Tag: David Axelrod

(CNN)Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger shared his frustrations about how "nothing is getting done" in American politics on CNN's "The Axe Files," airing Saturday at 7p.m. ET on CNN. "I'm very little interested in politics, because it sucks," he said when asked about President Trump's choice to focus his midterm platform on the economy, the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and the northward march of migrants in Central America. Schwarzenegger said he found America's lack of immigration policy reform and crumbling infrastructure particularly embarrassing. "To me, it's more important to get the job done rather than ... worry about a caravan coming or not." Schwarzenegger recently campaigned for redistricting initiatives in Colorado and Michigan. "People wanted someone from the outside, people were sick and tired of what was going on in Washington," he said. "How long can you talk about building more infrastructure in America ... all those kind of things, and nothing is happening? While he compared the "outsider" dynamic of President Trump's campaign to that of his gubernatorial runs in 2003 and 2006, Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria, cannot make a presidential bid.

Too many people are justifying bad behavior by decrying the actions of the Trump administration—and many of them would cry foul if the folks on their side received the same mistreatment. "The people are going to turn on them, they're going to protest, they're going to absolutely harass them." That's right—a member of Congress actually called for administration officials to be harassed. How is this not a step toward mob rule? Yet it's not hard to imagine Waters and her allies spewing outrage if Eric Holder or Valerie Jarrett or David Axelrod had been refused service or personally harassed by Obama-haters. Trump jumped into the fray yesterday, tweeting: "The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country," Trump tweeted. In other words, the president is proposing to toss out key due process protections, which would run up against a number of Supreme Court decisions. Still, it's one thing to battle over policy, and the reports of children being held in cages has made this perhaps the most emotional battle between Trump and his detractors in the political and media worlds. It's quite revealing that this is exploding during Donald Trump's presidency—when some in the media and politics have justified to themselves that it's fine to use different standards against him.

CNN Senior Political Commentator David Axelrod discusses his father's death by suicide in the wake of the passing of Anthony Bourdain.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) shares his thoughts about the current White House administration and the state of the Republican Party with CNN's David Axelrod.