Jeff understands that the job of attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the United States.

And that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can.

Jeff Sessions was a disaster as Attorney General.

He should have never been Attorney General. He's not qualified. He's not mentally qualified to be Attorney General.

We hope Bill Barr is going to be as good as we think because Bill is a good... he's a great gentleman, a great man.

And by the way, when Bill Barr, who's, you know, a coward, Bill Barr was a coward.

Bill Barr didn't do what he was supposed to do. I fired him and he has great hatred.

In his new role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley will serve as my top military adviser.

I have absolute confidence that he will fulfill his duty with the same brilliance and fortitude he has shown throughout his long and very distinguished career.

He, frankly, was incompetent. The last one I'd want to attack with as my leader would be Milley.

John Kelly will do a fantastic job. General Kelly has been a star. He's done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody.

A great, great American.

I know John Kelly. He was with me. Didn't do a good job. Had no temperament. And ultimately he was peedered out. He got... he was exhausted.

This man was totally exhausted. He wasn't even able to function.

I am confident that Jay has the wisdom and leadership to guide our economy through any challenges that our great economy may face.

And, you know, I had my own situation with Powell and I beat the hell out of him. I was not a big fan of Powell. I was recommended by some people I didn't like him.

A brief look back at Donald Trump claiming to have hired the best people only to trash them after they left his administration.

It's something he was pressed on last night in a wide ranging and contentious interview with Fox News during which the former president offered new and at times incoherent reasons for why he kept classified materials at Mar-a-Laga.

Incoherent according to Fox News analysts.

It was an incredible interview with Brett Leyer.

And incoherent.

Also ahead we'll go live to Beijing for the latest on the U.S.-China relations following Secretary of State Anthony Blankens meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

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