Soltis Anderson: This Is About Weakness; Strong Is Not What We Got in Helsinki from Trump

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SOLTIS ANDERSON: "That’s why you got to the hostage tape from yesterday. Because this is different. This is not just about being reckless and it's not just about being offensive or saying something, misspeaking, not speaking like a politician. This is about weakness, and Donald Trump, a core brand attribute of his is, 'I am strong. I will be strong for America.' Strong is not what we got in Helsinki. That’s why you saw more Republicans bleeding off, and that is why, if that reporting is correct about the White House chief of staff, he was able, I believe, to feel he could go to the Hill and say, 'Give me cover so that I can walk into the President’s office and tell him, 'You need to walk this back.''”