>> Greg: MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ADMITS TO PAYING PEOPLE CALLED
INFLUENCERS TO POST A TYPICAL
MEMES ON INSTAGRAM.
WHAT IS AN INFLUENCE OR?
IT’S WHAT WE USED TO CALL
NOBODIES BUT NOW THEY ARE
NOBODIES WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA
BLUEPRINT PERSUADING THE
CLUELESS AND TO LISTENING TO
THEM.
THEM. BUT IT IS TRUE, EVEN PEOPLE WHO
FASHION THEMSELVES AS TRENDY
HIPSTERS WILL TAKE CASH FROM A
BILLIONAIRE, WHO WOULDN’T?
THAT’S ONE OF THE LEAST REPORTED
STORIES OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
SERIOUSLY, HOW GOOD HAS TRUMP
BEEN FOR THE POLITICAL ECONOMY?
HE HAS ACTUALLY FORCED HIS NEW
NEMESIS TO PAY MILLIONS FOR POSH
EVENTS, PERKS, AND PRICEY
STAFFERS.
STAFFERS. TRUMP -- IT IS LIKE STORMING ALL
OVER AGAIN.
OVER AGAIN. BUT TRUMP IS MAKING IT RAIN,
RIGHT DOUG?
RIGHT DOUG? >> I’M PROUD THAT SOMEONE LIKE
HIM IS SPENDING HIS TIME AND
ENERGY TO TRY TO BRING AMERICA
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> Greg: THERE IS A HAPPY GUY.
NO IDEA WHAT HE’S GETTING FROM
BLOOMBERG BUT IT RHYMES WITH A
LOT.
LOT. GOOD FOR HIM, THAT’S CAPITALISM.
IN STILL SEEING HIM SHOVEL HIS
FORTUNE IN THE DIRECTION OF AN
ONCOMING ORANGE TORNADO.
INSTEAD HE GOT MORNING JOE AND
JEFF ZUCKER TO DO THE HEAVY
LIFTING AND THEY’VE GOT THE
HERNIA SCARS TO PROVE IT SO THEY
CAME UP WITH A DUMB IDEA TO PAY
ADULTS ON INSTAGRAM TO SAY
STUPID STUFF.
STUPID STUFF. AND ALSO BEAT THE PRESIDENT, IT
IS TRUE.
IS TRUE. IN A TRUMP ECONOMY, A RISING
TIDE RAISES ALL BOATS AND BUYS
YOU A FEW YACHTS AS WELL.
DANA, WE ARE SMALL PEOPLE,
AREN’T WE?
AREN’T WE? >> Dana: A LITTLE BIT ON THE
SHORT SIDE.
SHORT SIDE. >> Greg: THAT WE KNOW BY BEING
SELF-DEPRECATING ABOUT HER
HEIGHT, WE TURN INTO A
SUPERPOWER, RIGHT?
SUPERPOWER, RIGHT? YOU HAD TIM O’BRIEN ON.
>> Dana: FROM THE BLOOMBERG
CAMPAIGN AS A SENIOR ADVISOR AND
I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
>> Greg: LETS GROW THAT TAPE.
>> Dana: IS A SYMPTOMS SENSITIVE
HIS HEIGHT?
HIS HEIGHT? >> MIKE IS EVERYTHING TRUMP IS
IN AND THAT’S WHY TRUMP KEEPS
HITTING ON THIS.
>> Greg: TRUMP KIND OF WINS
BECAUSE ALL THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT HIS HEIGHT.
IS THAT THE STRATEGY?
>> Dana: THIS IS INTERESTING
ABOUT BLOOMBERG BECAUSE NOW HE
IS BEING TREATED BECAUSE WE ARE
ALL TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE THE
FRONT RUNNER WHEN IN THE NUMBERS
HE IS ACTUALLY NOT BUT BECAUSE
OF ALL OF THIS, THE DEMOCRATS
ARE NOW GETTING A CHANCE TO KICK
THE TIRES ON BLOOMBERG SAYING
COULD HE BE THE ONE THAT COULD
ACTUALLY BEAT TRUMP WHICH IS
WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
>> Greg: BLOOMBERG SEEMS TO BE
SPENDING HIS MONEY EMOTIONALLY
IN THE SENSE THAT HE IS GIVING
BLANK CHECKS ESSENTIALLY TO
EVERYBODY BECAUSE HE JUST WANTS
TRUMP OUT.
TRUMP OUT. IS THAT WISE?
>> Kennedy: HE WANTS TRUMP
OUT, HE PACED THE PRESIDENT SO
MUCH THAT LOOKING AT THEIR BACK
AND FORTH JUST TODAY, I’M
LOOKING AT THAT GOING I DON’T
KNOW IF I HAVE THE STOMACH TO
TAKE THESE TWO GUYS AND THIS
BOMBAST, A COUPLE OF OLD ANGRY
NEW YORKERS.
NEW YORKERS. I WOULD RATHER SEE A
PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT BETWEEN
SOCIALISM VERSUS CAPITALISM THEN
TWO GUYS INSULTING EACH OTHER.
ONE THAT I WOULD RATHER SEE
HEIGHT JOKES BUT THAT IS JUST
ME.
ME. IS THAT YOUR NEW NICKNAME FOR
HIM, BLUMER?
HIM, BLUMER? >> Greg: I COINED IT AND I
HAVE A COPYRIGHT.
I GET DOLLARS EVERY TIME SOMEONE
SAYS IT.
SAYS IT. >> Jesse: I AM THINKING ABOUT
CAMEO, BY THE WAY.
I NEED THE MONEY.
THESE MEMES ARE FUNNY, HAVE TO
GO ON THE INTERNET.
DID YOU SEE THESE COMEDIES ARE
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS. DEBACLE POINTS AND IF YOU BUY
COOL POINTS, YOU ARE NOT COOL.
BUT HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE WAS NOT
COOL AND THEN HE WAS BUYING COOL
POINTS SO HE SOLD IT AND ENDED
UP BEING FUNNY.
THE QUESTION IS, THE BUZZ HE’S
GETTING ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
BASED ON BUZZ.
PEOPLE WANT TO POKE BLOOMBERG
AND SNIFF HIM AND KICK THE TIRES
AND TOUCH HIM AND FEEL HIM
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HE’S A TOTAL
UNKNOWN AND HE CAN GET TO SUPER
TUESDAY AND BE LIKE WHAT ARE
THESE CANDIDATES?
THESE CANDIDATES? HAS ALL THIS MONEY AND ALL THIS
HYPE AND THEN THE MINUTE THE
VOTERS START VOTING, THEY FAIL.
SO I JUST THINK HE’S GOING TO
SPLIT THE ANTI-BERNIE VOTE THEN
MAKE A PLAY.
>> Greg: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU LOOK PERPLEXED.
HE IS GOING TO MAKE BERNIE LOOK
BETTER BY TRYING TO BE AN
AUTOCRAT HIMSELF WITH HIS MONEY.
>> Dana: MAKES PETE LOOK TALL.
>> Juan: I RAN INTO BRAD, HE
IS 6’8".
IS 6’8". >> Kennedy: THAT THE FOOTBALL
POSITION.
POSITION. >> Juan: HE NOTICE YOU NEVER
SEE A PICTURE OF ME AND THE
PRESIDENT, HE DOESN’T WANT TO
TAKE A PICTURE NEXT TO ME.
I SAY SO IN OTHER WORDS THIS IS
A HEIGHT THING.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS THE AGE
OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT ALWAYS COMES AS A
SHOCK TO ME GIVEN MY AGE IS HOW
EMOTION, PERSONALITY, BULLYING,
NAME-CALLING, THE CULTURE IS
BIGGER NOW LIMITS POLICY,
DEBATE, EVEN ARGUMENT ABOUT
POLICY.
POLICY. YOU JUST DRIVE -- TRUMP HAD THE
HELP OF VERY GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA
PEOPLE WHO WHO IS THEN DOING
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE PRESIDENT
AND CAMPAIGN MANAGER AND ALSO
WHEN THE RUSSIANS CAME AND WHAT
ARE THEY ABOUT TO DO?
THEY GOT RIGHT IN ON THE
EMOTIONS.
EMOTIONS. SOMEONE’S OUT TO GET YOU.
THEY DID ALL THESE THINGS.
THE BOTS ARE HORRIBLE AND THEY
GO AFTER PEOPLE AND THEY WENT
AFTER TRUMP’S OPPONENTS.
SO THE GREEN OF BLOOMBERG YOU
GET MAD AT BECAUSE HE IS PUTTING
MONEY INTO THIS GAME WHICH IS
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LAME ON
THIS POINT, SLOW TO COME TO THE
REALIZATION YOU HAVE TO PLAY
THIS GAME.
THIS GAME. I AM BETTER THAN THIS, I’M NOT
GOING TO DO IT BUT IT DOES
IMPACT AND INFLUENCE AMERICAN
CULTURE.
CULTURE. NOT BEING A NEGATIVE.
>> Kennedy: HILLARY FELL INTO
THAT TRAP.
THAT TRAP. >> Greg: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
BLOOMBERG FAILS?