THAT A FEW SECONDS HE HAD TO CALL HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER.
>> HOLD ON FOR A SECOND.
JUST CALL BRAD.
I WANT TO ASK HIM THAT QUESTION.
>> FOX NEWS POLLS SHOW THE
PRESIDENT TRAILING SEVERAL
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN HAS A
TWO-POINT EDGE.
TWO-POINT EDGE. >> IT GETS A LITTLE MORE
DIFFICULT, JONATHAN, WHEN FOX
NEWS IS BASICALLY MIRRORING YOUR
OWN INTERNAL POLLSTERS WHO
YOU’RE FIRING ARE SAYING.
JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW, THIS
IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE PRESIDENT
AND IT’S GREAT NEWS FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE IT FINALLY
DOES ALLOW SOMEBODY TO WALK IN
AND SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU’RE
LOSING, YOU’RE LOSING BIG,
EVERYBODY SAYING IT.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING WHO HAS THE
GUTS TO SAY ANYTHING TO HIM IN
THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW?
NAME ONE, SOMEBODY.
>> HE MIGHT LISTEN TO HIS
DAUGHTER WHO IS IN THERE BUT NO.
THAT HAS BEEN WHAT’S HAPPENED
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF,
IN PARTICULAR, AS THE EROSION OF
THE GUARDRAILS --
>> THERE ARE NONE.
>> MIND YOU, IT DIDN’T ALWAYS
WORK.
WORK. BUT IT DOESN’T EVEN WORK.
MICK MULVANEY DOESN’T EVEN TRY
TO EMPOWER HIM, HE JUST TRIES TO
MAKE IT WORK.
>> NOBODY WHO WENT IN, NOT EVEN
IVANKA.
IVANKA. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
YOU SAID HE’S NOT GOING TO
BELIEVE IT.
BELIEVE IT. DOES HE NOT BELIEVE IT OR DOES
HE JUST NOT ADMIT IT PUBLICLY --
>> HE’S NOT GOING TO ADMIT IT
PUBLICLY.
PUBLICLY. >> DO YOU THINK HE UNDERSTANDS
THE TROUBLE HE’S IN?
>> IN 2016 THIS WERE MOMENTS
THAT HE KNEW HE WAS UNDER THE
GUN AND HE HAD TO REFORM.
AT THIS POINT HE STILL BELIEVES
IN HIMSELF, HE BELIEVES THAT ARE
RECREATING THE COMEBACK
NARRATIVE, HE BELIEVES THE
ECONOMY IS BOOMING AND THAT WILL
BE HIS VEHICLE TO GET
RE-ELECTED.
RE-ELECTED. I THINK THERE’S A SENSE HE KNOWS
IT WILL BE CLOSE BUT HE CAN DO
IT.
IT. >> YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT A
BOOMING ECONOMY.
BOOMING ECONOMY. CAN YOU BELIEVE ANY PRESIDENT
HAVE THESE NUMBERS WITH THE
UNEMPLOYMENT AT 6.6% IN THE
NINE-YEAR OBAMA RECOVERY?
>> NO, IT’S UNPRECEDENTED WITH
KIND OF ECONOMY.
>> THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE HAS
HE NOT BEEN SHOWN THOSE NUMBERS
BEFORE BY HIS OWN STAFF?
DID THEY COME AS A SURPRISE TO
HIM?
HIM? THAT’S A QUESTION FOR ALL OF US.
BUT AS PART OF HIS REACTION, HIS
OWN STAFF WON’T SHOW HIM THE PAD
NEWS.
NEWS. WHAT YOU SAW IN THE REACTION TO
THE NBC REPORT IS THIS FEROCIOUS
PUSHBACK, STUPID, BAD POLLS, OLD
POLLS BUT THEY WERE REAL
ACCORDING TO BRAD PASCAL,
JUST --
JUST -- >> THE RESPONSE TO THOSE POLL
NUMBERS CHANGED.
NUMBERS CHANGED. OH, THOSE AREN’T TRUE.
OKAY, THEY’RE TRUE BUT THEY’RE
OLD, THEY’RE BAD.
HIS STAFF, THEY KNOW THERE’S
CERTAIN THINGS THEY CAN’T BRING
TO HIM.
TO HIM. HE’S A PRESIDENT HE DOESN’T LIKE
TO BE CONFRONTED WITH BAD NEWS.
THEY KNOW HE’LL REACT, HE’LL
EXPLODE.
EXPLODE. >> CAN YOU TELL ME THE LAST TIME
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES STOOD UP AND SPOKE
EXCLUSIVELY AND EXTENSIVELY
ABOUT THE SINGLE SOURCE, THE
POTENTIAL SOURCE, OF HIS
STRENGTH, THE AMERICAN ECONOMY?
>> NO, HE JUST DOESN’T DO IT.
HE WILL DO IT AS AN ASIDE TO
ATTACK BARACK OBAMA OR DO IT AS
AN ASIDE TO ATTACK SOMEBODY ELSE
BUT, I MEAN, MAN, IF I’M SITTING
THERE, THIS IS ALL I’M DOING.
I’M NOT TWEETING, I’M IN THE
DOING ANYTHING.
DOING ANYTHING. I’M JUST GOING AROUND FROM ONE
FACTORY TO NOR FACTORY, TO
ANOTHER ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPANY
TO ANOTHER.
TO ANOTHER. MY GOSH, THE GUY COULD BE
SITTING AT 50% WITH THESE
NUMBERS, BUT HE GETS IN HIS WAY
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. >> HE SHOULD BE IN A FACTORY IN
OHIO EVERY DAY OR SOME PLACE
WHERE HE CAN DISPLAY THE ECONOMY
DOING WELL.
DOING WELL. >> HE CAN’T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT
THAT.
THAT. >> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING
JOE" --
JOE" -- >> BUT THAT’S THE THING, IT’S IN
HIS ON PESTBEST INTEREST.
LAST WEEK WHEN HE SAID -- I
FORGET
FORGET FORGET, WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> HE’D GET HELP FROM A FOREIGN
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> EVERYBODY GOES, HE’S EVIL,
HE’S IEVIL.
HE’S IEVIL. WHILE HE’S GOT THREE PEOPLE IN
THE BACK ROOM SENDING E-MAILS TO
RUSSIA SAYING WE’LL KILL HIM!
>> A MR. MAGOO PRESIDENCY.
>> IF HE IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS