>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING STORY, AND I’M GLAD YOU’RE DOING IT.
>> WE’LL BE DEVELOPING A LOT
MORE TOMORROW, I’M SURE.
THANK YOU, ALI.
>> THANK YOU, LAWRENCE.
>>> WILLFUL IGNORANCE.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE SAY TRUMP
BRINGS TO WORK.
IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE WORLD
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT
WORK VERY MUCH.
THOSE TWO POINTS ARE ESTABLISHED
IN TWO HUGE LEAKS TO THE NEWS
MEDIA THIS WEEKEND FROM PEOPLE
INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WHO APPARENTLY WANT US TO
BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DOING A
VERY BAD JOB AS PRESIDENT AND
DOING NO JOB AT ALL.
THE INFORMATION IN THESE TWO
LEAKS IS HISTORIC, AND WE CAN’T
SAY THAT ABOUT EVERY LEAK FROM
TRUMP WORLD, BUT THESE LEAKS,
THESE LEAKS WILL BE CITED BY
FUTURE HISTORIANS OF THIS PERIOD
WHEN THEY DESCRIBE HOW DONALD
TRUMP DID HIS JOB OR FAILED TO
DO HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP DECIDED TO LEAK HIS DAILY
SCHEDULES TO AXIOS.
ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULES,
THERE ARE WORKDAYS WHEN THE
PRESIDENT IS SCHEDULED FOR ABOUT
ONE HOUR OF WORK.
AND THAT SO-CALLED WORK IS NOT
WHAT MOST WORKERS IN AMERICA
WOULD CONSIDER WORK.
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WORK IS
SIMPLY SITTING AND TALKING AND
SOMETIMES LISTENING.
SOMETIMES LISTENING. THERE IS NO MINIMUM WAGE WORKER
IN AMERICA WHO GETS TO CALL THAT
WORK.
WORK. THAT’S WHAT MOST AMERICAN
WORKERS DO ON THEIR DAY OFF.
THAT’S NOT WHAT HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS CALL WORK.
SERIOUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SPEND MANY MORE HOURS A DAY
WORKING THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP
DOES, ACCORDING TO HIS
SCHEDULES.
SCHEDULES. SERIOUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SPEND SEVERAL HOURS OF A DAY IN
CLASS, INTENSELY PAYING
ATTENTION AND TAKING NOTES, AND
THEN SPEND MORE HOURS ON
HOMEWORK.
HOMEWORK. THEY SPEND HOURS STUDYING, THEY
SPEND HOURS READING, BUT EVEN
SERIOUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
DON’T WORK AS HARD AS BARACK
OBAMA DID IN THE PRESIDENCY,
PUTTING IN 10-HOUR DAYS
ROUTINELY OF BRIEFINGS AND
MEETINGS AND STUDY SESSIONS,
ONLY THEN TO TAKE HOME A
MOUNTAIN OF HOMEWORK THAT HE HAD
TO MASTER.
TO MASTER. AND, OF COURSE, PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS THE BEST SPEECHWRITER
WORKING IN HIS WHITE HOUSE, SO
HE ALSO DID FAR MORE WRITING
THAN MOST PRESIDENTS.
BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS NOW TURNED
THE PRESIDENCY INTO IF NOT THE
EASIEST JOB IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, CERTAINLY THE
EASIEST ELECTED POSITION IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE, ANY JOB IS EASY IF
YOU’RE WILLING TO FAIL AT IT.
AND THAT’S WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS DONE, ACCORDING TO A NEW
POLL TODAY THAT SHOWS AMERICA
DOES NOT BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP
SHOULD BE REELECTED.
57% BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS A
FAILED PRESIDENT AND SHOULD NOT
BE REELECTED.
BE REELECTED. THE ONE WAY TO FOLLOW THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FROM THIS
DAY FORWARD IS TO KEEP THAT
NUMBER IN MIND, 57% WHO BELIEVE
DONALD TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE
REELECTED WHICH MATCHES THE 57%
IN ANOTHER POLL WHO SAY THEY
DEFINITELY WILL NOT VOTE FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. KEEP THAT 57% IN MIND EVERY DAY
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND
ASK YOURSELF, WHAT DID DONALD
TRUMP DO TODAY TO CHANGE THE
MINDS OF ABOUT 20% OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO VOTE
AGAINST HIM?
AGAINST HIM? BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT DONALD TRUMP
HAS TO DO TO WIN REELECTION.
HE HAS TO CHANGE THE MINDS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE UP
THEIR MINDS THAT HE DOES NOT
DESERVE REELECTION AND THAT THEY
DEFINITELY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. DONALD TRUMP DID NOTHING TODAY
TO CHANGE ANY OF THOSE MINDS.
AND THESE LEAKS FROM INSIDE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THIS
WEEKEND WILL DO NOTHING TO
CHANGE THOSE MINDS.
ONE OF THOSE LEAKS REINFORCES
THE IMAGE OF DONALD TRUMP AS A
RECKLESS MAN IN A JOB WHERE
RECKLESSNESS PRESENTS A DANGER
NOT JUST TO AMERICANS BUT TO THE
WORLD.
WORLD. JOHN WALCOTT OF "TIME" MAGAZINE
WHO WILL JOIN US IN JUST A
MOMENT OBTAINED ACCOUNTS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S APPROACH TO
INTELLIGENCE ISSUES.
INTELLIGENCE ISSUES. IN HIS REPORT JOHN WALCOTT SAID,
SENIOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS ARE
BREAKING TWO YEARS OF SILENCE TO
WARN THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
ENDANGERING AMERICAN SECURITY
WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS A STUBBORN
DISREGARD FOR THEIR ASSESSMENTS.
CITING MULTIPLE IN-PERSON
EPISODES, THESE INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP DISPLAYS
WHAT WITH CALLS IGNORANCE WHEN
PRESENTED WITHAL KNEES GENERATED
BY AMERICA’S 81 MILLION$81 MILLI
THEY DESCRIBE FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO
KEEP HIS ATTENTION BY USING
VISUAL AIDS, CONFINING SOME
BRIEFING POINTS TO TWO OR THREE
SENTENCES AND REPEATING HIS NAME
AND TITLE AS FREQUENTLY AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. AND LEADING OFF OUR DISCUSSION
NOW ARE JOHN WALCOTT, WHO BROKE
THAT STORY FOR "TIME" MAGAZINE
ABOUT WHAT SENIOR INTELLIGENCE
OEFFICIALS CALL TRUMP’S WILLFUL
IGNORANCE THAT CANNOT BE
OVERCOME BY SENIOR INTELLIGENCE
ANALYSTS.
ANALYSTS. JOHN WHIPPLE LITERALLY WROTE THE
BOOK CALLED "THE GATEKEEPERS:
HOW THE CHIEFS OF STAFF DEFINE
INTELLIGENCE."
INTELLIGENCE." AND WE HAVE YEARS OF
INTELLIGENCE ON THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN WALCOTT, I WANT TO START
WITH YOU, AND THE SOURCES YOU’RE
USING HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO --
SOME OF THEM ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE ROOM
BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT, IS THAT
CORRECT?
CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND THEY ARE TELLING YOU THAT
AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY HAVE TO
TRY TO REDUCE IT TO A COUPLE OF
SENTENCES, THAT THERE IS AN
ATTENTION SPANISH ISSUE?
WHAT OTHER CHALLENGES DID THEY
FACE IN THAT ROOM?
>> SURELY THERE IS AN ATTENTION
SPAN ISSUE.
SPAN ISSUE. I THINK MANY OF US KNOW THAT
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
SECOND, THERE IS A PROBLEM
GETTING A PRESIDENT UP TO SPEED
WHO HAS VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE
IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
THAT’S NOT UNIQUE TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. OTHER PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING
PRESIDENT OBAMA, HAVE COME INTO
OFFICE WITHOUT DEEP EXPERIENCE
IN FOREIGN POLICY.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD
DIFFERENCE, WHICH IS THE
STUBBORN DISREGARD FOR ANYTHING
HE DISAGREES WITH.
WE’VE SEEN THAT IN THE
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS AND WE’VE
ALSO SEEN IT ON THE OUTSIDE.
HE TENDS TO REJECT OPINIONS AND
ANALYSIS THAT CONFLICTS WITH HIS
OWN OPINIONS AND BELIEFS.
>> CHRIS WHIPPLE, YOU’VE SPOKEN
TO PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE AS WELL AS THE OBAMA WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. I THINK IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IT’S
IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPARE DONALD
TRUMP’S IGNORANCE TO ANY OTHER
PRESIDENT WHO HAS PRECEDED HIM.
>> NO, IT’S TRUE.
HE’S IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN, AS
WE KNOW.
WE KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD THREE
WHITE HOUSE CHIEFS OF STAFF
UNDER DONALD TRUMP WHO WERE ALL
OF THEM UNABLE TO TELL THE
PRESIDENT WHAT HE DID NOT WANT
TO HEAR.
TO HEAR. AND NOW, ACCORDING TO JOHN IN
HIS TERRIFIC STORY, IT’S THE
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS.
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS. AND IN A WAY, THAT’S EVEN MORE
DISTURBING THAN IT IS WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE CHIEFS.
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THESE GUYS ARE THE LAST LINE OF
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. THEY ARE THE THIN LINE BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS OWN
DELUSIONS AND REALLY HIS OWN
FANTASYLAND.
FANTASYLAND. THIS IS A PRESIDENT FOR WHOM
DISCIPLINE AND PROCESS ARE AN
ANATHEMA, AND IN A CRISIS THAT
RELAYS DISASTER.
RELAYS DISASTER. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA, FOR EXAMPLE,
SERVED ON THE SENATE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
SERVICES COMMITTEE. DONALD TRUMP, THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT HE’S EVER EVEN
READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT ANY OF THE
SUBJECTS THAT PRESIDENTS HAVE TO
DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.
THERE WAS CERTAINLY NO EVIDENCE
THAT HE HAD READ ANY "NEW YORK
TIMES" ARTICLE OR "WASHINGTON
POST" ARTICLE OR ANY BASIC
REPORTING WHEN HE WAS IN
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES LEADING UP
TO ELECTION NIGHT.
AND SO THE IGNORANCE WE KNEW
ABOUT.
ABOUT. THE WILLFUL IGNORANCE THAT JOHN
WALCOTT IS DESCRIBING IS
SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE ONLY
GOTTEN FROM THE INSIDE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, AND IT’S VERY
FRUSTRATING.
FRUSTRATING. YOU THINK THAT THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN PRESENTING
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS TO THE
PRESIDENTS EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE
SWORN IN AS CANDIDATES.
AT A CERTAIN POINT, BOTH
CANDIDATES RECEIVED DAILY
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS IN CASE
ONE OF THEM WINS SO THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. WHAT YOU SEE IN TRUMP IS HE’S
NOT BEEN INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING THE WAY THE WORLD
WORKS.
WORKS. HE DOES NOT ASK FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THE COURSE OF ACTION HE’S
GOING TO TAKE, AND SO YOU SEE
THE WORLD NOT REACTING IN THE
WAY THAT HE WANTS TO THIS WORLD
THAT HE IS TRYING TO INVENT.
>> AND JOHN WALCOTT, YOU HAVE
BRIEFERS TELLING YOU THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN WARNED, AS YOU REPORT.
THEY’VE BEEN WARNED AGAINST
GIVING THE PRESIDENT
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS THAT
CONTRADICT STANCES HE HAS TAKEN
IN PUBLIC.
IN PUBLIC. WHAT DO THOSE BRIEFERS, THEN, DO
WHEN THEY HAVE INFORMATION THAT
CONTRADICTS THE PRESIDENT?
>> WELL, THEY HAVE A VERY
DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE.
THE WARNING IS THAT IF YOU TELL
HIM THINGS THAT HE’S PUBLICLY
DISAGREED WITH OR TAKEN A
DIFFERENT STANCE ON, YOU’RE IN
DANGER OF LOSING YOUR ACCESS TO
HIM.
HIM. HE DOESN’T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. SO THE TOUGH DECISION THAT ALL
THESE PEOPLE FACE AND THAT THE
CHIEFS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES FACED WHEN THEY
TESTIFIED LAST WEEK ON THE HILL,
IS DO I TELL IT STRAIGHT OR DO I
TRY TO MAINTAIN MY ACCESS TO
THIS GUY?
THIS GUY? JIM MATTIS AT DEFENSE HAD THAT
PROBLEM, JOHN KELLY AND H.R.
McMASTER HAD THAT PROBLEM, AND
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
>> BUT, JOHN, ON THE
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS, WOULD
THEY JUST BE REPLACED?
IF AN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFER TELLS
PRESIDENT TRUMP SOMETHING HE
DOESN’T WANT TO HEAR, AND THEN
MAYBE DOES IT REPEATEDLY A
COUPLE TIMES, WOULD THAT BRIEFER
BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER BRIEFER,
OR WOULD THE BRIEFINGS JUST
STOP?
STOP? >> FOR THE MOST PART LAURNGS, LA
THE BRIEFINGS HAVE STOPPED.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T TAKE THEM,
UNLIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO TOOK
HOME THREE NOTEBOOKS AT NIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T READ THEM,
OFTEN DOESN’T TAKE THEM.
SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON
TAKES SOME OF THEM, VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE TAKES SOME OF
THEM.
THEM. HE SIMPLY IGNORES THEM.
>> MIKO, WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT
MISSING BY NOT TAKING THAT
HOMEWORK HOME WITH HIM THAT
BARACK OBAMA TOOK HOME EVERY
NIGHT?
NIGHT? >> HE’S MISSING HOW THE WORLD
WORKS.
WORKS. HE’S MISSING THE KINDS OF FACTS
HE WOULD NEED TO MAKE WISE
DECISIONS TO GUIDE THE NATION.
HE’S MISSING THE REACTIONS OF
OUR ALLIES.
OUR ALLIES. HE’S MISSING THE STRENGTH OF OUR
ENEMIES.
ENEMIES. HE’S MISSING THE WAY THE REST OF
THE WORLD WORKS AND HOW THE U.S.
ECONOMY IS AFFECTED BY THAT AND
HOW AMERICANS COULD BE AFFECTED
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HE’S NOT INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS OF THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE WORLD AND THE
THREATS RAIDED AGAINST AMERICA.
THAT’S TROUBLING AND THAT’S WHY
I THINK YOU SEE THESE
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS COMING
FORWARD NOW, TO WARN OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DANGER WHEN HE SO
PUBLICLY DISAGREED WITH THE
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. >> MR. WHIPPLE, JOHN’S REPORTING
REVEALS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT
WAS BEING BRIEFED ON AND IT
INVOLVED ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN
OCEAN THAT ARE EXTREMELY
CRUCIAL, AND THE PRESIDENT’S
ONLY QUESTION ABOUT IT WAS --
ABOUT THOSE ISLANDS WERE, ARE
THE PEOPLE NICE AND ARE THE
BEACHES GOOD?
BEACHES GOOD? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU FOUND IN
YOUR STUDY OF PAST PRESIDENCIES?
>> NO.
>> NO. I HAVE TO SAY I’VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE’RE USED TO THROWING AROUND
ADJECTIVES LIKE "UNPRECEDENTED"
AND "NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE" AND
THAT’S CERTAINLY THE CASE HERE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THE
PRESIDENT IS UNWILLING TO HEAR
HARD TRUTHS FROM HIS
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFERS, YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO
STEP UP AND BECOME THE HONEST
BROKERS OF INFORMATION ARE THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER AND
THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF.
NOW, I DON’T THINK ANYBODY
EXPECTS JOHN BOLTON TO BE AN
HONEST BROKER.
HONEST BROKER. WE KNOW HE’S A REAL IDEALOGUE.
THEN IT LANDS ON THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS
I’M SURE ANYONE WOULD TELL YOU,
THAT THE
THAT THE AT THE CIA, IT’S REALLY ONLY THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT CAN
GIVE HIM THAT RAW DATA AND THAT
ANALYSIS THAT HE NEEDS TO
UNDERSTAND THE WORLD.
>> AND, JOHN WALCOTT, YOUR
REPORTING FOLLOWS A WEEK IN
WHICH THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY
ATTACKED THE LEADERS AND
PRESUMABLY EVERYONE WORKING
WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY, SAYING THAT THEY ARE
WRONG -- THOSE ARE HIS WORDS
AFTER THEY TESTIFIED PUBLICLY
ABOUT THE THREAT ASSESSMENT
WORLDWIDE TO THE UNITED STATES.
HE ALSO SAID THEY SHOULD GO BACK
TO SCHOOL AND THAT THAT WAS
APPARENTLY AIMED AT EVERYONE IN
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
YOU THEN PRESENTED THIS LEAKED
STORY FROM THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND.
IS THAT SEQUENCE A PART OF WHAT
PROVOKED THESE LEAKS?
>> THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BUT THE SEQUENCE ACTUALLY
STARTED VERY EARLY IN THE
PRESIDENCY WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
WENT OUT TO CIA HEADQUARTERS,
STOOD IN FRONT OF THE WALL OF
STARS THAT COMMEMORATES
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS WHO HAVE
FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND
TALKED ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS
INAUGURATION.
INAUGURATION. BUT I THINK IT REALLY STARTED TO
CRACK OPEN -- TWO THINGS.
ONE, WHEN HE PUBLICLY SIDED WITH
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN AGAINST
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND
TWO, WHEN THE FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE REX TILLERSON CAME OUT
AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
SAME QUALITIES THAT ARE IN THAT
ARTICLE.
ARTICLE. AND THEN THE LAST STRAW, IF YOU
WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY, WAS HIS
KNOCK-DOWN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND THE SUGGESTION
THAT THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO
SCHOOL, WHICH ONE OF THE
OFFICIALS OFF THE RECORD
REPLIED, HE OUGHT TO GO TO
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. >> MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
CHRIS WHIPPLE, IN YOUR STUDY OF
PRESIDENCIES, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
SCHEDULES LIKE WHAT WAS LEAKED
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SCHEDULE
NOW?
NOW? AND I’M NOT COUNTING FDR WHEN HE
WAS DYING.
WAS DYING. I’M NOT COUNTING WOODROW WILSON
WHEN HE WAS PHYSICALLY
INCAPACITATED.
INCAPACITATED. I’M TALKING ABOUT PHYSICALLY
CAPABLE PRESIDENTS WHO SPENT AS
MUCH LECTURE TIME AS DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> NO, NOTHING LIKE IT.
EVEN RONALD REAGAN, WHO WAS
FAMOUSLY DETACHED AS PRESIDENT,
WOULD SHOW UP AT 9:00 SHARP IN
THE OVAL OFFICE EVERY DAY, AND
HE WOULD HILT HIS MARKS.
AS LONG AS HE HAD A GOOD
DIRECTOR LIKE JIM BAKER AROUND.
SO IT’S UNPRECEDENTED.
BOTH OF THESE STORIES, JOHN’S
STORY ON THE SBEL BRIEFINGS, THE
STORY OF DONALD TRUMP
UNBELIEVABLE, QUOTE, UNQUOTE,
EXECUTIVE TIME, MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING WE KNEW EACH OTHER FOR
A WHILE.
A WHILE. THIS WHITE HOUSE IS FULL OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT TONL
INCOMPETENT, BUT MANY OF THEM
ARE PROFOUNDING UNINTERESTED IN
GOVERNING.
GOVERNING. DEN NITSNIS McDONOUGH ON THE FIR
DAY SAT IN HIS OFFICE AND WAITED
FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO
ARRIVE, AND NO ONE SHOWED UP.
HE GAVE UP.
HE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS, AND HE
LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE.
NOT VERY MUCH HAS CHANGED, YOU
COULD ARGUE, AND HERE’S DONALD
TRUMP WITH HIS EXECUTIVE TIME.
>> JOHN WALCOTT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JOINING US WITH YOUR
EXCLUSIVE REPORTING TONIGHT ON
THE PRESIDENT’S WILLFUL