EXPONENTIALLY MORE DIFFICULT FOR
TRUMP TO DEAL WITH AND MORE
DAMAGING.
>> YOU KNOW, I WANT TO DRILL
DOWN ON THE SUBSTANCE OF IT,
TOO, CLAIRE.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WANTED
TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT JOHN JUST
SAID.
I WOULD YOU KNOW THINK ABOUT
THIS FOR A MINUTE.
LET’S DWELL ON THIS FOR A
SECOND.
HE’S OBVIOUSLY NEVER READ A
WOODWARD BOOK.
HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
WOODWARD BOOKS ARE.
AND SO, IS, THAT’S STRIKE ONE.
STRIKE TWO, IS HE SITS FOR 18
INTERVIEWS.
OKAY, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND
WHO’S RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN A
YEAR WITHIN THE YEAR, SITS FOR
18 INTERVIEWS WITH A JOURNALIST?
THIS IS NOT A SMART THING TO DO.
>> WITH ANYONE.
>> THIS IS BEYOND FOLLY.
THIS IS ULTIMATE STUPIDITY.
HE IS SO STUPID AND HE KNOWS --
HE DID THE LAST INTERVIEW LIKE
MONTH AGO.
HE DID THE LAST INTERVIEW A
MONTH AGO, SO WHEN IS THE BOOK
COMING OUT?
THE BOOK IS COMING OUT WITHIN
TWO MONTHS OF HIS ELECTION WITH
TAPES.
18 HOURS OF TAPES!
HOURS AND HOURS OF TAPES.
SO THIS PRESIDENT IS THE STUPID
STUPIDEST PRESIDENT THAT’S EVER
HELD THE OFFICE.
FORGET ABOUT THE INTEGRITY
ISSUE.
CHARACTER.
THIS GUY’S TOO DUMB TO LEAD THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY,
REALLY STUPID.
>> BUT YOU DIDN’T LIKE THE WAY
HE TALKED ABOUT THE TOUCH THING,
CLAIRE?
THAT DIDN’T CONVINCE YOU
OTHERWISE?
LET ME DRILL DOWN WITH BOTH OF
YOU.
I THINK WHAT WOODWARD BLOWS UP
IS THE TIMELINE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE
UNBELIEVABLE "NEW YORK TIMES"
INVESTIGATIVE PIECES ABOUT THE
TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING
THE PANDEMIC AND IT REVEALED
THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
ALONG WITH THE HEALTH COMMUNITY
WAS WELL AWARE AS THIS WAS
MAKING ITS WAY BEYOND WUHAN,
THROUGH CHINA INTO EUROPE AND
THAT THE WARNINGS WERE COMING
THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR.
NOW THE TRUMP COVER STORY WAS
THAT WASN’T IN MY PDB.
MY BRIEFER DOWN PLAYED IT.
HE NAMED HER.
DENIGRATED HER.
SMEARED HER, SUGGESTED SHE
DIDN’T BRIEF HIM.
BUT TO SOUND SMART, SMARTER THAN
HE IS, HE TELLS WOODWARD, OH,
YEAH, WE KNOW, WE GOT THIS.
WE’RE ALL OVER THIS.
GOING TO BE DEADLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, MY PLAY IS TO DOWN
PLAY.
I MEAN, HE ACKNOWLEDGES, HE
ADMITS TO HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF
HOW LETHAL IT IS AND KNOWING
IT’S COMING.
WHICH SEEMS TO IF THIS WERE SOME
SORT OF CRIMINAL E PROCEEDING,
IT’S SORT OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT’S
ABOUT TO COME.
AND THEN HE ADMITS TO THE BIG
LIE.
WHICH IS TO DOWN PLAY IT.
CLAIRE, THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE
EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC ON THE ONE
THING HE DOESN’T WANT US TO TALK
ABOUT BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION
DAY.
WHICH IS HIS FAILURE TO CONTAIN
AND PROTECT THE COUNTRY FROM THE
PANDEMIC.
>> YEAH, I THINK YOU’LL HEAR IN
THE BATTLEGROUND STATES, WHERE
JOE BIDEN IS FRANKLY GOING TO BE
PROBABLY HAVING MORE ADVERTISING
THAN DONALD TRUMP WILL BECAUSE
IT APPEARS TRUMP IS KIND OF
BROKE BASED ON HIS BIAS THIS
WEEK.
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR THE TAPE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, DEADLY
STUFF.
THIS IS DEADLY STUFF IN
FEBRUARY.
THEN THE TAPE IN MARCH, YEAH,
I’M GOING TO PLAY IT DOWN.
DEADLY STUFF, PLAY IT DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO AMERICAN
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER
65?
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE IN A BURNING
BUILDING.
AND NOT ONLY AM I NOT GOING TO
TURN ON THE HOSE AND PUT OUT THE
BURNING BUILDING, I’M NOT EVEN
GOING TO TELL YOU IT’S BURNING.
I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU TO GET
OUT OF THE BUILDING.
I’M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO
HELP YOU SURVIVE AND THAT, I
THINK FOR THE OLDER VOTERS
PARTICULARLY, THE COVID RESPONSE
IS WHAT’S KILLING HIM, PARDON
THE EXPRESSION, WITH OLDER
VOTERS NOW.
THESE TAPES ARE REALLY GOING TO
DRIVE HIM HOME BECAUSE WHEN THEY