IF ANYTHING THEY STRENGTHEN MY RESOLVE TO WORK FOR PROTECTING
THE SPECIAL COUNCIL AGAINST THESE TACTICS OF BULLYING AND
INTIMIDATING. >> MORE THERE FROM DEMOCRATIC
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL DEFENDING HIMSELF IN THE ATTACKS ON
TWITTER. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE
VACATIONING PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR HIS 13 SEPARATE POSTS ON
TWITTER. TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON TWITTER HAVE
BEEN RESERVES TO COMMENTS ON POLICY.
IT LEAD TO SOME SPECULATION THAT HIS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF WAS
HAVING SOME EFFECT. TODAY THAT CHANGED.
HE WAS BACK AGAIN TO PERSONAL ATTACKS.
WITH US NOW IS A MAN WITH EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A WEST
WING. HE WAS PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S
FIRST CHIEF OF STAFF. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN.
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
>> IF YOU WERE FACING SIX IN TEN AMERICANS THINKING THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS A FAILURE AND YOU CAME INTO THIS JOB WHAT
WOULD THE RULES OF THE McLARTY RULES BE?
>> LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR US AND GET RESULTS FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BRINE.
-- BRIAN. THEY NEED TO GET FOCUSED AND
MOVE IT FORWARD. THEY WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO
CONGRESS AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE YOU START MAKING
THE POLL NUMBERS CHANGE. WHEN BILL CLINTON WAS ELECTED,
AS YOU RECALL HE GOT 43% AND ROSS PEROT GOT 19%.
HE WAS STEPPING ON THE WORLD STAGE HIS APPROVAL WAS 58%.
>> YOU HAVE A 71-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO IS A
FULLY BAKED PERSON. WHAT HE IS IS WHAT SHE GOING TO
BE. EVERYONE SAYS WILL TRUMP CHANGE?
WILL KELLY CHANGE TRUMP? WHAT DO YOU DO WITH WHAT DOESN'T
FIT ANY SET RULE BOOK? THE FACT THAT THIS GUY AS HE
PROVED AGAIN TODAY WILL BE THIS GUY.
>> WELL, WHEN SOMEONE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SELF-CONFIDENCE DO THAT, THAT'S
AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
BRIAN, YOU FOLLOWED MANY PRESIDENTS.
YOU REPORTED ON THEM. THEY HAVE TO GROW AND LEARN ON
THE JOB. NO ONE IS FULLY PREPARED TO
SERVE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. I THINK THERE IS SOME LEARNING
CURVE EVERY PRESIDENT FACES. I THINK THIS PRESIDENT IS NO
EXCEPTION. WHETHER HE CAN STEP UP TO THE
ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS COMPLICATED AND DANGEROUS WORLD
AND VERY COMPLEX COMMITTEE AS WELL.
>> WHAT IF BILL CLINTON HAD SOCIAL MEDIA AT HIS DISPOSAL?
>> HE WAS AN ACTING COMMUNICATE TO.
HE WOULD GENERALLY UNDERSTAND STAYING ON MESSAGE.
HE WOULD STEP OFF OF THAT AS EVERY PRESIDENT HAS.
HE LIKED -- HE CERTAINLY LOVED TO CAMPAIGN.
HE LOVED TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE. I CAN'T SAY HE WOULDN'T HAVE
USED TWITTER. I THINK HE WAS MUCH MORE OF A
ONE ON ONE LET'S -- HE WAS A BIG BELIEVER THAT THE VOTERS NEED TO
FEEL THAT HE WAS ON THEIR SIDE AND HE WAS A BIG BELIEVER, AS I
WAS, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU SHLGS YOU WERE STILL
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND IF THEY LIKED YOU A LITTLE
BETTER AND TRUSTED YOU IT WOULD BE GOOD POLITICS AS WELL AS THE
RIGHT THING FOR THE NATION. >> FINAL QUESTION, DO YOU GET
THIS PREFERENCE FOR GENERALS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, DO YOU HAVE
ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ROLE THESE GENERALS ARE PLAYING THUS FAR?
>> THEY ARE ALL PEOPLE OF DISTINCTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A CAREFUL SEPARATION OF OUR
MILITARY AND AGE MATURITY. GENERAL McMASTER I HAVE BEEN
WITH ON A FEW OCCASIONS. A MAN OF REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I'M OKAY WITH IT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS. YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH