National political correspondent Maggie Haberman said President Trump's decision to skip the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died last week and his sweeping tariff agenda show one thing: "He's going to do what he wants."

"I think long ago he stopped caring about certain optics. And he's made very clear during this presidency, he's going to do what he wants," Haberman, a veteran New York Times reporter, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday evening. "And, you know, it's not just playing golf."

"He is not messaging this in a way that suggests that he understands what average people might be going through right now," she continued. "And part of what you know it is, is he is convinced he is right, he is convinced he is going to show people he is right."

Her analysis comes a day after the president chose to stay in Florida for a........

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