When you watch President Trump speak, it can feel a little like watching a high wire act at the circus.

With each word, he dances closer to an edge.

At least, that's what it felt like to me yesterday at the White House press conference that was supposed to be about American

manufacturing. Okay, you have any questions on how well our manufacturing business is doing,

press? When Trump took questions, that is when the tightrope walk really began.

What are you talking about in your tweet? Right off the bat, he gets a question about his racist tweets from over the weekend they were

directed at representatives alexandria ocasio cortez ilhan omar rashita talib and iana presley he told them to go

back to their countries and he said nancy pelosi would be happy to work out the travel arrangements

he was trying to deepen divisions

between House Democrats. But at this presser, he starts out by denying he was even talking

about the so-called squad.

Well, I don't mention, I didn't mention names, and I didn't do that, but I will tell you.

When reporters try to redirect or confront him, Trump shushes them.

Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet.

He swings into racism, then he backs away, shrugging his shoulders. Like, nothing to see here.

And all I'm saying, they want to leave, they can leave. Now, it doesn't say leave forever.

It says leave, if you want. But what it says, and what it says. And right now, it's Monday morning,

we have a bunch of Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, who have spoken out against his tweets, calling them racist by name.

How many Republicans have done the same?

Zero.

Elected ones.

Does that surprise you?

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