HAVING SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH
THE CAMPAIGN WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND THE FIRST LADY, PASTOR
ROBERT JEFFRESS, GREAT TO HAVE
SPECIFIC THINGS TO RESPOND TO.
WE HAVE THIS RECOLLECTION ABOUT
THE FIRST LADY ON THE NIGHT OF
THE ELECTION.
CONFIRMED, DONALD JR. SAID HIS
FATHER LOOKED LIKE HE HAD SEEN A
GHOST IN THE MILLENNIA WAS IN
TEARS, NOT OF JOY.
I GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMP AND
THEY WERE RELAXED, THEY WERE
YOU.
I DIDN'T SPEND ALL DAY WITH THE
TRUMPS, I DIDN'T SPEND MOST OF
THE DAY WITH THE TRUMPS BUT I
SPENT MORE TIME WITH THEM THAN
MICHAEL WOLFF DID.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS AN
INACCURATE PORTRAYAL.
>> Shannon: IS IT YOUR SENSE
THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM DIDN'T
EXPECT THEM TO WIN OR DIDN'T
LADY -- THERE ARE THESE
INTIMATIONS THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO GIVE UP HER LIFE, SHE DIDN'T
WANT HIM TO WIN, TO RUN FROM ANY
OF THAT?
>> I NEVER HEARD ANY OF THAT AND
CERTAINLY NOT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IF
HE DIDN'T WIN, THIS WHOLE
EXERCISE WAS ABSOLUTELY FUTILE.
IT'S A COMPLETELY FICTITIOUS
NOTION THE IDEA THAT HE DIDN'T
WANT TO WIN.
MICHAEL WOLFF CLAIMS TO HAVE
SPENT A GRAND TOTAL OF THREE
HOURS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER
18 MONTHS WRITING THIS BOOK.
I HAVE SPENT MORE TIME THAN THAT
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO OVER 82 DAY
PERIOD OF TIME.
I STOOD NEXT TO HIM AT SEVERAL
PUBLIC EVENTS.
I WAS WITH HIM IN THE FIRST LADY
TWICE IN THE UPSTAIRS RESIDENCE.
I SAW HIM MORE ENERGIZED, MORE
FOCUSED ON HIS AGENDA THAN ON
THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN
HIM.
THE BRIEF CONVERSATION OF TWO
YEARS AGO.
I SAID TO ONE OF THE STAFF
MEMBERS HE DOESN'T FORGET THE
THING AND THEY SAID NO HE
DOESN'T.
THIS PICTURE OF AN INCOHERENT
PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
PEOPLE AND IS CONSTANTLY
REPEATING HIMSELF, THAT MAY BE
>> Shannon: I WANT TO PLAY A
LITTLE SOUND BITE FROM
CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN TALKING
ABOUT A MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF
APART WERE WATCHING IT HAPPEN.
>> I THINK SHE SPOKE FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
COMMUNITY TELLING US THERE ARE
GROWING SIGNS OF PARANOIA,
PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR.
ANY HOPE THAT WE HAD THAT MUCH
TURNAROUND OR GET BETTER WAS
DASHED BY THE DISCUSSION.
>> Shannon: PARANOIA,
DILUTION, ISOLATION, SHE SAID HE
WAS FALLING APART.
100% OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM
THINK HE HAS MENTAL FITNESS
ISSUES, DOES NOT LINE UP WITH
AMANDA YOUR SPENDING TIME WITH?
>> IT DOESN'T AT ALL, IF THERE
IS A KERNEL OF TRUTH IN THIS
BOOK IT IS THE CHARGE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT NORMAL.
HE ISN'T NORMAL WHICH IS WHY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE PUT THEM IN
OFFICE TO BEGIN WITH.
THEY WERE TIRED OF A NORMAL THAT
SAID WE OUGHT TO ACCEPT SUBPAR
ECONOMIC GROWTH, WE OUGHT TO
ACCEPT ISIS AS A CONTINUING
REALITY THAT OUR BEST DAYS WERE
BEHIND US.
THIS PRESIDENT SAID NO TO THAT
KIND OF NORMAL AND THEY'RE
GRATEFUL THAT HE ISN'T NORMAL
AND ESTABLISHED A NEW NORMAL FOR
HERE.