>> WHAT TIME DID YOU GET OUT OF WORK TODAY, FRIDAY?
THE HOUSE AND SENATE QUICK WORK TODAY BEFORE LUNCH.
WHICH IS MORE WORK THAN THEY DO MOST FRIDAYS THIS YEAR.
BUT THIS WASN'T JUST ANY FRIDAY. THIS WAS THE LAST DAY BEFORE THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY'S 100th DAY. AND CONGRESS PUT IN LESS THAN
HALF A DAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUMP AGENDA ITEM ALIVE IN
CONGRESS RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO BILL MOVING ANYWHERE
IN CONGRESS NOW. NO LEGISLATIVE VEHICLE THAT IS A
TRUMP AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A 99th DAY
LIKE THIS FOR A PRESIDENT. EVERY PRESIDENT'S BUSIEST
LEGISLATIVE YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR.
IT'S WHEN THEIR POWER OF PERSUASION OVER THE CONGRESS IS
AT ITS HIGHEST. AND IT ONLY GOES DOWN AFTER
THAT. WHAT A PRESIDENT ACCOMPLISHES IN
HIS FIRST YEAR IS USUALLY MOST OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT WILL
ACCOMPLISH IN HIS FIRST TERM. THIS IS SO CLEAR HISTORICALLY
THAT WHEN BOB WOODWARD CHOSE TO WRITE A BOOK ENTITLED "THE
AGENDA," HE DECIDED TO FOCUS ENTIRELY ON A PRESIDENT'S FIRST
YEAR. AND HE PICKED A PRESIDENT WITH A
LOADED FIRST YEAR AGENDA, BILL CLINTON.
AT THIS POINT IN BILL CLINTON'S FIRST YEAR, THE CONGRESS WAS
WORKING OVERTIME. AT THE SAME TIME, CONGRESS WAS
WORKING ON NAFTA, A GIANT TAX BILL WHICH WAS INSIDE A GIANT
BUDGET BILL. THEY WERE ALSO WORKING ON A
WORLD TRADE AGREEMENT AND THE BEGINNINGS OF BOTH CLINTON
HEALTH CARE AND CLINTON WELFARE REFORM.
ALONG WITH LITTLE THINGS LIKE AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. SOME OF THOSE THINGS MADE IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE AND BECAME LAW IN THE FIRST YEAR.
SOME IN THE SECOND YEAR, AND SOME NOT AT ALL.
BUT THEY WERE ALL IMPORTANT IN THE FIRST YEAR.
THEY WERE ALL BEING WORKED ON EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OF THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY.
AND I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
WERE IN SESSION EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE A
LOT. WHAT I MEAN IS ANYONE CASUALLY
FOLLOWING THE NEWS COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE CLINTON AGENDA WAS
AND WHAT PARTS OF IT CONGRESS WAS ACTIVELY WORKING ON.
THAT IS NOT TRUE TONIGHT. WELL CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE
ACTIVELY WORKING ON ANYTHING. REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE HAVE
CERTAINLY WANTED IT TO APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY'RE WORKING ON A
HEALTH CARE BILL. BUT WHEN CONGRESS IS REALLY
WORKING ON SOMETHING, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE BOTH HAVE TO WORK
ON IT. NOTICE THAT NO ONE IN THE SENATE
HAS BEEN EVEN PRETENDING TO WORK ON A HEALTH CARE BILL OR CONSULT
WITH THE HOUSE IN ANY WAY ON A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE
UNITED STATES SENATE. SO NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE DOING OR HAVE BEEN DOING ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A REAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.
AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T REAL ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM IN
WASHINGTON AFTER LUNCH ON A FRIDAY, EVEN THOUGH THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY DESPERATELY NEEDED SOME KIND OF LEGISLATIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS THERE IS ONLY ONE THING
WE CAN PROMISE YOU ABOUT THE SECOND YEAR OF THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY, AND THAT IS THAT THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY WILL ACCOMPLISH
LESS IN THE SECOND YEAR THAN IN THE FIRST YEAR.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE ALL PRESIDENCIES ACCOMPLISH LESS IN
THE SECOND YEAR THAN THEY DO IN THE FIRST YEAR.
BECAUSE AS PRESIDENTS ALWAYS DISCOVER, WHEN CONGRESS ENTERS
AN ELECTION YEAR, CONGRESS DOES EVEN LESS THAN CONGRESS DID THE
YEAR BEFORE. THEY DON'T TAKE RISKS.
THAT IS JUST A FUNDAMENTAL RULE OF CONGRESS THAT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN HOW MUCH TIME
CONGRESS IS GOING TO TAKE OFF THIS YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, FOR
THANKSGIVING, FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST, THE FOURTH OF
JULY, MEMORIAL DAY WEEK, DONALD TRUMP IS NOW MORE THAN A THIRD
OF THE WAY THROUGH HIS FIRST YEAR OF DEALING WITH CONGRESS.
AND HE HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
LESS THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.
AND THAT COULD BE WHY HE IS SAYING THINGS LIKE THIS.
>> WELL, I LOVED MY PREVIOUS LIFE.
I LOVED MY PREVIOUS LIFE. I HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING.
I ACTUALLY -- THIS IS MORE WORK THAN IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER. I'M A DETAILS ORIENTED PERSON.
I THINK YOU WOULD SAY THAT. BUT I DO MISS MY OLD LIFE.
I LIKE TO WORK. SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE WORK. >> OKAY.
THAT'S AMAZING STUFF. COULD WE JUST REPLAY THE MIDDLE
OF THAT. >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE OF A -- I'M A DETAILS ORIENTED PERSON.
>> MORE OF A WHAT? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE OF A -- AND THEN HE DOES THAT DONALD
TRUMP THING. HE CUTS OFF DONALD TRUMP.
HE DOESN'T LET DONALD TRUMP FINISH DONALD TRUMP'S THOUGHT.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN WHAT HE JUST SAID.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER. I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE OF A --
FEEL FREE TO TWEET ME YOUR GUESSES ABOUT HOW HE WAS GOING
TO FINISH THAT SENTENCE BEFORE HE DECIDED THAT HE SHOULDN'T
FINISH THAT SENTENCE. WHATEVER HE WAS GOING TO SAY,
DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF DECIDED HE SHOULDN'T SAY IT.
IT WAS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP'S BETTER JUDGMENT.
IMAGINE, IMAGINE WHAT IT HAD TO BE FOR DONALD TRUMP TO THINK OH,
BETTER NOT SAY THAT. HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
MORE OF A WHAT? THE PRESIDENT GAVE THAT
INTERVIEW YESTERDAY. HE KNEW CONGRESS WOULD BE GONE
LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER, AND HE WOULD BE STUCK WITH HIS 100 DAYS
OF ZERO LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE DONALD
TRUMP CAMPAIGN AGENDA, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY'S FIRST YEAR AGENDA. SOME OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY'S FIRST DAY AGENDA.
BUT JUST ABOUT ALL OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY'S FIRST 100-DAY AGENDA.
A DEADLINE THAT THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF IMPOSED.
>> THAT'S WHY I PROPOSED A CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN
VOTER. IT'S A SET OF PROMISES FOR WHAT
I'LL DO IN MY FIRST 100 DAYS. IT INCLUDES GETTING RID OF
IMMEDIATELY OBAMACARE, WHICH IS A DISASTER.
>> AND NOW HE MISSES HIS PREVIOUS LIFE.
DID YOU HEAR THE WAY HE SAID THAT?
HE SOUNDED LIKE THE NARRATER IN A BRITISH NOVEL LOOKING BACK ON
HIS PREVIOUS LIFE FROM HIS NOW MUCH MORE TROUBLED, TRAGIC LIFE.
>> WELL, I LOVED MY -- I -- I LOVE MID PREVIOUS LIFE.
I LOVED MY PREVIOUS LIFE. I HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING.
>> HAS THERE BEEN A MORE POIGNANT LINE UTTERED BY A
PRESIDENT IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS? I LOVED MY PREVIOUS LIFE.
DID YOU HEAR HIS VOICE COMPLETELY FALL OUT WHEN HE SAID
I HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING. ON THE WORD "GOING" WHEN YOU
LISTEN TO THAT AGAIN, ON THE WORD "GOING," HE JUST SINKS.
THE MAN HAS NEVER BEEN MORE PUBLICLY SELF-AWARE, MORE
PUBLICLY INTROSPECTIVE, WHICH ISN'T SAYING MUCH BECAUSE
INTROSPECTION ISN'T DONALD TRUMP'S THING.
ASK YOURSELF HOW HAPPY IS YOUR PRESIDENT.
>> WELL, I LOVED MY -- I -- I LOVE MID PREVIOUS LIFE.
I LOVED MY PREVIOUS LIFE. >> HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING.
>> SO MANY THINGS GOING. IN A SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION TODAY, THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN REVISITED
HIS GLORY DAYS. ACTUALLY, IT WAS HIS GLORY DAY.
>> WHAT FUN THAT WAS, NOVEMBER 8th.
WASN'T THAT A GREAT EVENING? YOU REMEMBER THAT EVENING?
REMEMBER THAT? [ CHEERING ]
REMEMBER THEM SAYING WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.
DONALD TRUMP HAS WON THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
THEY GO MICHIGAN? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN.
>> HE GOES ON AND ON ABOUT IT. YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TELLING THEM ABOUT HOW HE DRAMATICALLY
TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE PULLED OFF A VICTORY IN GETTING
OBAMACARE REPEALED AND REPLACED WHEN EVERYONE SAID HE COULDN'T.
BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT STORY TO TELL.
AND SO HE TELLS HIS FAVORITE STORY, THE ELECTION NIGHT STORY.
AND NOW IN INTERVIEWS HE IS LOOKING BACK PLAINTIVELY AT WHEN
HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER. >> IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO BE
PRESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO USE ANY ENERGY.
>> YOU KNOW, BEING PRESIDENTIAL IS EASY.
MUCH EASIER THAN WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH GREAT HEALTH CARE AND A TINY
FRACTION OF THE COST. AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO EASY.
>> THE WALL IS PEANUTS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
EASY NEGOTIATIONS, BELIEVE ME. >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN. IT'S GOING TO BE EASY.
>> JOINING US NOW, NICHOLAS KRISTOF, PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
COLUMNIST FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
CHARLIE SYKES, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF WRITE WISCONSIN AND AN MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR. NICK, THE ONE CONTRIBUTION I HAD
TO CAMPAIGN COVERAGE WHEN IT WOULD COME TO A TRUMP SPEECH OR
DEBATE OR SOMETHING IS TO SIMPLY SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
GET RID OF NAFTA, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
COY RATTLE OFF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WEREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DID EXPECT THE BIG TAX CUT TO HAPPEN.
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS GET ELECTED, THEY CUT TAXES.
THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT. GEORGE BUSH DID IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO I'M SITTING HERE NOT HAVING COME CLOSE TO PREDICTING THEY
WOULD GET ZERO ON THE TAX CUT. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
SURPRISES. ARE YOU SURPRISED WHERE WE ARE
IN THE 100 DAYS? >> I THINK I HAD MORE FAITH THAN
YOU DID IN THE PRESIDENT'S INCOMPETENCE.
>> OKAY. >> IT SEEMED TO ME DOUBTFUL HE
WOULD MANAGE TO GET THESE THINGS THROUGH.
AND I'M INDEED, I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO GET A HEALTH CARE
BILL THROUGH. I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO GET
A TAX BILL ACTUALLY PASSED. AND I DOUBT HE IS GOING TO GET
AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHICH IS REALLY THE LIGHTEST LOAD OF ALL.
ACTUALLY THROUGH. I THINK THAT'S WHY HE IS SO
PLAINTIVE. I THOUGHT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS
GOING TO BE LIKE BEING AMERICA'S HOMECOMING KING, ALL CHEERS.
AND IN FACT IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT POLICY WHICH HE IS NOT
INTERESTED IN AND ABOUT MSNBC AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAYING
HE HASN'T ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING. >> RIGHT.
AND CHARLIE, I GET THE FEELING THAT THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT I GET
TO BE POPULAR BY BEING PRESIDENT.
THAT YES, IT WILL BE GREAT IF I HAVE A BUNCH OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN THE 100 DAYS. BUT IF I DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DON'T I STILL GET TO BE POPULAR?
>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT GOING ON THERE.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS THE MOST POIGNANT AND
REVEALING AND DEFINING POINT OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
YOU UNBUTTON IT A LITTLE BIT. WHAT HE IS BASICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGING IS HOW MANIFESTLY UNQUALIFIED AND UNPREPARED HE
WAS. HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS GOING
TO BE LIKE TO DEAL WITH CONGRESS.
HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE TO DEAL WITH A
FEDERAL JUDICIARY. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
CONSTITUTION. HE HAD NO IDEA HOW COMPLICATED
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WAS. AND FRANKLY, HE OBVIOUSLY HAD NO
IDEA THE GRAVITY OF THE DECISIONS HE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE
AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING ON
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRADE. BUT WHAT AN AMAZING THING FOR
HIM TO SIT DOWN AND GO YEAH, I REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS
GETTING INTO. AND WHEN I PROMISED THAT
EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE EDS,
EASY, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE.
REMARKABLE. >> AND IT IS SEMI PUBLIC
INFORMATION. ONCE YOU'RE ELECTED PRESIDENT,
TO YOUR SURPRISE ON NOVEMBER 8th, YOU HAVE TIME TO GRAB BOB
WOODWARD'S BOOK "THE AGENDA." IT'S NOT A LONG BOOK.
IT'S ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENCY.
IT'S THE SINGLE BOOK TO READ IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT.
YOU'D PICK UP A LOT. GEORGE MITCHELL WOULD COME TO
TRUMP TOWER, AND HE WOULD TELL YOU HERE IS HOW IT WORKS.
HE WOULD HAPPILY TELL YOU THAT, IF YOU JUST TOOK THE TIME DURING
THE TRANSITION TO HAVE THIS KIND OF INQUISITIVE MIND WHAT IS IT
I'M GETTING INTO. >> I DON'T THINK HE HAS THAT
INQUISITIVE MIND. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
NATIONAL POLITICIAN I'VE EVER KNOWN IN MY JOURNALISTIC CAREER
WHO HAS BEEN UNINTERESTED IN POLICY OR AS ILL INFORMED ABOUT
POLICY AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND I THINK THIS WAS COMPOUNDED
BY THE FACT THAT HE ESSENTIALLY WANTED TO BLOW UP SYSTEM THAT HE
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT ALLIES WHO ALSO
WANTED TO BLOW IT UP BECAUSE THEY HAD THAT INSTINCT WERE
UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO BLOW UP.
THAT'S WHY HE INDEED OF THE TOP 550 POSITIONS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION HE HAS ONLY NOMINATED 10% OF THEM.
HE DOESN'T HAVE ALLIES AROUND THE GOFRT.
>> 200 VACANT JOBS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
CHARLIE SYKES, THE INCOMING PRESIDENTS HAVE ALL SOMEWHERE
BEEN ON THE SCALE OF EGOMANIAC TO GO OFF IN THAT DIRECTION IN
THE FIRST PLACE. BUT THEY HAVE ALL HAD SOME
MEASURE OF HUMILITY, VARYING MEASURES OF HUMILITY AS THEY
ENTER THIS TRANSITION INTO THE PRESIDENCY WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THEM AND THEY WILL REPORT THIS TO PEOPLE AND TO FRIENDS FEELING
THE ENORMITY OF IT AND FEELING DAUNTED BY HOW MUCH HOMEWORK
THEY HAVE TO DO BEFORE JANUARY 20th AND HOW MUCH HOMEWORK
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO EVERY NIGHT AFTER THAT.
>> YEAH. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A GREAT
EGO. BUT I'M NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST.
I DON'T PLAY ONE ON TELEVISION. BUT DONALD TRUMP IS A NARCISSIST
IN THE CLASSIC TERM. IF THE NORMAL RANGE OF EGO IS
HERE, HE IS OVER HERE, UNBURDENED BY NOT AN INQUISITIVE
MIND, UNBURDENED BY MUCH INTROSPECTION.
AND OBVIOUSLY HAS NO SENSE OF HUMILITY.
SO I'M ACTUALLY NOT THINKING THAT THAT ADMISSION HE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO MEANS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I NEED TO STUDY MORE. I NEED TO THINK MORE, I NEED TO
LISTEN TO MORE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.
HERE IS A MAN WHO CAME INTO THE PRESIDENCY AND SURROUNDED
HIMSELF WITH THE CLOWN CAR OF STAFF, MANY OF THEM STILL THERE.
>> WHEN HE WAS ASKED WHAT MADE YOUR JOB HARDER THAN YOU
THOUGHT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, DAY 99.
WHAT'S MADE YOUR JOB HARDER THAN YOU THOUGHT?
>> WE'RE MOVING AWFULLY WELL. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS
DONE. WE ARE -- I DON'T THINK THERE
HAS EVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IT'S A FALSE STANDARD, 100 DAYS. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY HAS DONE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN 100
DAYS. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY.
>> NICK, I AGREE WITH HIM IT'S A FALSE STANDARD.
BUT IT'S A STANDARD HE LAID DOWN FOR HIMSELF.
BUT A FIRST YEAR IS NOT A FALSE STANDARD.
AND WHEN YOU'RE MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH YOUR
FIRST YEAR AND YOU HAVE ZERO, IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH. IT'S A LOT MORE -- WHATEVER
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IS NO SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION PASSED,
AND THAT IS TRUE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CABINET,
HE HAS ONE OF THE LEAST IMPRESSIVE CABINETS ONE HAS
SEEN. HE HAS APPOINTED THE LEAST
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANYBODY
RECENTLY. HE HAS THE WORST APPROVAL RATING
OF ANY NEW PRESIDENT IN POLLING HISTORY.
AND THERE IS REALLY NOTHING ON THE HORIZON THAT WOULD GIVE ONE
REASON TO THINK THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER.
I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT BILL CLINTON HAD A SOMEWHAT
ROUGH START, NOT BY THESE STANDARDS.
JOHN KENNEDY HAD AGAIN A SOMEWHAT ROUGH START AND THEY
BOTH MANAGED TO OVERCOME THAT. IN THE CASE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP,
THOUGH, HE HAS -- HE COMES AT IT FROM SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
POSITION. IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, I MUST SAY
THERE HAS BEEN A REAL IMPROVEMENT BY GETTING RID OF
MIKE FLYNN, BRINGING IN McMASTER.
HE HAS SWITCHED POSITIONS ON ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER AND BROUGHT
HIMSELF MUCH CLOSER TO THE TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN POSITION. AND THERE IS CERTAINLY MUCH MORE
OF A REALITY-BASED POSTURE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS NOW THAN THERE
WAS AT THE BEGINNING. >> CHARLIE, YOUR FINAL WORD ON
THE 100 DAYS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WELL, THE GOOD NEWS AND THE
BAD NEWS FOR DONALD TRUMP IS THAT HE HAS THAT ECHO CHAMBER
THAT NO MATTER HOW BAD HE DOES, HE HAS THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
REALITY MACHINE THAT IS GOING TO BEEF HIM UP.
THE BAD NEWS FOR HIM IS IT'S GOING TO INSULATE HIM AND HE IS
NOT GOING TO HEAR WHAT HE NEEDS TO HEAR.
I THINK THAT THE ONE THING THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST TROUBLING
DEVELOPMENT IS, AND I KNOW THIS WORD HAS BEEN OVERUSED A LOT.
AS WE NEAR THE 100 DAYS, HOW MUCH OF HIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN
NORMALIZED? HOW MUCH WE HAVE ABSORB AND
NORMALIZED HIS APPROACH TO THE TRUTH, HOW MUCH WE HAVE
NORMALIZED THAT HE CONTINUES TO USE SLURS LIKE POCAHANTAS.
THE BIZARRE ERRATIC NATURE OF THIS PRESIDENCY.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AT
THE VERY BEGINNING. BUT LOOK, THERE IS HUGE STEAKS
FOR EVERYBODY, FOR CONSERVATIVES, LIBERALS,
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS IN AT LEAST STEPPING BACK AND GOING
OKAY, WE GOT TO PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST.
WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE "THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE."
THIS IS TOUGHER THAN REALITY TV AND THE STAKES ARE A LITTL