“Leigh, in the reporting out of the White House about the call yesterday between President Trump and President Putin, they led with the fact that the call was made in order for President Trump to say thank you to Putin for mentioning the great American economy. And yet, Wall Street—so skittish about so many elements each and every day—seems not to have reacted to an incredibly powerful indictment of policy-making as appeared in The Washington Post yesterday. What is going on there?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Fortune assistant managing editor Leigh Gallagher as the Morning Joe panel discusses a Washington Post report about the Trump Administration structuring President Trump’s intelligence briefings to avoid upsetting him. Listen to the conversation here.
Dec 15, 2017