TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP’S BRAINSTORMING IDEAS AND HIS
INTERNET TROLLING IS ALL BLOWING
UP IN HIS FACE ON THE WORLD
STAGE.
STAGE. IT STARTED WITH THIS.
TRUMP MUSING ABOUT A SO-CALLED
REAL ESTATE DEAL WHERE HE MIGHT
TRY TO BUY GREENLAND AND
TROLLING EVERYONE BY POSTING
THIS PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURE
CAPTIONED "I PROMISE NOT TO DO
THIS TO GREENLAND."
VERY FUNNY, DONALD.
BUT YOU’RE PRESIDENT SO IT’S
DIFFERENT THAN WHEN OTHER PEOPLE
POST JOKES ONLINE AND IT MERITED
A RESPONSE FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER OF DENMARK, A
LONG-STANDING U.S. ALLY WHO SAID
GREENLAND IS NOT FOR SALE AND
ADDED "I STRONGLY HOPE THIS IS
NOT MEANT SERIOUSLY."
THE IDEA MAY NOT SOUNDS SERIOUS
GIVING TRUMP’S PHOTOSHOP
DIPLOMACY BUT HE IS TAKING THE
RESPONSE SERIOUSLY AND TAKING
REJECTION LIKE A SNOWFLAKE.
CANCELING A PLANNED BILATERAL
VISIT TO DENMARK.
>> THE PRIME MINISTER’S
STATEMENT THAT IT WAS ABSURD, IT
WAS ABSURD IDEA, IT WAS NASTY,
DON’T SAY WHAT AN ABSURD IDEA
THAT IS.
THAT IS. THEY CAN’T TREAT THE UNITED
STATES WITH A STATEMENT HOW
ABSURD.
ABSURD. WHEN THEY SAY IT WAS ABZURD AND
IT WAS SAID IN A VERY NASTY,
VERY SARCASTIC WAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. LET’S JUST DEAL WITH THIS REAL
QUICK.
QUICK. WE KNOW IT’S HOW HE OPERATES.
ATTACK, TROLL, MOCK, BULLY AND
INDIG NANTLY CLAIN OTHER PEOPLE
ARE BULLYING HIM BE IT THE
DANISH PRIME MINISTER OR THE
MEDIA OR HIS OWN AIDES FROM
MICHAEL COHEN TO SCARAMUCCI WHO
RECENTLY SHARED THIS CARTOON
ONLINE TO CA TOUR THE FIVE
STAGES OF EMPLOYMENT AT THE
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE FROM WALKING
IN EXCITED RIGHT THERE IN THE
MAGA HAT ON YOUR HEAD TO TRUMP
TWEETING AT YOU AS HE BRANDISHES
HIS KNIFE TO THE FINAL STAGE
HERE A KNIFE STABBED IN YOUR
BACK IN PUBLIC SO THE NEW
EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT THEY’RE IN
FOR.
FOR. BUT FOLKS, AS THE OLD SAYING
GOES, THERE IS BIGGER THAN
GREENLAND.
GREENLAND. OKAY, THAT’S NOT A SAYING.
BUT THIS IS I THINK ABOUT MORE
THAN GREENLAND AND MORE THAN
PETTY FEUDS.
PETTY FEUDS. THIS IS NOW A CHALLENGE TO OUR
CIVICS AND OUR CULTURE WHEN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WANTS TO MAKE ALL OF THIS STUFF
OUR NEW NORMAL AND EVEN THE MOST
MEASURED OBSERVERS AMONG US HAVE
HAD ENOUGH.
HAD ENOUGH. EUGENE ROBINSON WRITING WE MUST
FACE THE TRUTH THAT OUR
PRESIDENT IS RAVING LIKE A
LUNATIC.
LUNATIC. SO WE TURN TO SOMEONE WHO TEP US
CALM DOWN, BARBARA REZ, FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT TRUMP
ORGANIZATION AUTHOR OF "ALL
ALONE ON THE 68th FLOOR" AND
KNOWLEDGEABLE IN ALL THINGS
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. NOT THE ONLY THING YOU’VE DONE
IN YOUR LIFE BUT IT IS RELEVANT.
>> IT BECAME VERY IMPORTANT FOR
SOME REASON.
SOME REASON. >> HOW IS YOUR SUMMER GOING?
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> IT’S NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT’S BIGGER THAN GREENLAND,
RIGHT IN THE IT’S ALSO ABOUT
ANYTHING CAN BECOME THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO HIM IF IT
WOUNDS WOUNDS HIM.
IS HE A SNOWFLAKE?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, HE DOES THE WORST THINGS
AND WHEN SOMEBODY JUST DOES A
LITTLE THING, HOW DARE THEY?
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES
THEY’RE INSULTING.
THEY’RE INSULTING. IT’S JUST RIDICULOUS.
>> AND THEN THERE’S THE THING
WHERE EVERYONE AROUND HIM, NOT
JUST HIS EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OKAY,
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IF YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR BOSS IN
THAT WORLD OF TRUMP.
>> UH-HUH.
>> UH-HUH. >> BUT EVEN OUTSIDE MEDIA ALLIES
WHO COULD LET IT GO, THEY FEEL
THE NEED IN THIS TRUMPPIFIED
MEDIA MACHINE TO SAY EVERYTHING
IS A GOOD IDEA, EVERYTHING IS A
SERIOUS IDEA.
SERIOUS IDEA. TAKE A LOOK THE WAY THE
GREENLAND THING WAS TREATED.
>> THE PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS A
THING OR TWO ABOUT BUYING REAL
ESTATE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK, I
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE
DISMISSING THIS LIKE IT’S SOME
SORT OF CRAZY IDEA.
>> THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ANYBODY IN DENIAL, IT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. MANIFEST DES TINT GREENLAND IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> IF YOU DON’T LIKE THERE,
YOU’RE NOT TRULY AN AMERICAN
PATRIOT.
PATRIOT. >> THAT’S FUNNY.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. FUNNY HAWAII OR FUNNY THE
REPUBLIC IS SLOWLY DIEING?
>> IT’S FUNNY HAWAII TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU BUT I’M HAPPY TO
SEE THAT IT’S SLOWLY DYING,
COMMITTING HARRY CARAY I THINK
YOU THINK THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT
IS SLOWLY DIEING.
> MAYBE THAT’S WISHFUL THINKING
BUT ABSOLUTELY.
BUT ABSOLUTELY. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM NOT
ONLY IN THE OLD DAYS LIKE YOU
BUT RECENTLY AND THEN AS WE
SHOWED, THEY’RE PUBLICLY FEUDING
WITH HIM, YOU KEEP IT CLASSY.
YOU YOU ARE MORE LIKE THE
MICHELLE OBAMA GO HIGH TYPE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS
WITH HIM AND LAID THOSE OUT ON
SUBSTANTIVE GROUNDS.
SUBSTANTIVE GROUNDS. HIM AND SCARAMUCCI ARE FIGHTING
LIKE DAUPGZ.
LIKE DAUPGZ. THIS IS FROM POLITICO NOT MUCH
STRATEGY BEHIND TRUMP’S NAME
CALLING WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE
POSSIBILITY THE ATTACKS HAVE
GIVEN SCARAMUCCI’S ATTACKS MORE
OXYGEN, WHITE HOUSE RESPOND THEY
GIVE AN "S."
>> I WAS ON A SHOW WITH
SCARAMUCCI RECENTLY, DANNY
DEUTSCH.
DEUTSCH. HE WAS LIKE ALL GUNG HO FOR
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> RECENTLY.
>> RECENTLY. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CHANGED.
BUT YOU KNOW, I DON’T MEAN TO
QUESTION HIS CREDIBILITY.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE JUST TURNED.
HE WAS PUSHING TRUMP.
HE’S GOING TO WIN.
HE’S THE RIGHT THING.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. I DON’T KNOW.
>> IT HAPPENS THOUGH.
OBVIOUSLY THESE PEOPLE AT SOME
POINT BEFORE THEIR LAST DAY ON
THE JOB GO OH, WAIT, THIS ISN’T
WORKING OUT.
WORKING OUT. I WANT OUT AND THEN I HAVE TO
REPOSITION ON THE OUTSIDE.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU FELT WHEN
YOU FIRST LEFT THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATIONING IN NEW YORK.
YOU HAD ALL THE RACIAL STRIFE,
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, HIM
DENYING THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, MINORITIES AND BEING
ABLE TO STAY IN PLACES.
DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD TO DO
SOME SORT OF RESET WITH NEW
YORK?
YORK? BECAUSE AN NOW IT’S SUPER SIZED.
ONE EXPLANATION FOR SCARAMUCCI
IS HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAID
I’VE GOT TO GET FURTHER DISTANCE
FROM THIS.
FROM THIS. >> I THINK THAT’S RIGHT.
I THINK HE THOUGHT HE WAS
GETTING INTO DANGEROUS GROUND
WITH HIMSELF.
WITH HIMSELF. THERE’S NO GAIN FOR HIM ACTUALLY
ALTHOUGH I DON’T KNOW.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LOSS BY
COMING OUT.
COMING OUT. AS FOR ME, I HAD MY OWN
REPUTATION AND I LIKE TO SAY NO
CONTRACT KER WAS EVER CHEATED
ANY JOB I WORKED ON.
>> YOU WERE OVERSEEING.
> HE WASN’T THAT BAD THEN.
PEOPLE STARTED THINKING HE WAS A
LITTLE BIT OF A JOKE BUT LATER,
LATER ON WHEN HE STARTED TO GET
INVOLVED WITH THE MODELS AND THE
TRUMPITES AND THE WINE AND ALL
THAT WILL STUFF AND "THE
APPRENTICE" THAT TO ME AND MANY
PEOPLE HE’S LIKE A CARTOON AT
THAT POINT.
THAT POINT. >> THE LAST QUESTION BEFORE I
LET YOU GO AS A FORMER TRUMP
AIDE, ARE YOU CONSIDERING GOING
ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I’D BE GREAT.
>> YEAH?
>> YEAH? WHAT’S YOUR BEST DANCE MOVE?
>> I THINK MAYBE THE TANGO.
>> THE TANGO IS CLASSIC.
BARBARA, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE
HAVING YOU HERE.