QUESTION.
>> OR WE CONSIDER IT
UNPROFESSIONAL AND WE DON'T.
>> SOME WOULD.
BUT LOOK AT PODESTA'S RESPONSE
TO HIM.
WE GOT DOWN IN THE GUTTER AND
CALLED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES A WHACK JOB.
BUT I THINK IT IS A SUBSTANTIVE
QUESTION, WHY ISN'T THERE AN
INVESTIGATION ABOUT PODESTA WHEN
HE WAS ON THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLL
SITTING ON THE BOARD OF A
COMPANY THAT WAS DOING BUSINESS
WITH RUSSIA.
>> VAN?
>> NO, IT'S NOT.
YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT'S SO SAD
IS THAT THIS IS A SUMMER WHEN
THE UNITED STATES IS FACING
PROBABLY IT'S GRAVEST THREAT
SINCE WORLD WAR II.
WE HAVE AN ACTUAL MADMAN IN
NORTH KOREA WITH ACTUAL NUCLEAR
MISSILES WHO IS APPARENTLY NOW
ABLE TO HIT HAWAII AND ALASKA,
AMERICAN SOIL.
THAT SHOULD BE FULL STOP THE
AGENDA FOR THE UNITED STATES, TO
RALLY THE WORLD TO STOP THE
THREAT.
I HAVE NO LOVE LOST FOR GEORGE
W. BUSH, BUT WHEN HE JUST
THOUGHT THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN
MIGHT HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, HE RALLIED THE
WORLD.
HE TRIED TO AT LEAST.
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE
SOMEBODY WHO -- LISTEN, ON
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S WORST DAY, HE
COULD BE THE PSYCHIATRIST FOR
KIM JONG-UN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JOHN PODESTA
THIS SUMMER?
IT'S NUTS.
>> BUT, VAN, THAT IS THE GENIUS
OF DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT JOHN
PODESTA.
HIS CRITICS ARE.
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS
SELLING PATRIOT MISSILES TO
POLAND, NATO PUTTING IN MORE
MONEY IN THEIR DEFENSE BUDGET.
HE DROPPED 59 TOMAHAWK MISSILES
IN SYRIA ON RUSSIAN BACKED
TROOPS.
>> LISTEN, WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR
LITTLE BATHTUB WITH YOUR RUBBER
DUCKY AND TELLING YOURSELF THESE
STORIES, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS
LOOKING AT --
>> SPEAKING OF PULLING A DEBATE
TO THE HIGH GROUND.
>> THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS
LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY
SEEING, WHICH IS SOMEBODY WHO
ONE HE IS GIVEN A SCRIPT AND
SOMETHING TO SAY AND DO, HE
APPARENTLY CAN DO A DECENT JOB.
BUT THE MINUTE HE RUNS TO THE
REST ROOM OR CLOSET AND COULD
GET HIS PHONE OUT, HE STARTS
DOING NUTTY JOB.
AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA.
IF THIS IS GENIUS, WE GOT A
BUNCH OF GENIUS KINDER
GARDENERS.
>> VAN, I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU
YESTERDAY.
YOU SAID DURING HIS STATE OF THE
UNION ADDRESS THAT HE BECAME THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK YESTERDAY HIS ADDRESS TO
POLAND, WHICH WAS JUST AS
IMPORTANT, I THINK IT WAS A
MAGNIFICENT SPEECH.
EVEN DEMOCRATS ON SOME OF THE
CHARTS GAVE HIM A C.
REPUBLICANS OF COURSE GAVE HIM
AN A PLUS.
BUT INDEPENDENTS GAVE HIM A B ON
IT.
THAT'S WHAT MULTIPLE FOCUS
GROUPS SAID THAT BECAUSE I THINK
IT WAS SUCH A GREAT SPEECH.
>> I THINK HE HAS BEEN
PRESIDENTIAL THE WHOLE TIME.
NIXON, NIXON WAS PRESIDENT THE
WHOLE TIME AND HE WAS -- HE HAD
VERY LITTLE RESPECT FOR THAT
OFFICE.
AND I THINK DONALD TRUMP, WHEN
HE DOES STUFF LIKE THIS, SHOWS
LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE.
HE SHOWS LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU -- I
WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING --
THE SUMMER BEFORE 9/11 WE TALKED
ABOUT GARY CON DIT AND SHAWN DRA
LE VI AND DISTRACTED OURSELVES.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A APPELLATE
GATHERING AGAINST THIS COUNTRY
FROM NORTH KOREA AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT
THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESIDENT.
>> THE HEADLINES TRUMP GOT JUST
FROM TODAY ON THE DAY OF THE
TWEET, RIGHT, TRUMP CONFRONTS
PUTIN.
U.S. AND RUSSIA REACH A DEAL ON
SYRIA CEASE FIRE.
U.S. LABOR MARKET ROARS BACK.
I GUESS THEY'RE ALL FAKE NEWS,
RIGHT?
SO IT MUST BE ALL UNTRUE,
CONGRESSMAN.
ALTHOUGH, I BET THE PRESIDENT
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THESE
HEADLINES BECAUSE THEY FLATTER
HIM.
>> I THINK HE WILL.
I THINK THIS IS JUST PART OF
DONALD TRUMP, AND THOSE WHO
DISLIKE HIM AND THOSE WHO LOVE
HIM JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT IT IS
PART OF HIM.
BUT I DO THINK WHAT HE IS DOING
RIGHT NOW IN EUROPE IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND I AGREE WITH VAN.
NORTH KOREA SHOULD BE AN
INTERNATIONAL FOCAL POINT.
THAT'S WHY SITTING DOWN WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN IS SO IMPORTANT
AND YET THE AMERICAN PRESS SEEMS
TO -- SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE ON YOUR LAST PANEL, ERIN,
WHO DID NOT THINK HE RAISED THE
RUSSIAN ISSUE ENOUGH, I WOULD
HAVE HOPED THAT --
>> THE FORMER CIA DIRECTOR AND
TRUMP ADVISOR, DIRECTOR HAD A
FAR CRY FROM A TRUMP CRITIC.
>> THEY SHOULD BE EQUALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME IN
THIS TWO HOUR MEETING, WHICH WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A 30 MINUTE
MEETING HOW MUCH TIME WAS
DEVOTED TO NORTH KOREA AND HOW
MUCH WAS DEDICATED TO TERRORISM
OR SYRIA?
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE MORE
OF A FOCAL POINT THAN DID HE
PRESS ENOUGH?
BY THE WAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT LAVROV'S
WORD OVER TILLERSON.
>> I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO
RESPECT THE FACT THAT, YEAH, THE
PRESIDENT DID -- GOT SOME STUFF
RIGHT ON THIS TRIP.
THAT'S GREAT.
PEOPLE, LISTEN, I THINK MOST
M
AMERICANS WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM
DO THAT STUFF.
BUT NOBODY CAN LOOK AT O

Jones: We should be talking N. Korea, not Podesta

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