Domenico Montanaro

CNN's poll also found that 62% think that he hasn't done enough to reduce the price of goods.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And that just simply wasn't who Kash Patel was before he was at that Senate hearing.

And that just simply wasn't who Kash Patel was before he was at that Senate hearing.

And that just simply wasn't who Kash Patel was before he was at that Senate hearing.

This is somebody who was known for being provocative, who wrote a book not just about the government gangsters, as he noted in the book title, but he wrote a children's book called The Plot Against the King that seemed to depict someone with blonde hair as the king, looked like maybe President Trump, and somebody who looked like Nancy Pelosi as one of the people who was engaging in the plot against and

This is somebody who was known for being provocative, who wrote a book not just about the government gangsters, as he noted in the book title, but he wrote a children's book called The Plot Against the King that seemed to depict someone with blonde hair as the king, looked like maybe President Trump, and somebody who looked like Nancy Pelosi as one of the people who was engaging in the plot against and

This is somebody who was known for being provocative, who wrote a book not just about the government gangsters, as he noted in the book title, but he wrote a children's book called The Plot Against the King that seemed to depict someone with blonde hair as the king, looked like maybe President Trump, and somebody who looked like Nancy Pelosi as one of the people who was engaging in the plot against and

Someone who maybe looked like Kash Patel, who seemed to be the sorcerer behind the king. So it's one thing when you're trying to sell books and get yourself on podcasts. It's another thing when you want to run the FBI, which is one of the most important structures in this country for fighting crime.

Someone who maybe looked like Kash Patel, who seemed to be the sorcerer behind the king. So it's one thing when you're trying to sell books and get yourself on podcasts. It's another thing when you want to run the FBI, which is one of the most important structures in this country for fighting crime.

Someone who maybe looked like Kash Patel, who seemed to be the sorcerer behind the king. So it's one thing when you're trying to sell books and get yourself on podcasts. It's another thing when you want to run the FBI, which is one of the most important structures in this country for fighting crime.

And he says that he's not going to engage in political weaponization or try to go after enemies and all of that. But we saw people who said one thing at the hearing, which defied what they believed before the hearing seemingly. And then when they got confirmed, did something else.

And he says that he's not going to engage in political weaponization or try to go after enemies and all of that. But we saw people who said one thing at the hearing, which defied what they believed before the hearing seemingly. And then when they got confirmed, did something else.

And he says that he's not going to engage in political weaponization or try to go after enemies and all of that. But we saw people who said one thing at the hearing, which defied what they believed before the hearing seemingly. And then when they got confirmed, did something else.

Well, I mean, the idea that the U.S. would walk back from the idea of soft power really kind of flies in the face of decades of what was American foreign policy following World War II and then the ascent in the 1960s and into the 80s and early 90s of the Cold War against Russia. Really, the idea was to counter communism and what Russia was trying to do around the world. And now the U.S.

Well, I mean, the idea that the U.S. would walk back from the idea of soft power really kind of flies in the face of decades of what was American foreign policy following World War II and then the ascent in the 1960s and into the 80s and early 90s of the Cold War against Russia. Really, the idea was to counter communism and what Russia was trying to do around the world. And now the U.S.

Well, I mean, the idea that the U.S. would walk back from the idea of soft power really kind of flies in the face of decades of what was American foreign policy following World War II and then the ascent in the 1960s and into the 80s and early 90s of the Cold War against Russia. Really, the idea was to counter communism and what Russia was trying to do around the world. And now the U.S.

has a different sort of calculation to make, which is China, because China is in places like Africa trying to build infrastructure projects and try to, by the way, also mine in places where they're helping those countries out. to try to take some of those natural resources from those places, but also try to win over some of those populations in some of those countries to try to win allies.