EARLY" ON A FRIDAY MORNING.
"MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS SHALL
WE SAY IN AN ALTERED STATE RIGHT
NOW.
SO I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR.
>> SO IT’S BEEN A VERY
INTERESTING JOURNEY, I LEARNED A
LOT ABOUT COVID.
I’M BETTER, MAYBE I’M IMMUNE.
DON’T LET IT DOMINATE YOUR
LIVES.
I FEEL GREAT, I FEEL PERFECT.
I THINK THIS WAS A BLESSING FROM
GOD THAT I CAUGHT IT.
THIS WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE INDICTED.
THIS WAS THE GREATEST POLITICAL
CRIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY AND THAT INCLUDES OBAMA
AND IT INCLUDES BIDEN.
>> WELL, I’D LIKE TO COME BACK
TO THE WHITE HOUSE SOON TO DO
ANOTHER INTERVIEW, MR.
PRESIDENT.
I’D LOVE COME TO COME BACK TO
THE WHITE HOUSE I SAW IT UP
CLOSE AND --
>> -- INDICTED FOR TERMINATING
33,000 EMAILS FROM CONGRESS.
I THINK THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE
I WOULD CATCH IT.
SOMETIMES I WOULD BE IN GROUPS
OF, FOR INSTANCE, GOLD STAR
FAMILIES.
I DIDN’T WANT TO CANCEL THAT
THEY COME WITHIN AN INCH OF MY
FACE SOMETIMES.
THEY WANT TO HUG ME AND KISS ME.
AND THEY DO.
AND FRANKLY, I’M NOT TELLING
THEM TO BACK UP.
I’M NOT DOING IT.
I DON’T THINK I’M CONTAGIOUS AT
ALL.
AND THIS MONSTER THAT WAS ON
STAGE WITH MIKE PENCE WHO
DESTROYED HER LAST NIGHT, BY THE
WAY, BUT THIS MONSTER, SHE
KNOWS, NO THERE WON’T BE
FRACKING, THERE WON’T BE THIS.
EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS A LIE.
I DON’T BELIEVE THE POLLS
BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH
SUPPORT.
THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
I TOOK OVER THE DEPLETED
MILITARY, OLD EQUIPMENT, BROKEN
EQUIPMENT.
EVEN IN THE ARMY, BRAND-NEW
UNIFORMS WITH THE BELT, EVERYONE
WANTED THE BELT.
WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR
SENIORS.
YOU’RE NOT VULNERABLE BUT YOU’RE
THE LEAST VULNERABLE, BUT FOR
THIS ONE THING, YOU ARE
VULNERABLE. SO AM I.
SO AM I.
THEY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF
CERTAIN LITTLE TINY FISH THAT
AREN’T DOING VERY WELL WITHOUT
WATER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS, SHALL WE
SAY, IN AN ALTERED STATE RIGHT
NOW SO I DON’T KNOW TO ANSWER
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR.
>> WHAT A WEEK IT’S BEEN.
IT WAS EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT PUBLIC WITH
HIS COVID DIAGNOSIS.
NOW HE SAYS HE’S READY TO RETURN
TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MAYBE AS
SOON AS TOMORROW.
>> SO WILLIE, YOU KNOW, MIKA AND
I, WE HAVE RULES BEFORE WE COME
ON THIS SHOW.
I’M NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT
BASEBALL FOR LONG PERIODS OF
TIME.
>> NO.
>> NOR AM I ALLOWED TO TALK
ABOUT OUR LOST DECADE IN TURKEY,
YOU AND ME.
>> THERE’S MY RULE TOO.
>> WHAT A DECADE THAT WAS, BY
THE WAY.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT FOR HER, I’M NOT ALLOWING
HER TO UTTER THE PHRASE 25th
AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
EVERY MORNING SHE HAS WANTED TO
UTTER --
>> BEEN RIGHT ALL ALONG.
>> I SAY, HONEY, YOU CAN’T SAY
THAT EVERY DAY.
AND SHE SAYS, HONEY, I CAN IF I FEEL LIKE IT.
FEEL LIKE IT.
WELL, WILLIE, HERE WE HAVE THE
PRESIDENT SAYING HE’S IMMUNE.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES PRESSURING HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL -- REPUBLICANS
PLEASE LISTEN, PRESSURING HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INDICT HIS
OPPONENT WHO IS BEATING ANYMORE
THE POLLS TO INDICT THE LAST
DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT.
TO INDICT THE LAST DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT, SAYING HE’LL BE A SAD
MAN IF HE DOESN’T DO IT.
AND TRUMP SAY HE’LL HAVE TO
BASICALLY DO IT HIMSELF IF HE
GETS RE-ELECTED.
BLAMES GOLD STAR FAMILIES FOR
GIVING HIM COVID.
SAYS I’M NOT CONTAGIOUS DESPITE
THE FACT HE WOULDN’T TELL SEAN
HANNITY REPEATEDLY LAST NIGHT
WHEN HIS LAST TEST WAS.
WHETHER HE’S BEEN TESTED OR
NEGATIVE.
HE CALLS KAMALA HARRIS, THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CALLS HER A
MONSTER, CALLS HER A COMMUNIST.
TALKS ABOUT WHEN HE BECAME
PRESIDENT HE HAD TO GIVE THE
ARMY NEW UNIFORMS, WITH BELTS.
EVERYBODY LIKES THE BELTS.
HE RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE
WHEN DOCTORS DIDN’T WANT HIM TO
RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WENT TO THE WEST WING WHEN
PEOPLE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
WERE BEGGING HIM TO NOT GO TO
THE WEST WING.
NOW HE’S TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN NO
DOCTOR THAT WAS WORTH A DAMN
WOULD ALLOW HIM TO GO OUT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
SOMEBODY -- I GUESS THIS IS A
SAD INDICTMENT OR JUST A SAD
STATEMENT ON HIS LIFE.
HE DOESN’T HAVE ANYBODY CLOSE
ENOUGH TO HIM THAT LOVES HIM
ENOUGH, THAT HE TRUSTS ENOUGH,
THAT CAN KEEP HIM FROM
CONTINUING TO DESTROY HIMSELF
AND POLITICALLY DESTROYING HIS
CAMPAIGN AND DESTROYING
REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TELL HIM HE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN
AND YES, HE’S ON STEROIDS, HE’S
STILL ON STEROIDS THAT ARE --
THAT WOULD MAKE OUR LOVED ONES
TAKE EXTRA CARE.
>> BUT THEY’D HAVE TO TAKE TIME
OFF.
>> IN WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE, ESPECIALLY
IF WE WERE JUST COMING OFF OF
OUR COVID OR IF WE STILL HAD
COVID.
THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT
THIS.
HE’S NOT -- HE DOES NOT SOUND
LIKE HE’S EQUIPPED RIGHT NOW TO
BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AND MAY NOT BE UNTIL HIS STEROID
TREATMENT RUNS ITS COURSE.
GEORGE W. BUSH TURNED OVER THE
PRESIDENCY DURING PROCEDURES TO
DICK CHENEY TWICE AND IT’S
HAPPENED BEFORE.
IT HAPPENED WITH RONALD REAGAN.
AND I THINK IT’S SAFE FOR A LOT
OF AMERICANS, SAFE FOR A LOT OF
AMERICANS TO SAY, SHOULDN’T THIS
GUY JUST TAKE A REST FOR A WEEK
AND LET MIKE PENCE ASSUME THE
PRESIDENCY UNTIL HE GETS BETTER?
>> AS LONG AS MIKE PENCE IS
OKAY.
>> IF MIKE PENCE IS OKAY.
WE DON’T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW
EITHER.
>> YEAH, YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO
OUR WATCH THOSE TWO INTERVIEWS,
BOOK ENDED FIRST IN THE MORNING
WITH MARIA BARTIROMO AND THEN
SEAN HANNITY, AND YOU CANNOT
THINK THAT HIS BRAIN IS WORKING
RIGHT RIGHT NOW.
AND BLAMING THE GOLD STAR
FAMILIES FLOATING THE IDEA THAT
HE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT IT IN THE
EAST ROOM ON SUNDAY.
I POINT OUT THAT WAS THE DAY
AFTER THE SUPREME COURT EVENT IN
THE ROSE GARDEN WHICH MOST
DOCTORS AND TRACING EXPERTS HAVE
LOOKED AT AS THE SORT OF VECTOR,
AS THE EVENT, THE SUPER SPREADER
EVENT.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT THE
NEXT DAY, IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
BLAMING GOLD STAR FAMILIES FOR
GIVING HIM CORONAVIRUS.
THE SECOND IS ATTACKING MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER ON THE
SAME DAY THAT A PLOT WAS
REVEALED TO KIDNAP HER AND
POSSIBLY MURDER HER.
HE’S ATTACKING THAT GOVERNOR ON
THAT DAY BECAUSE SHE WAS
CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT IN HER
REMARKS.
SO TAKEN IN TOTAL, YESTERDAY,
THEN YOU ADD IN THE TAPED VIDEOS
WHICH HONESTLY IF YOU’RE THE
WHITE HOUSE MEDIA TEAM OR THE
VIDEO TEAM, HOW DO YOU LET THOSE
GO OUT?
DON’T YOU SAY, MR. PRESIDENT,
LET’S STOP AND TRY THAT AGAIN.
WE’RE DOING THIS ON TAPE.
IT WAS RAMBLING, IT MADE NO
SENSE.
IT WAS -- IT WAS -- THE WHOLE
DAY WAS A COMPLETE MESS AND