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E AGAIN UPENDED THE GOP'S AGENDA IN CONGRESS AND PROGRESSIVES SWEPT THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES IN NEW YORK. TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE, WE TURN TONIGHT TO BROOKS AND CAPEHART. THAT'S THE ATLANTIC'S DAVID BROOKS, WHO JOINS US TONIGHT FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE'S IDEAS FESTIVAL, AND JONATHAN CAPEHART OF MS NOW. GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH. CONGRESS PASSED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BILL IN DECADES WITH OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ABRUPTLY CANCELS THE CEREMONIAL BILL SIGNING BECAUSE HE IS UPSET CONGRESS WILL NOT EMBRACE HIS ELECTIONS BILL, WITH AFFORDABILITY BEING THE DEFINING ISSUE OF BOTH PARTIES HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS PRESIDENT WALKING AWAY FROM WHAT COULD'VE HAVE BEEN A VICTORY LAP?

AND LET'S NOT FORGET JUST HOW BIG THE VOTE WAS FOR THIS HOUSING BILL IN THE SENATE. 85-5. WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD OF ANY BILL PASSING THE SENATE -- ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONFIGURATION -- BY THAT MUCH? THIS IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS DESPERATELY WANTED AND SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN ON IN THE MIDTERMS. SOME WERE ALREADY CROWING ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THE PRESIDENT LOWERS THE HAMMER OVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT.

NOW THEY'LL HAVE TO RUN AWAY FROM IT. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE SPEAKER HAS OR WHEN HE IS GOING TO TRANSMIT THE BILL TO THE WHITE HOUSE SO THAT 10 DAY CLOCK CAN START TICKING. THIS TO ME, I DON'T WHO SAID THIS BUT THEY SAID IT SEEMS THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, WHAT HE CARES ABOUT HIS DOMINANCE OVER THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHATEVER THE SIZE OF IT IS. IF THAT IS THE CASE, HE VERY WELL MIGHT GET HIS WISH.

GEOFF: WHAT ABOUT THAT? THE PRESIDENT REALLY BEING FOCUSED ON BEING THE DOMINANT PLAYER HERE, TRYING TO USE THIS REFUSAL TO SIGN THE HOUSING BILL AS LEVERAGE FOR THIS VOTER ID BILL THAT IS STALLED IN THE REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE.

YOU'RE ASKING ME IF DONALD TRUMP IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIMSELF? [LAUGHTER] YEAH, I THINK SO. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GO BACK TO HISTORY TO GIVE A TIME WE AN IMPULSIVE NARCISSIST GOT LESS CHAOTIC OR LESS IMPULSIVE AS HE AGED AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANY TIME IN HISTORY. THE COURSE OF THE BEHAVIOR IS TOWARD DECAY AND TRUMP IS MOVING FROM IMPULSIVITY TO JUST CHAOS ON THAT DAY. AS PART OF JUST A NATURAL PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERIORATION THAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PRESIDENTS.

BUT IT'S ALSO A PORTABLE TYPE IN THE -- WHAT'S HAPPENED THE LAST SIX MONTHS. I DON'T THINK IT IS UNRELATED TO IRAN. I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS AS EVERYBODY WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION MUST UNDERSTAND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG DEFEATS OF THE LAST MANY DECADES. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS KNOW IT. PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE KNOW IT. HE SENSES THINGS SLIDING AWAY FROM HIM. HIS POWER WE, HIS STATURE, HUMILIATED. IT'S LEADING HIM TO BEHAVE AND MUCH MORE OBSESSIVE WAYS THAN HE HAS THE LAST DECADE.

GEOFF: MUST SHIFT OUR FOCUS AT THE OUTCOME OF THE NEW YORK PRIMARIES BECAUSE OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE BACKED BY NEW YORK MAYOR