can have is a short memory. and, you know what? he was exactly right. reagan won that awac vote too. joe, didn t kevin mccarthy pick out a specific color of m&m for donald trump. that s the example we have today with candy in the oval office. may have been starbursts, m m&m, taking the green m&ms out for him. eugene scott, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. hope you ll come back. we ll read your new analysis piece that s called melania trump implores all #to bebest but her husband nt listening. a quinnipiac poll said 91%
i ve heard a lot of people talk to me how their families just don t talk about politics any more. tell us what you found out there. i was in a focus group with frank luntz that he was conducting back in april. it was really one of the most telling moments i ve had in kind of observing voters this year. he asked a question how many of you have stopped speaking to a family member or friend as a result of politics in this last presidential election? close to half the hands in the room went up. and i thought that was extraordinary. i never seen anything like that. and it kind of underscores the extent to which donald trump is not just somebody who divides us politically, he divides us emotionally, socially, culturally, and when i start to dig a little bit deep near to the research that s been done on this subject of political division, which by the way is this cottage industry of polling
speaking close to donald trump, people that worked with him on the last campaign, people that worked with him in the administration who say that the very essence of donald trump is being the strong guy. and if things continue to go bad, and let s say let s say that mark cuban decide to run against him in the republican primary and out trump trump, and you have avanatti, people who will beat trump up day in and day out. this is a guy who is not having a great time inside the white house. people close to donald trump told me months ago they wouldn t be surprised if he takes his one term and then goes back doing what he s all about, which is he s about making money. and he can say he was the 45th president of the united states. you know, the question is, does
of losing than he is desirous of winning. and going out a loser at 75, 76 years of age, is not what donald trump wants to do. and it also you got to go back to the fact that nobody was more surprised that donald trump won than donald trump. he did not think he was going to win on election night. he thought that he was going to, you know, turn this campaign into in fact, i don t think he ever really thought he would get out of the republican nomination fight. he thought jeb bush was going to win and maybe run an independent spoiler for his old friend hillary clinton who was his old friend. who went to his wedding. this guy was a lifetime democrat. again he could have used that independent maverick position to start up his own news network,
cbc. cbc. cbc. i.c.e. and cbc. speaks perfect english. he speaks perfect english. we ll get that later. i m so glad the president of the united states is finally showing the congressional black caucus the respect that it deserves. coming up lawyers for the white house counsel don mcgahn insists he didn t incriminate the president in his extensive interviews with the special counsel. the washington post writer joins us. new reporting from the ap the ongoing investigation of the president s fixer could be on going. we ll discuss michael cohen s latest moves. morning joe is coming right back. making cars lighter, it s a good place to start,