>>> WELCOME BACK. THERE ARE CLEAR SIGNS THAT THE
PRESSURE OF I VESTNVESTIGATIONS
LOT OF UNFLATTERING STORIES
MIGHT BE GETTING TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THERE’S BEEN THE STRUGGLE TO
HIRE AND RETAIN LAWYERS TO HIS
DEALINGS WITH MICHAEL COHENS TO
SECRETS HELD BY THE OWNER OF THE
NATIONAL ENQUIRER, DAVID PECKER.
>> THIS IS ALL LEADING TO THE
PRESIDENT LASHING OUT ON
TWITTER.
TWITTER. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HE’S SLAMMING THE NEWS MEDIA.
THAT’S NORMAL.
THAT’S NORMAL. HE’S PUSHING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE FBI TO
SEARCH ENGINES THAT AREN’T
GIVING HIM THE PR THAT KNEELS HE
DESERVES.
DESERVES. >> NOW WE WANT TO BRING IN
BARBARA RES.
BARBARA RES. WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
LOVES ATTENTION.
LOVES ATTENTION. TRUMP HAS TOLD ASSOCIATES, A FEW
YEARS AGO THEY WEREN’T GETTING
NEW YORK TIMES COVERS.
HE’S ON THE FRONT PAGE DAY IN
AND DAY OUT.
YOU WORKED WITH THIS MAN FOR
OVER 20 YEARS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS BEHAVIOR,
HIS CONDUCT RIGHT NOW, ON A DAY
LIKE THIS, WE LOOK AND THINK
WHAT ON EARTH WOULD HE BE
LASHING OUT LIKE THIS.
WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU?
IS THIS THE MAN YOU KNOW?
>> IT IS VERY MUCH THE MAN I
KNOW BUT AMPLIFIED.
HE’S SORT OF HAS NO
SELF-CONTROL.
SELF-CONTROL. THERE WAS NEVER ANY EXTERNAL
CONTROL TO SPEAK OF.
WAY BACK HE USED TO LISTEN TO
PEOPLE BUT AFTER THAT, ONCE HE
BECAME VERY FAMOUS AND FULL OF
HIMSELF THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL
CONTROL.
CONTROL. HE DID HAVE BIT OF SELF-CONTROL.
RIGHT NOW HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S OUT
OF CONTROL.
OF CONTROL. >> WHEN HE TOOK ADVICE, HE DID
LISTEN TO PEOPLE.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS IN SOME
OF THESE STORIES.
PEOPLE WHO GIVE HIM ADVICE HE
DOESN’T LIKE SEEM TO DISAPPEAR.
THEY EITHER LEAVE OR THEY’RE
FIRED.
FIRED. THEN HE SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH
PEOPLE THAT SAYS ONLY WHAT HE
WANTS TO HEAR.
>> HE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE GOOD
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I’M TALKING ABOUT THE TRUMP
TOWER DAYS.
TOWER DAYS. HE DID LISTEN TO THEM.
HE LIKED TO BE FLATTERED.
ONE OF THE WAYS I GOT THINGS
DONE AND OTHER PEOPLE GOT THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED WAS THROUGH FLATTER
FLATTERY.
FLATTERY. WE WOULD HAVE TO CONVINCE HIM
THAT OUR DO WAS HIS AND IT WAS A
GOOD ONE.
GOOD ONE. >> THAT HOW I PAIR WITH MY
5-YEAR-OLD.
5-YEAR-OLD. >> THAT COULD BE.
I THINK A LOT OF BIG PEOPLE ARE
VERY INTO THEMSELVES.
I’M NOT GOING TO SAY IT WAS ONLY
DONALD.
DONALD. LATER, HE SEEMED TO HIRE MORE
PEOPLE THAT WERE BASICALLY GOING
TO TELL HIM WHAT HE WANTED TO
HEAR AND DO EXACTLY WHAT HE
WANTED TO DO.
IT SEEM IT’S GOTTEN WORSE.
>> THIS MEDIA QUESTION THAT HE
KEEPS GOING BACK TO THIS
DISHONEST MEDIA STUFF.
HE TWEETED.
HE TWEETED. HE DIDN’T ALWAYS HATE THE MEDIA.
>> OH, NO.
>> HE’S ALWAYS, AN ANONYMOUS
SOURCE.
SOURCE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I DON’T THINK HE HATES THE MEDIA
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. I THINK HE LOVES THE FACT HE
GETS SO MUCH COVERAGE.
HE’S TYKEAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS
ABILITY TO SWAY HIS BASE AGAINST
THE MEDIA BY COMING OUT AND
SAYING THE THINGS HE DOES.
HE LOVES BEING IN THE NEWS.
EVEN BACK WHEN WE WEREN’T IN THE
NEWS THAT MUCH, HE LIKED IT.
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS HE SAYS.
>> THE FACT HE TELLS LIES DAY IN
AND DAY OUT THAT CAN BE
DISPROVED.
DISPROVED. HE SAID THEY DIDN’T COVER HIS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHEN
HE DIDN’T GIVE ONE.
WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT TELL LIES
ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT ARE
EASILY FACT BUSTED?
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHO HE IS
TALKING TO.
TALKING TO. IF IT’S SOMEBODY THAT WON’T
CHECK THE FACTS.
HE’S ALREADY SAID WHAT HE WANTED
TO SAY.
TO SAY. >> I GUESS THAT IS INTERESTING.
HE TWEETED ABOUT THE EDITED
LESTER HOLT INTERVIEW.
I POSTED IT ON MY TWITTER
ACCOUNT.