MICHAEL GOODWIN (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Well, there was a column online that I read from a left-wing opinion writer who basically said, “I'm not a fan of Trump but here is what he should do. He should take my advice, give an Oval Office address that is humble and contrite and authentic in tone to try to heal the nation, and ask the American people for a second chance to be their president.” And I said, you know, hell will freeze over first. First of all, the president may give an Oval Office address but it will not be humble, it will not be contrite, nor should it be because he was proved correct. He was proved innocent by this report and he was outrageously framed by members of the Obama administration, the FBI, and the Justice Department, so why should he be contrite? I think what we need to do is to get to the bottom of how all this happened.
DOOCY: Well, and if that is true, if you are right and he was outrageously framed by his political enemies including people in the Obama administration, if that's true, that's the political scandal of America's history.
GOODWIN: Right. And I think that the Mueller report is an important end because try to test the alternative. Suppose Mueller had found collusion with Russia during the campaign and that Trump obstructed justice. Imagine the world we would be living in now. Adam Schiff would be on television saying I told you so, I told you so, right?
DOOCY: And he would have been right.
GOODWIN: Yeah. And Hillary Clinton would say, see I should have been president, he stole it from me. You would have -- impeachment would be unstoppable. Even Republicans, I think, would have to get on board. And the president would be facing not only being removed from office, but perhaps criminal trials after that. Who knows what would have been his fate? So I say, poof, back to reality. Here he is, the Mueller report cleared him. So why isn't there this recognition now, he is totally legitimate, that there is no further question about that?
DOOCY: Well, that's just not the case. You say, so now it is on to 2020 with Trump stronger and holding more political capital. So how does he use it?
GOODWIN: Yeah, look, I think there will be a temptation in the White House to go on a spending spree, to do a lot of different things. I think for President Trump, not only his legacy but for the country, the one thing he should do above all others is secure the border. Now he has got the emergency declaration, assuming the courts don't stop him. He's got money and he's got some time now to do this. And I hope once and for all, I mean, you know, there is an estimate Steve, 1.5 million illegal crossers this year alone. I mean, a few years ago, we were saying there were 10 million illegal immigrants in the country. Soon there will be 20 or 30, if this keeps going. Where does it end? And how do we deal with this in the future? There are new generations of Dreamers coming in. What about all of the issues associated with illegal crossers, not just crime, but just the cost of education, and health care and the -- this kind of dual society in America of legal and illegal? That is untenable.
