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>>> I ACTUALLY STARTED QUITE A WHILE AGO IN CPAC, I CAME HERE
PROBABLY MADE MY FIRST REAL
POLITICAL SPEECH AND I ENJOYED
IT SO MUCH THAT I CAME BACK FOR
A SECOND ONE, THEN A THIRD.
THEN I SAID, WHAT THE HELL,
LET’S RUN FOR PRESIDENT, RIGHT?
>> THIS IS PORTION OF OUR
BROADCAST WHERE WE WARN THE
FOLKS WATCHING US ON THE WEST
COAST WHERE IT’S 8:00 P.M. LOCAL
TIME IF YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDDIES
AROUND, THEY’RE ABOUT TO HEAR
THE PRESIDENT USE SOME FOUL
LANGUAGE.
LANGUAGE. ANYWAY, THAT’S HOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP STARTED HIS FREE WHEELING
TWO-HOUR LONG SPEECH AT THE
ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE
CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. HE ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THIS.
SNARKY, LEFT LEANING TWITTER
INTHUDSIESTS COULDN’T WAIT TO
SAY THAT OUR FLAG HAD JUST
EXPERIENCED A ME TOO MOMENT.
THE SPEECH WAS HIS LONGEST EVER.
IT WAS TO A CROWD THE PRESIDENT
DEEMS FRIENDLY.
DEEMS FRIENDLY. THIS GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW
IT WENT.
IT WENT. >> THEN THAT FAKE CNN AND OTHERS
SAY, HE ASKED RUSSIA TO GO GET
THE E-MAILS, HORRIBLE.
I’D LIKE TO WATCH TELEVISION,
DARLING.
DARLING. THEY DON’T RESPECT US.
THEY THINK WE’RE STUPIDO.
I HAVE ONE OF THE GREAT
INVENTIONS IN HISTORY, IT’S
CALLED TIVO.
CALLED TIVO. AND I WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
I WAS LONELY.
LET’S GO TO IRAQ.
$7 TRILLION AND WE HAVE TO FLY
IN WITH NO LIGHTS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS I’M
GOING TO RECUSE MEL.
WE’RE ALL IN LOVE TOGETHER.
THE SENATORS THERE FOR 20 YEARS,
WHITE HAIR.
WHITE HAIR. SEE I DON’T HAVE WHITE HAIR.
SO I MET GENERALS I DIDN’T KNOW.
GENERAL ONE, GENERAL TWO,
GENERAL THREE.
GENERAL THREE. I SAID WHAT THE YOUR NAME, SIR,
MY NAME IS RAISIN.
WHAT THE HELL KIND OF A NAME, I
SAID RAISIN LIKE THE FRUIT?
THIS WAS NOW GREATER THAN THE
ELECTION OF ANDREW JACKSON.
NO, PEOPLE SAY THAT.
I’M NOT SAYING IT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY’RE
TRYING TO TAKE YOU OUT WITH
BULLSHIT, OKAY?
BULLSHIT, OKAY? >> THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE SPEECH WAS ALSO LOADED WITH
FALSE CLAIMS AND OUTRIGHT LIES.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS
TODAY AND WE QUOTE, TRUMP’S
PERFORMANCE AT CPAC IS
EMBLEMATIC OF HIS VERSION OF THE
TRUTH DURE HIS PRESIDENCY.
UNWARRANTED BOASTING OUTRIGHT
FALSEHOODS.
FALSEHOODS. HIS SPEECH HELPED PUSH MARCH 3rd
TO HIS FOURTH BIGGEST DAY FOR
FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS
TOTALING 104.
TOTALING 104. WITH US TONIGHT TO TALK ALL
ABOUT IT PHIL RUCKER, WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF FOR "THE WASHINGTON
POST."
POST." AND LAURA LOPEZ, NATIONAL
POLITICAL REPORT FOR POLITICO.
TO OUR GUESTS, WELCOME TO YOU
BOTH.
BOTH. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS NO WHITE HAIR,
PHIL, DID ANY ONE THING THERE
STAND OUT TO YOU?
>> WELL, BRIAN, I THINK IT’S THE
TOTALITY OF THAT SPEECH, THE TWO
PLUS HOURS.
PLUS HOURS. IT WAS A TOUR DE FORCE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAW
AS CRAZY AND UNHINGED AND
PERHAPS A REASON TO INVOKE THE
25th AMENDMENT SOME OF HIS
SUPPORTERS SAW AS AUTHENTIC AND
RAW.
RAW. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY
THEY’VE CREATED THIS CULTIVE
PERSONALITY AROUND DONALD TRUMP.
AND THAT AUDIENCE OF CPAC
MEMBERS WERE CLAPPING AND
CHEERING AND SITTING THERE AS HE
WENT FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER
TO ANOTHER AND WAS THERE SO LONG
HE STARTED TO GET SWEATY.
>> LAURA, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW IT
AS AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO CHANGE
THE NARRATIVE COMING OFF A VERY
BAD WEEK FOR HIM.
TALK ABOUT THAT, AND TALK ABOUT
IF YOU CAN HOW CPAC HAS CHANGED
JUST IN THE COURSE OF THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. >> RIGHT, AS PHIL MENTIONED THIS
WAS AN UNWIELDY TWO HOUR SPEECH,
AND TRUMP GAVE HIS VOTERS
EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED.
HE GAVE THE RED MEAT TO HIS
BASE.
BASE. HE TALKED ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON,
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AND ALSO
AS WE HEARD USED PROFANITY IN
HIS TIRADE AGAINST THE MUELLER
PROBE.
PROBE. HE WAS VERY MUCH IN A CORNER.
AGAIN, THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE
TRUMP’S TAKE OVER OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HOW
REPUBLICANS WERE UNPHASED BY
COHEN’S TESTIMONY AND THAT THEY
WERE EXCITE TODAY HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT WHEN HE CAME TO CPAC.
AND THEY WERE UNPHASED ALSO HIM
COMING OFF OF HIS NORTH KOREA
SUMMIT TRIP AND IT BEING A
FAILURE AND HIM BEING UNABLE TO
REACH A DEAL THERE.
AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
PRAISING THE DICTATOR, KIM
JONG-UN.
JONG-UN. >> PHIL, THE PRESIDENT WENT
FURTHER THAN THAT.
APPARENTLY TALKS WITH NORTH
KOREA FELL APART BECAUSE OF
MICHAEL COHEN.
MICHAEL COHEN. SO AMERICANS FEELING LESS SAFE
TONIGHT IN OUR NUCLEAR WORLD CAN
BLAME MICHAEL COHEN.
THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY TWEETED
ABOUT THAT, PHIL.
AND SAID THERE IT IS -- MAY HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE WALK.
MEANING WE GOT UP AND WALKED
OUT.
OUT. NEVER DONE WHEN A PRESIDENT IS
OVER SEES.
OVER SEES. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD THE
REPORTERS INCLUDING ME, I WAS
THERE IN HANOI, THAT HE DID SO
BECAUSE HE COULDN’T MEET THE
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS DEMANDS THAT
NORTH KOREA HAD FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT -- IT’S
NOT MICHAEL COHEN’S FAULT OR THE
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS’ FAULT THAT
THIS SUMMIT FAILED.
IT FAILED BECAUSE THERE’S IS
SUCH A BIG GULF BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND NORTH KOREA ON THIS ISSUE OF
DENUCLEARIZATION AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS NOT PUT IN THE SPADE
WORK, THE DIPLOMATIC WORK TO
REALLY LAY A FOUNDATION FOR A
DEAL.
DEAL. HE THOUGHT HE COULD JET HALFWAY
AROUND THE WORLD AND SORT OF SIT
FACE-TO-FACE WITH KIM JONG-UN
AND BECAUSE OF THE LOVE LETTERS
THEY’VE SENT BACK AND FORTH AND
BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL
CHEMISTRY THAT THEY HAD
DEVELOPED, THEY COULD SUDDENLY
CREATE A DEAL.
BUT INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
DOESN’T QUITE WORK THAT WAY.
>> LAURA, WERE YOU AT ALL
SURPRISED IN THE COVERAGE OF
SATURDAY’S SPEECH BY THE
PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENT? YES, OUR PHONES ALL LIT UP.
I WAS FOLLOWING PHIL RUCKER’S
KIND OF MINUTE BY MINUTE ACCOUNT
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
OUR PHONES ALL BLEW UP WITH THE
FACT THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAD USED
A SWEARWORD TWICE IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
DOMAIN. BUT IT WAS KIND OF, WELL, HE’S
AT IT AGAIN.
THERE WAS A NOTION THAT HE HAD
SAID A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS OVER
TWO HOURS.
TWO HOURS. >> YES, THAT’S RIGHT.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WHAT
PHIL SAID AT THE TOP WAS KEY,
SAYING THAT IT’S THE TOTALITY OF
ALL THIS.
ALL THIS. IT WAS TWO HOURS, WHICH I THINK
WAS THE LONGEST SPEECH HE’S EVER
GIVEN.
GIVEN. BUT AGAIN THIS WAS TRUE TO FORM
FOR TRUMP, AND REALLY SHOULD BE