Trump: Brits "Want to Take Their Borders Back"; Clinton Fires Back Trump's "Outlandish Lies"
JOHN KING, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Donald Trump hails the Brexit vote as proof "America first" is a winning message.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Your people have taken the country back. They want to take their borders back.</s>KING: Plus, a big campaign shakeup as Trump tries to calm Republican jitters.</s>TRUMP: Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the United States.</s>KING: Clinton fires back, mocking Trump as a reality TV star with no real plan to create jobs.</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Maybe we shouldn't expect better from someone whose most famous words are, "You're fired."</s>KING: And as Democrats stage a sit-in to demand new gun laws, big rulings on affirmative action and immigration add the Supreme Court to the campaign chaos. INSIDE POLITICS, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now.</s>KING: Welcome to INSIDE POLITICS. I'm John King. Thanks for sharing your Sunday morning. Three questions as we count down 21 days to the Republican convention and as we track how the Brexit vote is disrupting local markets and politics. Question one: is Donald Trump right? Are American voters ready to reject globalism and embrace his tough talk on trade and immigration?</s>TRUMP: I think I see a big parallel. I think people really -- I think people really see a big parallel. They want to take their borders back. They want to take their monetary back. They want to take a lot of things back. They want to be able to have a country again. So, I think you're going to have this happen more and more. I really believe that and I think it's happening in the United States.</s>KING: Question two, or is Trump wrong and will global turmoil help Hillary Clinton and President Obama make the case that the presumptive Republican nominee would be a disaster on the world stage?</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We don't have time for charlatans and we don't have time for hatred and we don't have time for bigotry, and we don't have time for flim-flam, and we don't have the luxury of just popping off and saying whatever comes to the top of our ad heads. Don't have time for that.</s>KING: And question three, it may seem like a long time ago but just this week. Will firing his campaign manager quiet talk of convention chaos and help Trump make a consistent case against Hillary Clinton?</s>TRUMP: She believes she's entitled to the office. Her campaign slogan is "I'm with her." You know what my response is to that? I'm with you, the American people. She thinks it's all about her.</s>KING: With us to share their reporting and their insights, CNN's Nia- Malika Henderson, Jonathan Martin of "The New York Times", CNN's Jeff Zeleny, and Lisa Lerer of "The Associated Press". The margin was tiny, but the voters in the U.K. sent a giant message as the week came to a close. Britain is now breaking from the European Union and the prime minister who bet his career that the vote would be different is resigning, here, across the pond, as they say. The question is: How big and how lasting the Brexit effect will be on American politics? The Donald Trump says -- he says he saw it coming and he predicts it will happen here, too, as he campaigns against what he calls the false promise of globalism and pushes an America first agenda that includes a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border and a ban on most Muslims entering the United States.</s>TRUMP: I felt what happened was going to happen. It was sad for David Cameron. It was very pathetic for President Obama and it was certainly pathetic for Hillary Clinton. They called it wrong. I think the worst is when President Obama said to the U.K. if it doesn't happen the way he wanted that they go to the back of the line. Now he's trying to bring that back. We have a president and we have somebody running for president, Hillary Clinton -- honestly look at their record. They don't know what they're doing.</s>KING: A week that began with Trump campaign in chaos ended with the presumptive nominee while visiting, as you could see there, his golf properties in the U.K., calling the Brexit vote proof he's on to something and as only Donald Trump can, he predicts the vote will not only help his campaign but also help his golf resorts, meaning his bank account.</s>TRUMP: Look, if the pound goes down, they're going to do more business. When the pound goes down, more people are coming to Turnberry, frankly, and the pound has gone down and let's see what the impact of that is. But I think places like Scotland and England and different places in Great Britain, I think you're going to see a lot of activity.</s>KING: There is no doubt that as we've talked about throughout the campaign something in the water, not just here in the United States, it's around the world. People do have economic anxiety. People do have trouble seeing around the corner and they don't see their leaders helping them get around the corner, whether it's about refugees from the Middle East or whether it's about the global economy. But is Trump right? Can what happened in Britain be transferred to the United States?</s>NIA MALIKA HENDERSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: You know, I don't think we need Britain for proof that Donald Trump's message is resonating. We have that from the GOP primary and we have that from polls that show he's very tight in some of the swing states, Pennsylvania, for instance, and Ohio. I think the difference here is that that was a class-based revolt. I think in America, if you look at the different sort of demographics, there isn't a real unity between working class African-Americans, working class Latinos, college educated women, and working class white men. That's one of the differences. But sure, I mean, I think we know that this is going to be a competitive race and fought along partisan lines.</s>KING: I think elites that blow it off saying, oh, come on, now have proof you better be careful not to blow it up, because people are mad. But if Donald Trump thinks he's right, why on the flight home from Scotland, while most of you were sleeping, was Donald Trump tweeting as he tends to do overnight, at one point, he said, "We must suspend immigration from regions linked terrorism until a proven vetting method is in place." So, he seems to be dialing back a little bit, you know, ban Muslims until we figure it out. In fact, I have one more, "I never liked the term mass deportation, but we must enforce the law of the land." Again, before, remember, this is a guy who during the primaries embraced President Eisenhower's Operation Wetback" they called it in the day, round them up and throw them out.</s>JONATHAN MARTIN, NY TIMES NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: So, the context here is that he gave an interview I think to Bloomberg while he was in Scotland, where he sort of I think came off a bit softer on immigration and Muslims in particular than he would prefer. I think he's trying to clarify that. But that gets to the central issue of the Trump campaign. Why is he arbitrarily giving an interview and talking about these issues instead of just driving home a message over and over again about the Brexit vote and about out of touch elites? How many times is Donald Trump going to miss an opportunity? He just never fails, right? It's remarkable. The shooting in Orlando, somebody obviously influenced by ISIS. And now, this Brexit vote. Two issues that will play to his strength and both times, he botches the opportunity by saying things that are off key things that make the moment about him instead of the issue.</s>LISA LERER, ASSOCIATED PRESS: He's remarkably good at snatching failure from the jaws of victory. The one moment of that whole press conference most striking to me and the most striking to the Clinton campaign was when he said that the global recession, if there was a global recession would be great for him and great for his businesses. I mean, generally, if there's a recession, it's blamed on the ruling party which in this case would be Hillary Clinton, who's linked her campaign intimately with President Obama.</s>MARTIN: The face of the establishment.</s>LERER: The face of the establishment. And now, there's an ad out this morning from the Clinton campaign just running that over and over and over. So, if we end up in a global recession they will be able to squarely pin it on Donald Trump using his own words.</s>KING: Let's bring that ad into play, because they did put it out this morning. You could look at it, well, they responded nimbly. Donald Trump starts talking about his golf courses and making money after Brexit. So, play -- you get to that. There could be another take. First, a snippet from the ad. (</s>BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, CLINTON CAMPAIGN) AD ANNOUNCER: Every president is tested by world events, but Donald Trump thinks about how his golf resort can profit from them.</s>TRUMP: When the pound goes down, more people are coming to Turnberry.</s>ERIN BURNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Stocks tank around the world.</s>TRUMP: Brand new sprinkler system at the highest level.</s>BURNETT: He's talking about his new sprinkler system.</s>AD ANNOUNCER: In a volatile world, the last thing we need is a volatile president.</s>JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: We knew the minute he was standing there on Friday giving that press conference, talking about the nice suites and sprinkler systems, I knew that was going to be an ad. I didn't know it would be 48 hours later. But, look, that is the challenge here and the problem for Donald Trump I believe. Yes, there is something out here for him to seize and tap into, but he can't seem to help himself. Now, I'm not sure that it matters necessarily this one ad but the difference between the referendum in this campaign is it, this is an absolute choice between two candidates, not an idea of something, a feeling. This would be a choice between Donald Trump, a choice between the Clinton campaign and they are still trying to define him. And as the week began, I was in Ohio in Columbus earlier in the week and when Hillary Clinton was talking about where all the places his products are made I thought, wow, that's an ad in Ohio as well here because he talks about restoring America, bringing jobs back to America. He has not done that. So, I think this is an issue for him. But the Clinton campaign, the Brooklyn advisers are aware this is a challenge for them. I think Brexit was a huge wake-up call, if they needed one, I'm not sure they did. But this is a real issue.</s>KING: So, here's the question, though -- so, Donald Trump whether you think he made a mistake or not, he was out there, he was in the U.K., he was speaking. I agree the diversion to his businesses is a little bit, where are we going here? Joe Biden was traveling very strong words. The president of the United States, let's give you a little bit sample more here, President Obama says this is a moment of testing for the world. We're going to have to renegotiate with the European Union, the United States is going to have to re-craft its relationship with the U.K. President Obama says it's testing time and Donald Trump isn't ready.</s>OBAMA: And, unfortunately, when people are anxious and scared, there are going to be politicians out there who try to prey on that frustration, to get themselves headlines and to get themselves votes. That's the story they've been telling. Not just their guy at the top of the ticket, but up and down the ticket.</s>KING: So, why on this Sunday morning is the leading Democratic criticism come only from the president? Yes, there's a new Clinton campaign ad out. Yes, that shows they're nimble. But where was the former secretary of state herself? She was down this week and there was some talk she might come out and do an OTR, an off the record to say something. But why have we -- if she's the calm, steady leader that we're supposed to have at this moment of turmoil in contrast to Trump -- why did we not hear from her?</s>MARTIN: It's three days. The Brexit vote happens Thursday and here it is Sunday. So, where has she been for the last three days? She's so cautious and I think her advisers are so loath to have her make a mistake. I think also when they see Trump doing what he did on Friday which is getting in his own way, they don't want to sort of blur that storyline, too.</s>HENDERSON: But this is a point Donald Trump is certainly making. He's like, you know, where is Hillary on this? Why hasn't she done any on-camera interviews? So, it's become a political point for him. They did send out fund-raising calls around this saying listen, let's not make the same mistake here in America that the folks over in Britain --</s>KING: But leaders are supposed to lead, right?</s>LERER: Right. It's an example of what you were saying over caution. I mean, they're so worried her looking like she's capitalizing on this thing that could be extremely painful, not only for British citizens, but really the entire world, that they don't want her out there. It very well could be a mistake. I think in these times of crisis, people want to see their leaders. They also are hopeful, among Democrats, the Brexit vote could serve as a reminder that like this can really happen. You heard all the great anecdotal stories on the BBC and other outlets. Well, it was a protest vote. I didn't think we'd leave.</s>MARTIN: Great point.</s>LERER: They're talking to donors and fundraisers and to their grassroots saying, look what happened in England. Don't be so sure that it wouldn't happen here.</s>KING: Everybody, hold the though. Up next, he calls her a crook, she calls him a fraud. What we learned about the early general election terrain this week. First, though, politicians say the darndest things, President Obama pondering, reworking his resume and hitting the job market.</s>OBAMA: I don't mind being America's pitch man. In seven months or so, I'll be on job market and I'm glad I'm going to be here. I'm going to get on LinkedIn and you know, see what comes up.