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(CNN)House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell says, "Donald Trump is going to be defeated in 2020." "You have to wonder if he is capable of surviving all of these investigations and just the stress that continues to be on him," the California Democrat told David Axelrod on The Axe Files, a podcast from The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. Swalwell says he hates that he's lost a lot of friends across the aisle throughout the Trump era, but he "wouldn't do it any other way." "My hope is that there's going to be a day after Trump. I want to have a reset and go back to working with (Republicans). I'm going to actually try in this new Congress. ... That's not my default setting, to go at Republicans the way I go at Trump, but this guy, I just think, needs to be held accountable." As a member of the Intelligence Committee, Swalwell defends the continued Russia investigation, and not just because of any "palace intrigue into what's going on at the White … [Read more...] about House Intelligence Democrat Swalwell: ‘Donald Trump is going to be defeated in 2020’

(CNN)On Thursday, President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News personality Harris Faulkner. It was, um, chummy -- with Faulkner asking Trump questions like "What do you love about being President?" and "You have such energy for this." (Yes, I know the latter isn't a question at all.) I went through the transcript -- which covers the sentencing of his former attorney Michael Cohen, Trump's dealings with China and why he doesn't get better press -- and plucked out the, uh, "best" lines from the President. They're below. THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! 1. "I don't think -- and I have to go check. I don't think they even paid any money to that tabloid. I don't think we've made a payment to that tabloid." Trump's argument here -- I think -- is that because neither he nor the campaign ever paid the National Enquirer any … [Read more...] about The 29 most surreal lines from Donald Trump’s Fox News interview

(CNN)On Monday night, President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign announced that it had raised in excess of $18 million over the past three months, a haul that means the incumbent has already raised $106 million for a race that is more than two years away. That's a stunning -- and totally unprecedented -- amount of money for a sitting president to have collected less than two years into his first term. Look, I get it. Money has become so plentiful in American politics -- every two years cash floods the system through a variety of super PACs and other newfangled entities aimed at skirting campaign finance law -- that there's a tendency, even among political junkies, to get a little glassy-eyed when it comes to talk of unprecedented amounts of money being harvested earlier and earlier in the election cycle. THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s 2020 fundraising haul is totally and completely unprecedented

(CNN)President Donald Trump likes to eat fast food. And he doesn't like to exercise. Like, at all. "He's more enthusiastic about the diet part than the exercise part, but we're going to do both," White House physician Ronny Jackson acknowledged to reporters in a press briefing on the President's overall health earlier this week. (Jackson said Trump weighs 239 pounds and could stand to lose 10 to 15 pounds over the next year.) In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Trump tried to make the case that he actually exercises more than people (including Dr. Jackson) know. "I get exercise. I mean I walk, I this, I that," Trump told Reuters. "I run over to a building next door. I get more exercise than people think." So. To summarize Trump's exercise regimen: Read More Walking This That Run to building next door Unspecified number of repetitions The truth of Trump's view on exercise is more complicated than just his pretending that he "get[s] more exercise than people think." And, … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s exercise regimen will amaze you