THANKS MARK.

LELAND: HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE

ENTERTAINMENT, GOP DAN PALMER

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 90 PLUS

PERCENT APPROVAL, I FIND HIS

ONLY PLACE APPROVAL NUMBERS HAVE

ACTUALLY GROWN SINCE

INAUGURATION.

DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE

WORRIED?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE NAME ID, BE

ABLE TO RAISE MONEY, AND YOU

HAVE TO HAVE A COMPELLING

MESSAGE.

I MEAN, FRANKLY, JOE WALSH ISN'T

EVEN THE BEST KNOWN JOE WALSH.

IT COULD BE THE GUITAR PLAYER

FOR THE EAGLES RIGHT?

>> POINT TAKEN THIS IS HOW MR.

WALSH IS FRAMING HIS CURRENT

RUN.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> MOST OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES

BELIEVE.

THEY THINK TRUMP IS GOING TO

LOSE IN NOVEMBER AND THEY WANT

HIM TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER, AND

THEN THEY THINK THEY'RE DONE

WITH HIM AND EVERYTHING CAN GO

BACK TO NORMAL.

LELAND: YOU MADE AN INTERESTING

POINT HERE.

ONE ALSO COULD REMEMBER SOME OF

YOURS AND MY CONVERSATION CIRCA

2015 WHEN DONALD TRUMP GOT

INTO THE RACE AND YOU'RE

SUPPORTING TED CRUZ AND YOU'RE

SAYING THIS IS A CELEBRITY, THE

GUY IS NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IS THERE A RISK OF DISMISSING

WALSH TOO EASILY AS SO MANY

DISMISSED TRUMP?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS A

CANDIDATE FLANKED CRUZ TO THE

RIGHT AND THE DIVIDING LINE IN

THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY 2016 WAS

THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, AND HE

OWNED THAT ISSUE.

LELAND: HE PUSHES EVERYBODY TO

THE RIGHT.

>> EXACTLY SO IN THIS CASE

THERE IS ALWAYS A NEVER-TRUMP

CONSTITUENCY.

IT'S DIMINISHED BUT IT HASN'T

GONE AWAY AND I THINK THEY'RE

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO BEHIND

WHETHER IT'S GOING UP TO NEW

HAMPSHIRE, WHETHER IT'S JOE

WALSH BUT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR

HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE HAD SOME

POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE

INTERNET, I MEAN, HONESTLY IF I

WORE A SQUIRREL PUPPET ON MY

NOSE, I COULD GET SOME POSITIVE

FEEDBACK ON THE INTERNET.

LELAND: THIS TIME YOU'RE ON OUR

SHOW WE'D LIKE YOU TO TRY THAT

AND SEE HOW MUCH POSITIVE

FEEDBACK THERE IS.

I THINK YOUR WIFE MIGHT HAVE A

THING OR TWO TO SAY, BUT PEOPLE

ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THE

MEDIA LOVES THE CHALLENGE FROM

EITHER SIDE.

THE LAST THREE TIMES AN

INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT

WAS CHALLENGED BY A PRIMARY

CHALLENGER FROM THEIR OWN PARTY

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

REAGAN CHALLENGES FORD, FORD

LOSES.

KENNEDY CHALLENGES CARTER,

CARTER LOSES, BUCHANAN CHALLENGE

S H. W. BUSH AND H. W.

BUSH LOSES.

SHOULD REPUBLICANS WORRY THAT

WALSH ARE GOING TO BE SPOILERS?

>> THE COMMON THREAD IN THOSE

THREE LOSSES WAS A LOUSY ECONOMY

AND AT PRESENT WE HAVE A PRETTY

ROBUST ECONOMY.

THE LEFT IS TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA

AND RACISM AND NOW RECESSION.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND

OF A HOLD TO TRY TO ATTACK TRUMP

AS LONG AS THIS ECONOMY IS

STRONG THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME.

LELAND: WE HAD A DEMOCRATIC

CONGRESSMAN ON EARLIER WHO

ADMITTED THE ECONOMY WAS PRETTY

STRONG AND KEPT TALKING ABOUT

RECESSIONS ON THE HORIZON.

IT'S COMING IT'S COMING.

DOES THIS PUT THE PRESIDENT IN A

DIFFICULT POSITION TO NEGOTIATE

WITH CHINA, BECAUSE IF HE

DOESN'T GET A DEAL WITH CHINA

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE COULD

BE IN A MUCH WORSE SPOT A YEAR

FROM NOW THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

ACTUALLY MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE.

THAT GIVES CHINA THE UPPER HAND.

THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTION.

PRESIDENT XI DOESN'T.

>> I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THIS.

I THINK THE REAL ISSUE WITH

CHINA HAS BEEN FRAMED

INCORRECTLY.

THIS IS NOT STRICTLY AN ECONOMIC

ISSUE.

THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY

ISSUE AS LONG AS THEY

APPROPRIATING INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY AS LONG AS THEY ARE

USING CURRENCY MANIPULATION, A

SYMMETRIC ACCESS TO MARKETS.

THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A

POSITION WHERE THEY CAN

CHALLENGE FOR WORLD DOMINANCE.

NOW THE UNITED STATES IS A

SINGLE PREEMINENT WORLD POWER.

IF CHINA'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE

THESE PRACTICES, THEY COULD FIND

THEMSELVES RIVALLING THE U.S.

FOR DOMINANCE.

YOU ALREADY SEE THEM BUILDING

ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

LELAND: AND MILITARY BASES.

>> THEY ARE A RIVAL AND COULD

RISE TO BECOMING AN ENEMY AND

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WITH

THE CHINA TRADE DEAL IS WE HAVE

TO HOB EL THEIR PROGRESS.

LELAND: STEVEN MILLER NOW START

ING TO MOVE TO THAT POINT

TALKING ABOUT MOVING AWAY FROM

CHINA'S PAYING FOR IT TO THE

NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE DAN

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME