'Total lie': Fed-up GOP strategist lashes out as ​expert scoffs at Trump getting 'rolled'

A war of words between a well-known GOP strategist and a Washington Post columnist broke out Monday evening in an animated back-and-forth interview segment where both political analysts traded barbs before the show host jumped in to tell one of them to “relax.” The tense on-air moment unfolded during CNN’s “The Situation Room” during a debate over Trump’s tariff pauses on both Canada and Mexico, a situation Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell described right out of the gate as laughable. It's just that Trump didn't seem to know about it.” But Scott Jennings, a former senior adviser to Mitch McConnell, didn’t buy Rampell’s characterization of Trump’s unfolding tariff war. That’s what he wanted.” Rampell again repeated that the two neighboring countries of the United States are doing “exactly what they have already been doing.” But Jennings didn't back down. “You could just say, 'Hey, all's well that ends well here,' come on.” Not to be outdone, Rampell told Jennings that if he wasn’t aware of the steps the countries had already committed to, “either you haven't done your homework, or you think the American people are idiots because again, they're doing exactly what they already were doing.” “Or option three,” Jennings responded.