saying are you re going be dictator. i said no, other than day one and that s right, donald trump said he would not be a dictator if he s re-elected except for first day. what he would do in first 4 hours of presidential power. president biden acknowledging behind closed doors that he s not sure if he was running for re-election if it wasn t for trump. and senate shouting match, republicans walk out of a classified briefing. what they want in exchange for the support. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. donald trump put on the spot in saying the quiet part out loud. under no circumstances, you re promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution i m going to be i m going to be he keeps i love this guy you re not going to be a dictator? i said, no, n
validated. we, with you and i had the privilege of speaking, and i, gas maybe a week ago. you said that trump was a competent authoritarian. i chuckled a little bit at the adjective competent, not because they disagree with you, but because i m stuck in this weird place. i don t think trump, i think trump could be crazy like a fox. they don t want to underestimate his intelligence. he is prone to bumbling. he s prone to screwing up. i don t think january six was a screw up. in fact, i think that by the skin of our teeth, save the republic. this is because of some people who said, you know what, we re going to be stalwart, we re going to protect what s left of our democracy at the hands of donald trump. what do you say to people, ruth, that think that perhaps will be hyperbolic when we have these conversations about authoritarians? when you compare donald trump to people like putin. that is such an interesting issue. i can say that and history, people didn t take many of
contributor. and charles coleman is back. now you have say potential indictment, did alleen cannon have to look and decide what she has to decide which is the argument that trump is makes that it makes for an unfair election if the trial has to start before the actual election? you know, chris, there s that saying, crazy like a fox. i think that just mightal ply to donald trump. i believe that timing is everything. i think the reason that donald trump waited in this morning to drop that truth social post because as you just said, aileen cannon slg currently presiding over a hearing. if you re trump s defense counsel as they set forth in the opposition to the doj s consideration for a trial date, all of the considerations include the pending trial dates that the defense has. but judge cannon is first in line, first in time. meaning she could set the trial per the doj s request in
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york times, but didn t go ahead with that. trump was charged ipflorida. smith still looking at whether there was any laws broken in other places including new jersey. i m joined by nyu law professor melissa murray. welcome back. hey. hi. when you look at the shifting defenses is he doing trial balloons, is there any strategy to it or or do you think this is just mistake after mistake? who are we to occupy the mind of one donald j. trump, but it does seem these defenses are being floated as soon as he realizes the last defense isn t exactly defensible. so we re seeing the short of shifting sands of his mind, of his legal strategy. and it seems to be one that s not terribly well-considered or maybe he is just crazy like a fox and he has a strategy and he s playing fbi dimensional