>>> DONALD TRUMP WOKE UP THIS MORNING EAGER TO REIGNITE HIS
BEEF WITH HIS SENIOR ADVISER
KELLYANNE CONWAY’S HUSBAND.
GEORGE CONWAY, OFTEN REFERRED TO
AS MR. KELLYANNE CONWAY, IS VERY
JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE’S SUCCESS
AND ANGRY THAT I, WITH HER HELP,
DIDN’T GIVE HIM THE JOB HE SO
DESPERATELY WANTED.
DESPERATELY WANTED. I BARELY KNOW HIM BUT JUST TAKE
A LOOK.
A LOOK. A STONE, COLD LOSER, IN ALL
CAPS, AND HAS BEEN FROM HELL,
EXCLAMATION POINT.
EXCLAMATION POINT. THAT BIZARRE MR. CONWAY LINE
FROM THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD, SOMETHING HE REPEATED
LATER ON, ON THE SOUTH LAWN.
>> I DON’T KNOW HIM.
HE’S A WHACK JOB, THERE’S NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BUT I REALLY DON’T KNOW HIM.
I THINK HE’S DOING A TREMENDOUS
DISSERVICE TO A WONDERFUL WIFE.
KELLYANNE IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
I CALL HIM MR. KELLYANNE.
THE FACT IS THAT HE’S DOING A
TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO A WIFE
AND FAMILY.
AND FAMILY. SHE’S A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
>> FOR HIS PART MR. KELLYANNE
CONWAY TWEETED THIS -- INSISTING
IT WASN’T AN INSULT EXCEPT
PERHAPS TO THE EXTREMELY,
JUVENILE AND BORISH.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO BE CALLED
IS INDIVIDUAL BLANK.
THE WOMAN BETWEEN THE TWO MEN
WEIGHED IN SPEAKING BY PHONE
WITH POLITICO AND DEFENDED THE
PRESIDENT SAYING, QUOTE, HE LEFT
IT ALONE FOR MONTHS OUT OF
RESPESKT FOR ME BUT YOU THINK HE
SHOULDN’T RESPOND WHEN SOMEBODY,
A NONMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL,
ACCUSES HIM OF HAVING A MENTAL
DISORDER.
DISORDER. YOU THINK HE SHOULD JUST TAKE
THAT SITTING DOWN?
THE PRESIDENT IS OBVIOUSLY
DEFENDING ME.
DEFENDING ME. HE CAN PRIVATELY SAY TO ME,
HONEY, YOU’RE A DISTRACTION.
WE LOVE YOU.
YOU’LL ALWAYS BE PART OF THE
FAMILY BUT GO BE WITH YOUR KIDS,
THEY NEED YOU.
GO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN
HOUR.
HOUR. OOH, I WOULD DO THAT.
GO DOWN THAT, HONEY, IT’S THE
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE. THE CONWAY CONFLICT IS ONE OPEN
FRONT FOR THE PRESIDENT.
THE OTHER IS DEDICATED TO A NOW
DAYS-OLD SPAT WITH THE LATE
SENATOR JOHN McCAIN, A FIGHT
TRUMP CARRIED ON FOR FIVE
MINUTES AT A RALLY IN OHIO LAST
HOUR.
HOUR. >> I ENDORSED HIM AS HIS REQUEST
AND I GAVE HIM THE KIND OF
FUNERAL, WHICH HE WANTED, WHICH
AS PRESIDENT I HAD TO APPROVE.
I DIDN’T CARE ABOUT THIS.
I DIDN’T GET A THANK YOU.
THAT’S OKAY.
THAT’S OKAY. BUT I WASN’T A FAN OF JOHN
McCAIN.
McCAIN. NOW WHAT WE CAN SAY, WE’RE ALL
SET, I DON’T THINK I HAVE TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION BUT THE
PRESS KEEPS, WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF McCAIN?
OF McCAIN? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
NOT MY KIND OF BUYGUY BUT SOME
PEOPLE LIKE HIM, AND I THINK
THAT’S GREAT.
THAT’S GREAT. >> HERE TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS,
FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IN
FLORIDA AND NOW AN INDEPENDENT
IN THE NICK OF TIME AND I’M
HAPPY TO SAY UKLY FOR US ANLUCKI
MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR.
MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR. I HAVE NO WORDS.
YOU GO.
YOU GO. >> ON THE CONWAY DISPUTE THE
ONLY THING THAT JUMPS OUT THERE
IS THE MISS OGYNY OF THE PRESIDE
THE WAY HE REFERRED TO HIM AS
MR. KELLYANNE CONWAY.
ON THE McCAIN FRONT, IT’S HARD
TO TEMPER ONE’S ANGER.
IT’S DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR BY THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP IS
INTIMIDATED BY PEOPLE WHOSE
STATURE HE CAN NEVER ACHIEVE.
HE ATTACKS THE NFL BECAUSE THEY
WOULD NOT LET HIM IN THEIR
OWNERSHIP GROUP.
OWNERSHIP GROUP. ’ TACKS
’ TACKS HE ATTACKS THE MEDIA BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A TRUST PROCESS HE
WILL NEVER HAVE, HE ATTACKED
ROBERT MUELLER BECAUSE THERE ARE
FINALITY AND DETERMINANCE TO HIS
WORK THAT WOULD QUESTION THE
FLEDGLING REAL ESTATE EMPIRE.
ON JOHN McCAIN, DONALD TRUMP
SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY
TO OBTAIN THE HEROISM AND HONOR
AND DIGNITY WE REMEMBER THE
FORMER ARIZONA SENATOR FOR.
NO AMOUNT OF FRED TRUMP’S MONEY
CAN BUY THIS MAN-CHILD OF A
PRESIDENT THE HONOR AND
INTEGRITY OF JOHN McCAIN, SO HE
ACTS OUT.
ACTS OUT. IN FREUDIAN TERMS, IT IS ALL ID.
THERE’S NO ID OR ALTEREGO TO
BALANCE IT BUT IF YOU
EXTRAPOLATE IT OUT, IT DOES
RAISE INTENTIONS HILLARY CLINTON
WORN THE NATION OF.
THIS IS A MAN TEMPORARILY UNFIT
TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND A
MAN THAT CAN BE BAITED WITH A
TWEET BY THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF
HIS SENIOR ADVISERS SIMPLY
CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH THE
NUCLEAR CODES.
NUCLEAR CODES. >> DAVID, I WANT YOU TO KEEP
TALKING.
TALKING. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A PIT IN MY
STOMACH AND LUMP IN MY THROAT.
I WANT YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ON -- I THINK THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS ACTING LIKE MAN, WOMEN,
COHORTS TO THIS PRESIDENT.
THEY’VE GONE OUT AND HUFFED AND
PUFFED BUT IT’S BEEN LAME, WEAK,
PATHETIC.
PATHETIC. NOBODY HAS SAID WHAT YOU SAID OR
EVEN A FRACTION OF WHAT YOU
SAID.
SAID. WHERE IS MITT ROMNEY?
HE HAD A LAME MEILI-MOUTH
COMPLIMENT FOR McCAIN.
THIS IS ABOUT THE DEPRAVITY OF
THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS WHERE THE McCAIN
MATTER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
CONWAY MATTER.
CONWAY MATTER. WE SAW POLITICAL ODD COUPLES IN
MARY MADELYNE AND JAMES KVAPIL.
WE SEE THAT WITH KELLYANNE AND
GEORGE CONWAY.
GEORGE CONWAY. BUT WITH SENATOR McCAIN, DONALD
TRUMP IS WRITING HISTORY, OR IN
SOME CASES REWRITING HISTORY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UNITED
STATES SENATORS ALLOWING HIM TO
DO THAT BY NOT SPEAKING UP.
THEY DESERVE TO BE HELD JUST AS
ACCOUNTABLE AS THE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE IN THEIR SILENCE, DONALD
TRUMP IS DEMEANING THE NATION’S
MEMORY OF JOHN McCAIN.
LET’S BE HONEST, NICOLLE, IF
DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES BUT WAS A
MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE
LESS POPULAR AMONG HIS
COLLEAGUES THAN TED CRUZ.
BUT THE REASON THESE SENATORS
ARE SO QUIET IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
FEARFUL OF THE POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCES OF TAKING A MORAL
ACT.
ACT. >> WHY ISN’T THERE A POLITICAL
PRICE TO PAY FOR BEING A WUSS?
>> THERE SHOULD BE.
>> WE BOTH SAID THE SAME THING.
>> THERE SHOULD BE.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER
THERE IS OR NOT.
THE BIZARRE THING ABOUT McCAIN
REMARKS TODAY WAS THE PRESIDENT
SEEMED TO BE UPSET HE WAS NOT
THANKED FOR WHATEVER IT WAS HE
ALLOWED.
ALLOWED. I THINK IT WAS THE USE OF THE
CATHEDRAL.
CATHEDRAL. TO BE FAIR, SENATOR McCAIN WAS
IN NO POSITION TO THANK HIM AT
THAT MOMENT.
THAT MOMENT. >> HE WAS DEAD!
BE I THINK THE GEORGE CONNELLY
STORY IS KENGTED BECAUSE
STORY IS CONNECTED BECAUSE
GEORGE CONNELLY IS SCREAMING AT
THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS, THE
PRESIDENT IS MENTALLY ILL.
AND THAT’S THE POINT HE’S TRYING
TO MAKE.
TO MAKE. >> AND THAT WOULD TAKE ISSUE
WITH MR. JOLLY’S COMPARISON, THE
JAMES CARVILLE/MARY MADELYNE
MIXED REPUBLICAN-DEMOCRATIC
MIXED REPUBLICAN-DEMOCRATIC MARRIAGE.
MARRIAGE. THAT WAS A GOOFY THING.
THEY WENT ON A SPEAKING TOUR AND
WROTE A BOOK.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS WHO GET MARRIED.
THIS IS SOMETHING MUCH MORE
TWISTED.
TWISTED. IT’S WEIRD.
IT’S WEIRD. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE WATCHING
THEIR MARRIAGE JUST SORT OF
DISSOLVE ON TWITTER.
IT’S JUST A BIZARRE,
QUINTESSENTIALLY TRUMPIAN THING
THAT IS HAPPENING.
HE USED TO BE A WASHINGTON
TROPE.
TROPE. NOW IT’S JUST LIKE KIND OF A
WEIRD JOKE.
WEIRD JOKE. >> I SAID THIS TO YOU DURING THE
BREAK, IT’S LIKE THE SAY Q&A OF
RETALIATION.
RETALIATION. ALTHOUGH OFFENSIVE YOU KNOW THIS
BETTER THAN ANYONE WORKING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AND I KNOW AS
SOMEONE WHO INTERNED IN THE
WHITE HOUSE A FEW MONTHS, YOU DO
NOT DO THINGS IN YOUR PRIVATE
LIFE THAT DEBASE THE OFFICE THE
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. YOU STATE OUT OF THE LINE OF
FIRE, YOU STAY OUT OF THE
SPOTLIGHT, BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENCY IS SOMETHING YOU
SHOULD RESPECT AND YOUR CONDUCT
SHOULD BE FITTING OF THAT
OFFICE.
OFFICE. WHAT WE SEE NOW IS
DISRESPECTFUL, IT IS UNHELPFUL.
THERE ARE A MILLION THINGS THESE
PEOPLE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.
WHAT GEORGE CONWAY IS SAYING IS
TRUE, AND REASONABLE BUT THIS
INTERFIGHTING WITHIN A MARRIAGE
SHOULD STAY WITHIN THEIR HOUSE
AND IT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE DISTRACTING US
FROM THE REAL ISSUES WE SHOULD
ALL BE FOCUSING ON.
>> I HAVE NO JUDGMENT ABOUT
THOSE TWO.
THOSE TWO. IT’S THE PRESIDENT INSERTING
HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT
THAT’S THE FINGERNAILS ON THE
CHALKBOARD FOR ME, MATT.
>> EVERY BIT IS DISGRACEFUL.
THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS WORSE
WHEN HE’S PUNCHING DOWN.
IT’S BEEN TRUE AND THE
CAMPAIGN’S TRUE SINCE HE’S BEEN
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> HE REFUSES TO PUNCH UP
BECAUSE YOU PUNCH A PUTIN --
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, YOU’RE
ALWAYS PUNCHING DOWN.
AND I THINK HE GETS AWAY WITH IT
BECAUSE WITH REPUBLICANS AT
LEAST, HE FROM THE BEGINNING,
SAY WHAT WANT ABOUT HIM, ONE
THING HE’S ALWAYS GOTTEN FROM
THE DAY HE LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN
IS THE INTELLECTUAL CORRUPTION
OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY,
THAT HE CAN GET AWAY WITH
ANYTHING IF HE WAS SUCCESSFUL,
THEY WOULD NOT HOLD HIS FEET TO
THE FIRE AND WOULD NOT STAND UP
TO THEM.
TO THEM. HE HAD TO KNOW WATCHING THE WAY
THEY DEALT WITH BIJERRISM FOR
YEARS, IT WAS AFFECTING THEIR
PARTY.
PARTY. NOBODY WOULD STAND UP AND SAY HE
WAS WRONG.
WAS WRONG. HE KNEW THE PARTY WAS BANKRUPT
AND IF HE COULD ROLL THROUGH IT,
NO ONE WOULD STAND UP TO HIM AND
THEY NEVER HAVE.
>> LET ME GIVE YOU A LAST WORD,
DAVID.
DAVID. >> WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE
TALK ABOUT VOTERS AND
SUPPORTERS.
SUPPORTERS. THERE WAS A BUY NARY CHOICEVOTE