>>> WELL HE IS ELECTED TO RUN THE COUNTRY, HEAD THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT AND SPEAK FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE YET GIVES THE
IMPRESSION OF A GUY ALONE.
EVEN FROM HIS OWN STAFF, THE
CABINET HE APPOINTED.
THIS IS THE WORLD OF DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. WE KNOW HIM FROM HIS TWEETS
RATHER THAN EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. TWEETING FROM HIS BEDROOM WHILE
STRANGERS RUN THINGS DOWN STAIRS
AND IN THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
I AM CHRIS MATTHEWS IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. AFTER MONTHS OF INACTION, HIS
TOP OFFICIALS GATHERED IN FRONT
OF THE CAMERAS TO ISSUE A STRONG
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. RUSSIA IS TARGETED THE UNITED
STATES AND OUR DEMOCRACY IS AT
STAKE.
STAKE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS
FINALLY SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE.
WELL, ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT.
JUST SIX HOURS AFTER THE
PRESIDENT CONFERENCE, CALLING IT
A HOAX.
A HOAX. BOOSTING
BOOSTING BOASTING OF HIS PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
PUTIN. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
COULDN’T HAVE BEEN CLEARER.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE A
PERVASIVE MESSAGING CAMPAIGN BY
RUSSIA TO TRY TO WEAKEN, AND
DIVIDE THE UNITED STATES.
>> WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. GREAT MEETING WITH PUTIN.
>> THIS IS A THREAT WE NEED TO
TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
>> IF I DID GO UP AND START
SCREAMING, THEY WOULD HAVE SAID,
HE WAS TERRIBLE.
>> THE RUSSIANS HAVE TO STOP
DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
>> IF I GET ALONG WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN, THAT’S A GOOD THING.
>> THIS THREAT IS NOT GOING
AWAY.
AWAY. >> WE GOT ALONG REALLY WELL.
>> OUR DEMOCRACY ITSELF IS IN
THE CROSS HAIRS.
>> NOW WE ARE BEING HINDERED BY
THE RUSSIAN HOAX.
IT IS A HOAX.
>> AS NBC NEWS POINTS OUT THE
TWO EVENTS CREATED A SPLIT
SCREEN EVENT.
SCREEN EVENT. WARNING VOTERS THAT RUSSIA IS
TRYING TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY.
WHILE TRUMP SAYING IT IS ALL
CHICKANERY.
CHICKANERY. THE PRESIDENT SAID PUTIN WAS
UNHAPPY HE WON.
>> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, RUSSIA IS
VERY UNHAPPY THAT TRUMP WON,
THAT I CAN TELL YOU.
>> WELL THAT’S A FAR CRY FROM
WHAT PUTIN HIMSELF SAID IN
HELSINKI.
HELSINKI. >> DID YOU DIRECT ANY OF YOUR
OFFICIALS HELP HIM DO THAT.
>> Translator: YES, I DID.
BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT USING
THE U.S./RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP
BACK TO NORMAL.
>> JOINING US NOW.
AND MALCOLM NANCE, MSNBC
ANALYST.
ANALYST. FIRST TO THE REPORTERS, MICHAEL
AND THEN JOHN.
ISN’T THAT WHAT IS GOING ON,
THIS SPLIT SCREEN?
>> THEY HAD TO SHOW THEY WERE
DOING SOMETHING AND IT LEFT THEM
EXPOSED TO CRITICS WHO SAID YOU
ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
YOU ARE NOT TAKING THIS THREAT
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. THEY HAVE AN OFFICIAL WAY BY
SAYING LOOK, THIS IS A REAL
THING THAT IS ON OUR RADAR.
THE PRESIDENT STILL ABLE TO SAY
WHAT HE WANTS DESPITE THAT.
>> JOHN, THE WHITE HOUSE
BRIEFING ROOM IS TO BRIEF THE
COUNTRY WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SAY
THINKS, WHAT THE PRESIDENT
THINKS.
THINKS. AND IT SAID WE HAVE A THREAT
FROM THE RUSSIANS, WE ARE
GETTING IT AGAIN, AND THEN THE
PRESIDENT GOES OUT WHO IS THE
PRESIDENT SAYS NO SUCH THING,
IT’S A HOAX.
>> YEAH, IT IS A REMARKABLE
SPLIT, CHRIS.
SPLIT, CHRIS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENT
VERSUS THE PRESIDENCY, YOU SAW
THE SHOW OF FORCES IN THE
BRIEFING ROOM YESTERDAY.
FINALLY, OVERDUE FORCE.
TRYING TO OUTLINE STEPS ON HOW
TO STOP THAT.
AND HOURS LATER, THE PRESIDENT
MADE NO MENTION OF THAT
WHATSOEVER EXCEPT TO CALL IT A
HOAX.
HOAX. AND THEN INSTEAD, SPENT THE
MAJORITY OF HIS TIME IN THAT
RALLY DELIVERING A SKREED
AGAINST THE MEDIA USING FAKE
NEWS, USING IT AS A BLANKET TERM
FOR COVERAGE HE DIDN’T LIKE.
REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT RIGHT
THEN AND THERE WAS GIVEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY WITH THE
WORLD WATCHING DENOUNCE WHAT
RUSSIA DID AND HE DIDN’T DO
THAT.
THAT. >> WHO TOLD THOSE PEOPLE, THE
HEAD OF THE NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE, DAN COATS OR THE
CIA DIRECTOR, OR FBI DIRECTOR,
WHO TOLD THEM TO GO IN AND STAND
THERE WITH SARAH HUCKABEE.
WHO DID IF IT WASN’T THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> NOTHING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
HAPPENS WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT
GIVING OKAY TO IT.
YOU LAID IT OUT WELL IN THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHOW.
HE CHARTS ITS OWN PATH.
HE IS GOING TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS
WHETHER IT IS ON TWITTER OR AT A
RALLY.
RALLY. AND IN TERMS OF COLLUSION, THE
IDEA OF INTERFERENCE, HE CAN’T
SEPARATE THE IDEA BETWEEN THE
MUELLER PROBE AND THE
ACCUSATIONS OF COLLUSIONS AND
JUST THAT MOSCOW TRIED TO
INTERFERON HIS BEHALF.
GIVEN CREDENCE TO THAT IDEA
DELEGITIMIZES HIS VICTORY.
AND WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN
HOW THAT REVS HIM UP AND HOW HE
UNLEASHES.
UNLEASHES. >> DID HE TELL THOSE PEOPLE TO
GO INTO THE PRESSROOM?
THIS IS WACKY.
AND WHY DON’T PEOPLE SEE THIS IS
WACKY.
WACKY. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
IDEA.
IDEA. >> WHO IS THE GROWN-UP.
>> I THINK JOHN KELLY.
>> WHILE U.S. OFFICIALS TAKE
THEIR STEP TO COMBAT THE THREAT
OF RUSSIA INTERFERENCE.
WHICH ULTIMATELY HINDERS OUR
ABILITY TO RUSSIA AGGRESSION.
TO DETER RUSSIAN, MOSCOW NEEDS
TO BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED
STATES WILL IMPOSE COSTS BEYOND
THE SANCTIONS AND OTHER PICHLT
PUNISHMENTS.
PUNISHMENTS. >> WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY IT IS
THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS STILL
SAYING THIS IS A THREAT AND WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
HE IS ON A DIFFERENT PAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. AND IF ANYONE ELSE IS SAYING
HEY, GO INTO THE ROOM, WE CAN
SEE THAT.
SEE THAT. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE BLEEDING
EXPERTISE IN FBI ON
CYBERSECURITY.
CYBERSECURITY. THEY ARE WALKING OUT THE DOOR.
>> MALCOLM, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?
>> THE LAST PERSON I SAW DO THAT
WAS SADDAM HUSSEIN.
COME OUT WITH THESE INSANE
STATEMENTS AND WAIT TO SEE IF HE
WOULD BE BACKED UP AND I THINK
WHAT WE SAW HERE WITH DONALD
TRUMP IS THAT HE WITH MIKE PENCE
DECIDED TO STAGE AN EVENT AND
ALLOW THEM TO COVER THEIR BUTTS
BY COMING OUT AND DOING WHAT
MICHAEL KELLY WANTED TO DO WAS
TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE
NATION THAT THEY ARE ON TOP OF
IT.
IT. I THINK HE HAS NO INTENTION WHAT
SO EVER OF ALLOWING THEM TO GO
FURTHER THAN THE PRESIDENTS
CONFERENCE.