WEDNESDAY MORNING. "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> YOU WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN.
YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> NO, THE LAST TIME YOU SHUT IT
DOWN.
DOWN. >> NO, NO, NO, 20 TIMES --
>> I WONDER IF I SIT REAL STILL
IF THEY WILL EVEN NOTICE I’M
HERE.
HERE. I’M A MANILA ENVELOPE TAPED TO A
BEIGE WALL.
BEIGE WALL. NO ONE CAN SEE ME.
>> NONE OF US HAVE SAID --
>> YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON MY --
>> YOU SAID IT.
YOU SAID IT.
>> PRESIDENT PENCE.
THE PENCE ADMINISTRATION.
THE MICHAEL PENCE PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY AND CASINO.
>> THAT WAS QUITE A SCENE
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AT HIS WORST, DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEEN A BULLY AND A CLOWN HIS
ENTIRE LIFE, BUT YESTERDAY IT
WAS HIS WORST WITH TRAITS ON
DISPLAY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
LIVE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS EMBARRASSING
AND UNDIGNIFIED IN HIS FIGHT
WITH NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK
SCHUMER.
SCHUMER. SOME OF HIS FANS MAY HAVE LIKED
IT, BUT MOST AMERICANS DO NOT.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF WRETCHED
BEHAVIOR THAT LED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE NEXT MONTH.
THERE IS NO UPSIDE FOR TRUMP OR
HIS MINIONS AFTER THAT.
INSTEAD, MR. TRUMP EMBARRASSED
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. HE WEAKENED REPUBLICANS’ HAND IN
THE BUDGET TALKS AND DROVE A
WEDGE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE
SENATE REPUBLICANS WHOSE SUPPORT
HE WILL NEED IF HE IS IMPEACHED
BY THE HOUSE.
CONTRAST THE BUFFOON WE SAW
YESTERDAY WITH THE QUIET
PROFESSIONALISM AND HEROISM
OF ROBERT MUELLER WHOSE VEILER
AS A MARINE HAS BEEN THE BASIS
FOR HIS CAREER.
>> AS GARRETT GRAPH WITH WIRED
REMINDS US, MARINE SECOND
LIEUTENANT ROBERT MUELLER WOULD
RECEIVE THE BRONZE STAR WITH
VALOR FOR HIS ACTIONS IN COMBAT.
ROBERT MUELLER VOLUNTEERED FOR
THE MARINES AFTER PRINCETON.
BUT GET THIS.
HE WAS AT FIRST RULED MEDICALLY
UNFIT.
UNFIT. THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
UNPOPULAR WAR.
UNPOPULAR WAR. INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT HE HAD
BAD FEET, BAD KNEES --
>> BONE SPURS.
>> BONE SPURS.
HE SPENT THE NEXT YEAR REHABBING
HIS INJURED KNEES.
HE SPENT A YEAR TO REHAB HIS
KNEES SO HE COULD GO TO VIETNAM.
THEN HE WENT TO ARMY RANGER
SCHOOL, WHICH IS A RARE HONOR
FOR A MARINE.
MUTTERS RIDGE 50 YEARS AGO
YESTERDAY, ROBERT MUELLER’S
PLATOON TOOK CASUALTIES AND WERE
TRAPPED BY 200 NORTH VIETNAMESE.
ONE MARINE REMEMBERS HEARING
FROM THE RIDGE, WHO IS DOWN
THERE?
THERE? ARE YOU DEAD?
IT WAS LIEUTENANT MUELLER.
HOLD ON, MUELLER SHOUTED.
WE’RE COMING DOWN TO GET YOU.
THAT DAY WAS THE SECOND HEAVIEST
FIRE I EVER RECEIVED IN VIETNAM,
MARINE DAVID HARRIS SAID.
BUT LIEUTENANT MUELLER WAS
THERE, DIRECTING TRAFFIC,
POSITIONING PEOPLE AND CALLING
IN AIR STRIKES.
HE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT,
MOVING, AND HE SAVED THEIR
LIVES.
LIVES. HIS BRONZE STAR COMMENDATION
READ THIS, SECOND LIEUTENANT
MULE’S COURAGE, AGGRESSIVE
INITIATIVE AND UNWAVERING
DEVOTION TO DUTY AT GREAT
PERSONAL RISK TO HIMSELF WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEFEAT OF
THE ENEMY, KEEPING WITH THE
HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS.
>> WE HAVE SAID IT BEFORE.
TRUMP HAS NEVER FACED AN
ADVERSARY LIKE MUELLER.
AND TUESDAY SHOWED WHY THIS
PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS
SHOULD BE SO VERY WORRIED ABOUT
THE LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN