let's get to it now their headliner killing untimely lives on North Lawn
Senior Council the president joins us now from the White House and Kellyanne
good morning and welcome back it's it's a Friday and you are in you're in the
hot seat here okay so let's get to the Supreme Court first what is the state of
the process if there is not yet a short list of nominees where's the president's
head on this well you saw just last night the president returned from a
two-day trip out meeting with Americans and came here and met with senators from
both parties because it is the Senate's job constitutionally to advise and
consent the president on such matters and the president is taking to account
their advice at the same time it will be a presidential decision this president
owing back to the campaign for two straight years now bill has been very
transparent and therefore accountable with respect to the type of person and
indeed the specific individuals he would consider to put on the nation's highest
court yes as you just mentioned the elevated justice nail Gorsuch he's been
an outstanding jurist in his first term and a half on the Supreme Court but look
also at what the president has done in the u.s. circuit courts there are 21
confirmed judges on the US circuit courts one out of eight US Circuit
judges right now is a trump appointee and so we we already see the way the
president approaches this I think Neil Gorsuch and his confirmation hearings
put it best when it came to some of these hot-button issues like abortion
where he said it's settled precedent and it's not my job is not relevant whether
I like a particular precedent or don't and I know people on the other side who
are really losing and every turn these days politically then practically they
are going to try to make this about one or two issues we know that this that the
Supreme Court covers any number of issues under the Constitution in a given
term just this past week and last week they decided cases on the impropriety of
using unions use compelling people to use them for political purposes
obviously they they ruled in the president's favor and the travel ban
they have released opinions very recently on on internet taxes so the
court is very active breath of issues this president has says
he will choose from that list and he's been very clear in his appointments we
make to the type of jurists that he likes not to do does he make a decision
before the summit with Vladimir Putin into an athlete's he may I don't think
that the timeline has anything to do with a summit this is a president as we
all know is the original and unbelievably peripatetic multitasker he
does many different things at a given day moment and week I think the sheer
volume the velocity of the way he works is mind-numbing to many people I find it
to be a privilege so I don't think that a timeline is going to be according to a
summit so much as the president takes very seriously a Supreme Court vacancy
and knows that we should we should move with some dispatch in filling that
vacancy down as a maybe then based on the timeline for July 6 things was a guy
who moves with alacrity on everything as you know so maybe sooner maybe sooner
maybe sooner I think that person could be confirmed this year why not okay that
being said Kellyanne this upcoming summit with the president and Vladimir
Putin what does president Trump what is he heading into that summit hoping to
accomplish and get done the president has made very clear a couple of things
one is to improve relations with countries and its leaders where we can
where it makes sense for the United States of America and for peace-loving
people everywhere to improve relationships and this president
followed the same model that he that he did with the Singapore summit and mr.
Kim with Russia meaning he sent over one of his top diplomats one of his top
security officials in the case of North Korea secretary Pompeo in the case of
Russia NSC director NASA security adviser Ambassador John Bolton and that
person goes over there and lays the groundwork we got other people working
on logistics and this president has said from the beginning that he is willing to
talk to leaders when it is in the best interest of America if Russia and the
United States of America can work on national security issues together the
president will do that but at the same time this president has had no
reluctance whatsoever to push back when he has felt Susan
there's Russian officials I'd like to know that push your back on the side and
and I just want to say one more thing you had President Obama whispering and a
hot mic that he would have more flexibility after the next election you
have this president as transparent as can be on going away to be president but
to have a summit like this you gotta get some sort of win-win on each side and
what is the win/win for Vladimir Putin what is the win/win for President Trump
is it some sort of deal on Syria is that is that where the ground could move well
the wind winds and having the conversation to begin with but another
win would be the president's vision with respect to Syria this president has
pushed back on Assad twice when he's gassed his own people with the support
of Russia continuing the conversation about a nuclear capable North Korea and
nuclear capable of ran I mean this presidents been so active around the
globe to not involve Russia in some of these conversations and I'm sure because
this is what the media will say to is what are you talking about with respect
to interference and elections everything's on the table you know when
mr. Putin and President Trump met the last time that particular one-on-one
meeting lasted much longer than quote people anticipate on why they were
anticipating a certain timeline and it covered an array of topics and you can
expect that to happen again meanwhile what a hearing that was
yesterday Kellyanne you know Christopher Rea rod rose and signed the heads of the
FBI and the DOJ sat in a hearing room and faced a grilling from Republican
lawmakers with the president able to to witness a few of those exchanges what
were his thoughts when he looked at really the anger and frustration that we
continue to see in this case from House Republicans over lack of documents
getting handed over and lack of quite frankly questions getting answered well
again you see the transparency and accountability of the process that was a
televised a briefing folks are under oath when they're answering those
questions and director Ray and Deputy Attorney General
rod Rosen Stein made clear that they feel they are they are complying with
the request some of the Republicans and others disagree the house obviously
passed a bill yesterday or past a festival and it's evolution yeah
resolution yeah excuse me and and the fact is that people do it is true that
many Americans are tiring with the length of the process here that is
absolutely true if you look at the polls the number of people who are saying that
the investigation is a good idea has it gone on too long is it interfering with
other things fortunately the present United States
does not allow it to interfere with his major duties which is to be the chief
economic steward of our nation's economy it could not be doing any better than it
is we're having this six-month tax cut and Jobs Act anniversary together here
today grazie yeah Benghazi going on for two and a
half years that I know the Republic is it fresh to the comparison no specific
question I know the president was traveling Wisconsin yesterday did he
watch the hearing did he watch any of it Kellyanne well he can access clips any
time he wants and he's aware he's fully briefed on everything of that nature he
certainly knows that he certainly knew that the hearing was taking place he
certainly knows some of the highlights of not the specifics and everybody's
been playing on their choice and they're they're chosen and curated clips from
the last day so I think the president could not be more clear he tweets about
it and puts it on social media off and he talks about it freely often that he
believes this is a witch hunt and that there is no collusion he he goes back to
what we were promised at the very beginning of this which is that this
changed votes and he wasn't duly elected that's all a load of bunk and everybody
knows it he was duly and democratically elected he doesn't let any of it get in
his way of presiding over the strongest economy in generations if not our
lifetimes if not ever and continuing to meet with leaders here in America but
across the globe and at different summits to try to bring more peace and
prosperity wherever you men chief of staff what are the plans there
what is the president actively doing right now as as far as looking for a
replacement I don't understand these stories in that the media sort of like
ants on a sugar cube always go and focus on one thing it seems to come up every
month or two or three months if I went back and I looked at a bunch of
inquiries from February four December and now from June they all say
the same thing I try not to respond to them to allow the pressure op and others
to do that but here you got responses directly from the President and from our
chief of staff John Kelly yesterday that it's all news to them we have no talent
I'm sorry that this is popping out I'm delighted to serve under chief of staff
Kelly and I work with whomever the president asked me to work with here in
the West Wing and across his administration but I know that it's
easier and maybe more fun for folks to to play the Paula game and learning the
intricacies of policy since again stuff goes so quickly here but I guess
eventually everybody's going to leave it eventually everybody who said people are
going to leave will be right just not dominate the coverage I know the
Europeans felt like just just to be specific about it
general Kelly is staying is that what you're saying as far as I know general
Kelly wants to stay and he is staying he hasn't said anything differently to me
and I come here to work every day with the team that the president has asked us
all to work with and we do I find this place to be much more streamlined and
much more sophisticated and running in a very good way a year and a half into the
presidency and we don't run around wondering who's leaving next who's going
to be forced out we get to work every day and there's so much on our plate as
you know that's just not one of them okay you bet well what does the White
House have to say given the shooting in Annapolis just for you well it's a it's
a horrible tragedy what we're trying to I think us being all of America
is pieced together that this person the shooter this murderer had some kind of
grievance against this paper obviously it filed a lawsuit lost that lawsuit and
seems to have been very active on social media very threatening it seems to me
and about this paper and went in yesterday and did what he did the
president expressed his sympathies it continues to be briefed by the FBI and
others and we'll continue to talk about this as the different facts develop but
obviously people who go to work every day innocent Americans should not have
this as an occupational hazard and I think is our press secretary made clear
last night in a on innocent journalists innocent
Americans attack on all of us what's the president's plans next week a
lot of people a fourth of July week and he's gonna be making a trip out to
Montana yes the plan is for him to go to Montana on July 5th and the day before
the president the first lady will host for the second consecutive year the
military families here at a picnic and then later celebrate America's
Independence our 240 second year of our nation's independence out here on the
South Lawn the fireworks display for all to see and we're very excited because
it's a great celebration of our nation's independence and this president has done
a great deal to advance the cause of democracy and freedom everything from
economic freedom to national security and freedom and our ability to be free
and prosperous and should be a great joy yeah you came out to talk about taxes
six-month anniversary today what do you think the impact of the tax plan has
been on America today go ahead and sell it easy votes they're very it's been
very positive any metric that you look at the confidence number is historic
confidence numbers among consumers among small business owners among
manufacturers the job creation the growth numbers all the critics saying is
that you can never even get it above 3% that's fantasy its projected to be well
above 4% and that I think what it's done in addition to giving the millions of
Americans hardworking Americans the bonuses and the raises it has a
stimulated growth and a buoyancy and optimism in our economy that people feel
free to move around in the job market six point seven million available jobs
now it outpaces the number of actual job seekers so that gives people freedom to
think about their next job or the next career move
also the repatriation a word that Americans really should learn more
handily because you're going to hear a lot of it bill and Sondra repatriation
of 300 billion dollars so far that was wealth parked legally overseas that now
these companies can bring back the corporations that were that people said
they're not going to vet they're investing in their workplace or in
record investing in their workforce and and also you see this child care tax
credit people feel like they can make more free decisions I think the number
one the number one byproduct of tax cuts is freedom it's individual freedom and
liberty hey listen thanks for being here today we've covered a lot of ground and
have a great weekend happy July 4th to you and every bear
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