there will be no slowing down of any of it. what we re going to see in the months and year ahead is the resiliency of the american constitutional system, our republican form of government which has endured since 1787 and singularly was designed by the genius of our founding fathers in anticipation of the moment when we would have a man like donald trump as president. it would not have surprised the founding fathers that we have a president like trump, maybe the only thing that would have surprised them is it took this long to get there. but now we ll see the test of all of the mechanisms of our system as we confront what increasingly seems to be an illegitimate and criminal regime in the american white house. lincoln worried about that precise thing and in an address he said the answer to it was to go back and remember the ideals of the revolution and to teach
senators, betting on trump, despite all of the lies, despite the fact that we now know 16 people affiliated with the campaign have contact with russians, despite it all, they are prepared to bet it all that donald trump is telling the truth. not bob mueller, not somebody who has distinguished himself over a lifetime of career of service to the country, including being a marine officer wounded in combat. it s extraordinary to watch. as somebody who lives in the state of utah, looking at something 80-year-old orrin hatch, the hypocrisy is to astounding when you look at what the man said during the clinton impeachment, it just begs the imagination in any capacity i have to describe the hypocrisy in the english language. for the state of utah, when you look at about the trade up from orrin hatch to mitt romney it s
waiting that something will change. there s a moment where he realizes he s president and not campaigning. that will never happen. we have a president a man of unprecedented loathe some and despicable character. i think about the country s greatest presidents. somebody you studied, lincoln. upon the occasion of his assassination somebody who was so skeptical of lincoln at the beginning of his tenure, sherman the great union general is asked to reflect on his life. he says of lincoln i met all the great men of the world, the industrialist, the kings, emperors, but i never met a person possessing the qualities of greater goodness than abraham lincoln. we have a small man, a vile man, a mean man, a corrupt man, a dishonest man. there will be no growth.
was reportedly even giving the crown prince pr advice as to how to weather the storm after the death of the washington post opinion writer of the man who is a father and lived in the united states of america. there was no questions about, i m not surprised, but having said that how could jared kushner face the cameras and step up right now, given and not answer to that. and is that treason? it s wildly inappropriate. we should not be doing the saudis bidding for them. it s not just jared kushner it s the entire administration. what we should be doing is get saudis, put pressure on them so they get out of yemen. we should be recalibrating our entire relationship with them. let s be honest. saudi arabia is not a reliable dependable ally or partner. you got this reckless young leader who in so many cases is
paris in flames and a brexit shamefully, pa threat ekly says deal ripping europe to pieces. the law shouldn t be enforced. as richard haass frames it, a what a suck up. bad day in politics for what we gop senators hatch, grassley and used to call the west. kennedy have become trump. this week, they ve tried to welcome to morning joe on this tuesday, december 11th. joe is off today, but with divert attention from trump to michael cohen who trump hired for decades and ignoring the willie and me, we have mike justice department and scoffing at the rule of law. barnacle, noah rothman, susan what makes this one work. the same republican party that commands that the full extent of the law be brought down on 2-year-old babies ripped from their mother s arms at the dellpercio, richard haass, mexican border believes we should ignore the apparently illegal actions of a billionaire who won the white house quite eugene robinson, as well. possibly by committing felonious acts in the final weeks o