>>> I’VE SPOKEN OF A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT, OF ALL THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
SPREAD LIKE STARS THROUGHOUT THE
NATION DOING GOOD.
WE WILL WORK HAND IN HAND,
ENCOURAGING, SOMETIMES LEADING,
SOMETIMES BEING LED.
>> YOU KNOW ALL THE THINGS YOU
SEE HERE, THE THOUSAND POINTS OF
LIGHT.
LIGHT. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT, BY THE
WAY?
WAY? WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
I KNOW ONE THING, MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN WE UNDERSTAND.
PUTTING AMERICA FIRST, WE
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND. THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT, I
NEVER QUITE GOT THAT ONE.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
HAS ANYONE EVER FIGURED THAT
OUT?
OUT? AND IT WAS PUT OUT BY A
REPUBLICAN, WASN’T IT.
>> I’M SORRY, IT’S CALLED
DECENCY AND YOU WOULDN’T
RECOGNIZE IT IF IT SPOKE
RUSSIAN.
RUSSIAN. THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP BASHING
THE 41st PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA FOR HIS
CHARITY.
CHARITY. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
IT IS NOT A SURPRISE THAT DONALD
TRUMP DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
POINTS OF LIGHT MIGHT MEAN.
LIGHT, OF COURSE, BEING A SYMBOL
OF TRUTH AND OF GOODNESS.
BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE’S
ATTACKING HERE.
ATTACKING HERE. THAT’S WHAT TRUMP IS ATTACKING.
HE’S ATTACKING GOODNESS.
WHY IS HE DOING THAT?
HE’S DOING THAT BECAUSE HE
DOESN’T WANT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS DEPRAVITY.
HE NEEDS A SITUATION, A WORLD
WHERE HE’S REWARDED FOR THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS
WORTH WATCHING VERY CLOSELY IS
THAT THE PRESIDENT IN DOING THIS
IS ATTACKING A SYMBOL OF
REPUBLICAN PAST.
REPUBLICAN PAST. I WOULD SAY ONE THAT REPUBLICANS
SHOULD BE PROUD OF, PRESIDENT
BUSH.
BUSH. >> A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
AWARDED GEORGE H.W. BUSH THE
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM SO
I THINK THE 41st PRESIDENT AT
THIS POINT IS HELD IN HIGH
REGARD BY PEOPLE OF BOTH
PARTIES.
PARTIES. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ATTACKED
PEOPLE HELD IN HIGH REGARD BY
THE PARTY BEFORE.
HE ATTACKED McCAIN LAST NIGHT.
HE HAD DONE IT BEFORE.
HE ATTACKED MITT ROMNEY, THE
PARTY’S NOMINEE, ONE TIME.
TO ATTACK A FORMER REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT THAT WAY IS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. AND WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO
WATCH IS WHAT THE REACTION OF
HIS BASE IS.
NOW, IF YOU WATCH THAT CLIP
AGAIN, YOU’LL NOTICE THAT THE
CROWD DOESN’T REALLY GIVE HIM
THE SAME APPLAUSE THAT IT
NORMALLY DOES.
NORMALLY DOES. BUT OVER TIME, I THINK THAT
TRUMP WILL WANT TO DISASSOCIATE
THE PARTY FROM ITS PAST LEADERS
THAT IT RESPECTED, EVEN REAGAN.
AND HE WILL DO THAT TO COMPLETE
HIS TAKING CONTROL OF THE PARTY.
THAT WILL BE A SCARY THING, BUT
IT’S SOMETHING TO WATCH.
HE’S NOT QUITE THERE YET BUT
HE’S MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE HE
OUTFOXES FOX.
OUTFOXES FOX. THE 41st PRESIDENT WAS CLOSE FOR
A PERIOD OF YEARS WITH ROGER
AILES.
AILES. NOW LATE AND EXTREMELY
POLARIZING AND CONTROVERSIAL
HEAD OF FOX NEWS.
BUT TRUMP IS GROSSER THAN EVEN
SOME OF HIS CLOSEST ALLIES ON
THE FAR RIGHT AND FRINGY RIGHT
MEDIA.
MEDIA. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
IS THERE ANY REASON TO SUSPECT
THEY WON’T GO WITH HIM?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I’D BE SURPRISED TONIGHT IF SEAN
HANNITY DEFENDS THE ATTACKS ON
THE 41st PRESIDENT’S CHARITY.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. BUT I’D BE ACTUALLY SURPRISED IF
HE CONDEMNS THEM.
HE’LL PROBABLY JUST LET THEM GO.
IT’S A CALL TO SERVICE, THAT’S
WHAT THE THOUSAND POINTS OF
LIGHT IS.
LIGHT IS. >> LET US KNOW WHERE YOU STAND,
SEAN.
SEAN. TWEET ME, TEXT ME.
AIR ANOTHER CLIP TONIGHT.
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT.
>> THIS PRESIDENT LOOKED AT IT
FOR TWO REASONS.
AS YOU SAID TO DISASSOCIATING
THE REPUBLICAN’S PARTY FROM
ITSELF.
ITSELF. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH DID
NOT SUPPORT HIM IN 2016.
BUT ALSO HE SEES IT AS BRANDING.
THAT TO ME IS THE BASE INSTINCT.
THAT’S MY SLOGAN.
ANY OTHER SLOGAN, NOT AS GOOD.
>> ANY OTHER CHARITY OR ACT OF
KINDNESS NOT GOOD.
LAST WORD TO YOU, KIMBERLY
ATKINS.
ATKINS. >> I THINK JONATHAN IS RIGHT.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING HERE
IS THAT THE BUSHES DID NOT
SUPPORT TRUMP.
SUPPORT TRUMP. TRUMP REMEMBERS THAT.
HE REMEMBERS THAT LACK OF
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. WHEREAS YOU’VE SEEN HISTORICALLY
BILL CLINTON AND GEORGE H.W.
BUSH WORK TOGETHER OR BARACK
OBAMA SIT WITH GEORGE W. BUSH.
YOU WON’T SEE THAT SORT OF
RESPECT GIVEN FROM ONE PRESIDENT