POOR CHRIS CHRISTIE.
AT THIS POINT, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT
HE'S BEING INSULTED BY DONALD TRUMP, THAT HE'S BEING
CONTROLLED BY TRUMP.
HE HAS BEEN SO BEATEN DOWN BY THE MAN THAT
HE JUST TAKES WHATEVER TRUMP GIVES HIM, AND THAT WILL BE
DEMONSTRATED IN THIS CLIP.
I THINK WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE LUNCH WITH THE
PRESIDENT, WHAT DO YOU EAT?
THERE IS A MENU.
THEY COME OVER AND HERE'S YOUR MENU FOR THE DAY, OR CAN YOU SAY
I WANT LASAGNA?
BOTH.
HE EXPLAINED HERE'S THE MENU, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE YOU WANT TELL THEM AND THEY WILL MAKE IT.
AND YOU ORDER OFF THE MENU?
LET ME JUST SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE WITH TRUMP.
HE
SAYS THERE IS THE MENU, ORDER WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND THEN HE
SAYS CHRIS, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MEATLOAF.
HE TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WILL HAVE?
HE SAYS I'M TELLING YOU, THE MEATLOAF IS FABULOUS.
DID YOU HAVE IT?
I DID.
THAT'S EMASCULATING.
KNOW IT IS NOT.
ANOTHER MAN TELLS YOU WHAT TO EAT AND YOU EAT IT?
WOULDN'T YOU BE LIKE, I'M AN ADULT, I'LL GET WHAT I WANT.
I WOULD GO WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION.
THE GUY EAT THERE ALL THE TIME, AND THE MEATLOAF WAS GOOD.
MY WIFE DIDN'T GO WITH IT BUT HE DIDN'T SUGGEST THE MEATLOAF.
HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL HER WHAT TO EAT.
HE'S KNOWN HER FOR A LONG TIME.
HE COULD HAVE TOLD HER BUT
HE DIDN'T.
HE IS ON SPORTS RADIO, NOT ONLY CAN HE BE ORDERED AROUND,
THIS IS BY THE WAY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE WITH TRUMP, BUT
HIS WIFE CAN BE ORDERED AROUND BY TRUMP AS WELL.
IN A DEMOCRACY, THE PEOPLE TELL THE PRESIDENT TO EAT THE
MEATLOAF, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
IN RUSSIA, MEATLOAF EATS YOU.
WHICH HE IS IN FAVOR OF, HE
THINKS THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA, TREMENDOUS IDEA.
IT'S DELICIOUS.
AT FIRST AS I WAS READING THE STORY AND HAD NOT HEARD THE
AUDIO, I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST LIKE, FATSO, YOU ARE GETTING THE
MEATLOAF.
AND I WAS LIKE, CHRIS, YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT.
I DON'T
CARE ABOUT THEM ESCALATING OR NOT, JUST AS A HUMAN BEING YOU
HAVE TO WALK OUT OF THAT ROOM.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WENT DOWN.
I THINK THIS STORY IS TOTALLY FINE.
IN FACT, I WILL GO OVER
THE TOP IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND SAY IT'S SLIGHTLY
ENDEARING.
BEN WOULD DO THAT WITH ME.
CENK, I LOVE YOU, WE ARE GETTING THE MEATLOAF.
COULD HE TELL WENDY WHAT TO EAT?
THAT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA, IT DOESN'T OR HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE
KNOWN WENDY, YOU DON'T TELL MY WIFE WHAT TO EAT.
HEAVY
ADJUDICATED YET?
LET'S JUST NOTE THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE IS AT HIS MOST EFFUSIVE
AND REVEALING WHEN HE'S ON SPORTS RADIO.
THERE IS NO BETTER VENUE FOR HIM TO PRONOUNCE ON THE DETAILS
OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP THAN BANTERING WITH SPORTS
GUYS IN NEW YORK CITY.
HE'S ALSO HIS MOST JUBILANT AND SPORTS EVENTS, I REMEMBER
WHEN HE RUBBED UP AGAINST JERRY JONES AT THAT COWBOYS GAME.
HE
HUGGED HIM AND STARTED RUBBING UP AND DOWN --
WHENEVER HE STARTS TO GET IN TROUBLE IN NEW JERSEY GOES ON
SPORTS TALK RADIO WHERE HE KNOWS HE WILL HAVE A RELATIVELY
FAVORABLE AUDIENCE AND SOFT QUESTIONS, ALL THROUGHOUT THE
BRIDGEGATE SCANDAL HE WOULDN'T TALK TO THE STAR-LEDGER OR THE
NEW YORK TIMES OR ANY LOCAL MEDIA WHO MIGHT ASK HIM REAL
QUESTIONS, HE WOULD GO ON THESE BANTERING TALK RADIO SHOWS AND
TALK ABOUT THE METS.
THAT IS SMART POLITICS.
LIKING THE COWBOYS IN NEW JERSEY, NOT
AS SMART POLITICS.
HE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF INTERVIEWS WITH DAVID
SIROTA, AS I RECOLLECT, AT THE TIME OF BRIDGEGATE.
LET'S HAVE A
FINAL JUDGMENT ON THIS IMPORTANT STORY, MEATLOAF-GATE, I VOTE NOT
GUILTY ON CHRIS CHRISTIE AND DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK THEY ARE FRIENDS AND THEY HAD A MEATLOAF MOMENT.
I SAY GUILTY, NOT BECAUSE OF THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, IF THIS
WAS THE ONLY THING, PERFECTLY FINE.
BUT WE AS JUDGES HAVE TO
LOOK AT PRECEDENT, AND WE KNOW WHAT HIS HISTORY WITH TRUMP IS.
HE WAS SWORN OFF OF OREOS BECAUSE OF HIM, THROWN BACK ONTO
A PLANE BECAUSE OF HIM, I WOULD SAY CHRISTIE NEEDS TO DO WHAT IS
BEST FOR HIMSELF, WHICH IS AVOID DONALD TRUMP IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO DECLARE A MISTRIAL.
I HAVE A CLEAR RULING.
DONALD TRUMP, NOT GUILTY.
CHRIS
CHRISTIE, GUILTY.
MY REASONING BEING I AGREE WITH YOU, CENK,
YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO SAYS CENK, YOU'RE HAVING THE MEATLOAF -- I
WOULD SAY THAT TO YOU.
BUT THE WAY CHRISTIE TOLD THE STORY WAS
SELF INCRIMINATING, BECAUSE HE WAS BASICALLY SAYING I HAVE TO
DO WITH THE PRESIDENT SAYS, SO CHRIS CHRISTIE FAILS.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
IN THAT STORY WHERE YOU OR BEN IS
TELLING ME, I TRUST HIM.
I WOULDN'T SAY, OH, BECAUSE
RICHARD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT I AM -- YOU ARE RIGHT, I SWITCH MY
VOTE.
NO MISTRIAL, CHRIS CHRISTIE GUILTY, DONALD TRUMP INNOCENT.
THE PERSON WAS DEFINITELY NOT GUILTY IS THAT SPORTSCASTER, I
KNOW THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP, BUT
HE JUST SAID THAT'S EMASCULATING.
I WISH MORE
POLITICAL REPORTERS WOULD DO THE POLITICAL EQUIVALENT OF THAT.
JAKE TAPPER HAS GOTTEN FEISTY OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO, BUT
FEW POLITICAL REPORTERS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE AS BLUNT WITH
POLITICIANS AS APPARENTLY SPORTS REPORTERS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE.