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>>> FROM A WALL TO A CAVE THAT IS THE CORE STORY OF THE NEW
TRUMP/PELOSI ERA, BECAUSE AS YOU
KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP PICKED THE
LARGEST BATTLE OF HIS PRESIDENCY
OVER THE WALL AND SHUTDOWN
AGAINST A NEW SPEAKER, AND HE
COMPLETELY CAVED ON FRIDAY AT A
COST WE CAN TELL YOU TONIGHT TO
THE ECONOMY THAT IS ROUGHLY
DOUBLE WHAT TRUMP REQUESTED FOR
THE WALL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
NOW TRUMP’S SURRENDER HERE
BIGGER THAN A SIMPLE POLITICAL
FAILURE.
FAILURE. WE ARE IN OF COURSE MONTH UNTIL
ONE OF TRUMP GOVERNING WHILE
ANOTHER PARTY HAS POWER IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. AND TRUMP’S FAILED APPROACH TO
THIS SHUTDOWN I THINK HAS
REVEALED SOME OF THE COSTS OF
HIS HYPERBOLE, FALSE CLAIMS, THE
INFLATED THREAT, AND YES, THE
DOCUMENTED LIES.
DOCUMENTED LIES. AND THIS MAY CONCERN TRUMP’S OWN
SUPPORTERS.
SUPPORTERS. IT MAY ALSO SHOW THE DEMOCRATS’
KEYS TO BEATING HIM NOW THAT
THEY HAVE THE HOUSE.
THAT BRINGS US TO TONIGHT’S
"BEAT" SPECIAL REPORT.
TRUMP HAS MADE 8,000 FALSE
STATEMENTS OR LIES SINCE TAKING
THE OFFICE, A RECORD ACCORDING
TO "THE WASHINGTON POST."
WE WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO
TWO CATEGORIES.
TWO CATEGORIES. ONE, TRUMP’S BLATANT LIES ABOUT
FACTS, ABOUT THINGS WE KNOW THAT
HAPPENED, BUT ALSO, TWO, TRUMP’S
FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT HE
WILL DO, LIKE WHETHER HE WOULD
CAVE ON THE WALL, WHICH HE DID.
THE FIRST CATEGORY OF LIES ARE
WELL-KNOWN.
WELL-KNOWN. THEY ARE VINTAGE TRUMP.
>> REPUBLICANS PASSED THE
BIGGEST TAX CUT AND REFORM IN
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> WE GOT TAX CUTS, BIGGEST TAX
CUTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> THAT’S FALSE.
TRUMP WAS ON NOTICE ABOUT IT AT
THE TIME.
THE TIME. AND WE GO GO THROUGH MANY OF
THOSE EXAMPLES.
THOSE EXAMPLES. EIGHT THOUSAND IF YOU WANT, BUT
WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEM.
TONIGHT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
FALSEHOODS FROM TRUMP ABOUT WHAT
HE WILL DO AS PRESIDENT.
THE RIDICULOUS PLEDGES, THE
EXTREME THREAT, THE BROKEN
PROMISES, THESE HYPED
NEGOTIATION OFFERS.
NEGOTIATION OFFERS. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARGUE CYNICALLY THAT THOSE LIES
WILL WORK BECAUSE HIS SUPPORTERS
ACCEPT THEM AND HIS REALITY NO
MATTER WHAT.
MATTER WHAT. BUT ACTUALLY, SOME OF THESE LIES
AND WHAT I’M CALLING CATEGORY
TWO RIGHT NOW, THIS MONTH, THEY
ARE BLOWING UP IN TRUMP’S FACE.
>> HOW LONG ARE YOU WILLING TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN?
>> AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
>> ON DAY 35 OF THE SHUTDOWN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN RETREAT,
DEFERRING HIS FIGHT FOR A BORDER
WALL.
WALL. >> NOW THE EASY SOLUTION IS FOR
ME TO CALL A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
I CAN DO THAT VERY QUICKLY.
>> I’M NOT LOOKING TO CALL A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY. THIS IS SO SIMPLE, I SHOULDN’T
HAVE TO.
HAVE TO. >> I AM PROUD TO SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT FOR BORDER SECURITY.
I WILL TAKE THE MANTLE.
I WILL BE THE ONE TO SHUT INT
DOWN.
DOWN. >> I AM SUPERVISOR PROUD TO
ANNOUNCE TODAY WE HAVE FOUND A
DEAL.
DEAL. >> IT WAS THE SAME DEAL HE COULD
HAVE TAKEN ON DAY ONE.
NOW THESE CLAIMS DIDN’T FOOL A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEY DIDN’T FOOL NANCY PELOSI.
THEY DIDN’T FOOL THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. THEY DIDN’T EVEN FOOL TRUMP’S
MOST FERVENT SUPPORTERS IN THE
RIGHT WING PRESS.
POLLING SHOWS MOST AMERICANS DID
OPPOSE TRUMP ON THE SHUTDOWN.
AND THEN THE IMMEDIATE MEMBERS
OF HIS OWN CONFIDENT BASE, THEY
WEREN’T FOOLED BY FRIDAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. BLASTING TRUMP AS A, QUOTE, WIMP
FOR CAVING AND ADMITTING HE
BROKE HIS WALL PROMISE.
>> CRAZY THAT I EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT TO KEEP THE PROMISE HE
MADE EVERY DAY FOR 18 MONTHS.
>> YOU’RE FINDING OUT HE IS A
LYING CON MAN.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLUE?
>> OKAY, I’M A VERY STUPID GIRL.
FINE.
FINE. >> SOME CONSERVATIVES ON FOX
NEWS SAY IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMP’S
FALSE PLEDGES ON THE WALL CAME
FROM THE WRONG PLACE, THAT HE
CARED TOO MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE IN
THE MEDIA CRITICIZING HIM WHILE
LOU DOBBS SAYS THAT REALITY
SHOWS TRUMP’S FALSE PLEDGE LED
HIM TO A WIPING FROM PELOSI.
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT CARES
WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE
MEDIA.
MEDIA. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE
LEVERAGE.
LEVERAGE. THERE ARE TIMES YOU DON’T.
AND THAT WAS A TIME IN WHICH HE
DID NOT -- HE DID NOT HAVE
MAXIMUM LEVERAGE.
MAXIMUM LEVERAGE. >> I MEAN, SHE HAS JUST WHIPPED
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO CALL
IT AS IT IS.
THIS PRESIDENT SAYS IT WAS GOING
TO BE CONDITIONAL BORDER
SECURITY BUILDING THAT WALL, AND
HE JUST REVERSED HIMSELF.
TO DENY IT IS TO TRY TO ESCAPE
FROM REALITY.
FROM REALITY. AND THAT WE’RE AIN’T GOING TO DO
HERE.
HERE. >> DOBBS IS POINTING OUT THAT
TRUMP’S FALSE PLEDGE HURT
HIMSELF AND HIS POLITICAL ALLIES
BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER
REPUBLICANS WERE PUTTING THEIR
NECKS OUT BASED ON TRUMP’S WORD.
AND THIS IS WHERE BLUFFING CAN
BLOW UP IN YOUR FACE.
HERE IS ONE OF TRUMP’S MOST
LOYAL CHEERLEADERS TAKING
TRUMP’S WORD DURING THE
SHUTDOWN.
SHUTDOWN. >> HE’S NOT GOING TO SIGN A DEAL
THAT DOESN’T HAVE MONEY FOR THE
WALL.
WALL. IF HE GIVES IN NOW, THAT’S THE
END OF 2019 IN TERMS OF HIM
BEING AN EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT.
THAT’S PROBABLY THE END OF HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. >> THE END OF, QUOTE, HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. AND THAT’S A TRUMP SUPPORTER
TALKING.
TALKING. NOW OF COURSE TRUMP SIGNED A
TEMPORARY BILL THAT DOESN’T HAVE
ANY MONEY FOR THE WALL.
APPARENTLY PELOSI MADE HIM
BECAUSE SHE FOUND A WAY TO BREAK
THIS CYCLE OF FALSE PLEDGES OR
LIES.
LIES. HER FLOSS WHICH 5 WAS DON’T GIVE
IN.
IN. SHE DECIDED IF SHE CARED ABOUT
THIS ISSUE MORE THAN TRUMP, SHE
WOULD WAIT HIM OUT, NOT
NEGOTIATE AND TRY TO MEET IN THE
MIDDLE OF WHAT SHE DEEMED A
FALSE PLEDGE THAT IS WHAT I WANT
TO GET IN TONIGHT AND WHY THIS
IS IMPORTANT.
IS IMPORTANT. IT MAY SHOW A WAY FORWARD FOR
TRUMP’S OPPONENTS.
TRUMP’S OPPONENTS. IN FACT, EVEN HIS OWN FORMER
SUPPORTERS ARE SAYING SO.
>> 37 --
>> 37 -- >> I’M TELLING YOU HOW TO GET
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HE PROMISED SOMETHING FOR 18
MONTHS AND HE LIKED IT.
THAT’S HOW YOU GET TRUMP.
>> THAT’S HOW YOU GET TRUMP.
HE IS CLEARLY IN SOME POLITICAL
TROUBLE RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN TELL WHEN THESE
TAKEDOWNS OF A BROKEN PLEDGE AND
REALITY TO LINE LIES ARE COMING
FROM ANN COULTER AND LOU DOBBS
AND "FOX & FRIENDS."
BIG PICTURE, IT IS NOT EVERY
WEEK THAT THE PRESIDENT CREATES
THE LONGEST SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY
AND THEN CAVES BY TAKING THE
EXACT OFFER HE HAD AT THE START
AND DRAWS CRITIQUES FROM THE
RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER.
NOR IS IT EVERY WEEK THAT A
PRESIDENT LOOKS FOR A WEEK TO
HIDE THAT CAVE IN PLAIN SIGHT
AND ANNOUNCE IT THE DAY HIS
LONGEST SERVING ADVISER IS
INDICTED.
INDICTED. BUT AS YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT’S
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW.
AND IT HAS, OF COURSE, ALSO
BECOME SOMETHING OF A CLISH THEY
SHAY TO SAY OH, BUT TRUMP GETS
AWAY WITH THINGS AND HE’S NOT
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS LIES.
LOOK AT THE FACTS.
SIX FORMER AIDES INVITED.
AN OPEN CRIMINAL PROBE.
HIS TEAM IS NOT GETTING AWAY
WITH EVERYTHING.
WITH EVERYTHING. ROASTED AND TOASTED FOR BROKEN
PROMISES BY CONSERVATIVES, WHICH
SHOWS THAT THE FALSEHOODS DID
HURT HIM IN THE SHUTDOWN FIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW TRUMP’S LAWYERS?
THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY DON’T WANT
HIM TO TALK OR TO TESTIFY
BECAUSE MUELLER WOULD SPRING A
PERJURY TRAP.
PERJURY TRAP. BUT TRUMP IS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE
OF LIES HE TOLD ALL BY HIMSELF.
HE IS LIVING IN A PERJURY TRAP
HOUSE HE BUILT HIMSELF.
AND MAYBE THAT’S VERY 2019 AS
WELL, FROM A WALL TO A CAVE TO A
TRAP HOUSE.
TRAP HOUSE. LEGALLY, IT’S TOO EARLY TO KNOW
IF TRUMP MADE ANY FALSE
STATEMENTS THAT AMOUNT TO
PERJURY.
PERJURY. SOME SUPPORTERS SAY IT’S TOO
LATE TO PUT UP WITH HIS FALSE
STATEMENTS ANYMORE.
STATEMENTS ANYMORE. >> YOU WANT TO --
>> 37.
>> 37. >> I’M TELLING YOU HOW TO GET