himself in. we have spent the first bit of this show detailing the new allegations, and it sure doesn t seem like it matters. that same dinner where we played that sound from will hurd, all the republicans were there. it won t surprise you to learn who had the biggest crowd and the biggest reception, and that s donald trump. yeah. i would say that these polls are unambiguous. what happened in iowa was pretty clear. he wanted to know what the nature of the republican party was right now. i mean, he still dominates the party. he goes into iowa, insults the governor there, and he s the only candidate that gets the standing ovation. one of the candidates that actually calls him out is booed. so the poll makes it very, very clear that, at this point i mean, here s the reality check, jonathan. i think you d have to be naive to the point of being delusional to think that donald trump is not going to be the republican nominee for president, despite
irs hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the biden crime family s corrupt business dealings. we have to know, and the public deserves to know. in addition, congress should immediately vote to block joe biden s recent call up of reserve forces. we re sending troops over to europe to fight. we re sending ships to fuel this escalating conflict. not a single american life should be put at risk because crooked joe biden has been illegally paid off. he s been paid off. this is a corrupt president. hang on. so donald trump is suggesting the u.s. withhold military aid unless ukraine turns over information about the bidens. doesn t that sound extraordinarily familiar? you ll recall that trump was impeached the first time for his attempts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election, including, wait for it, withholding aid to ukraine
eddie glaude jr. eddie, let s get your reaction to that. we heard trump, in office and out, praising the likes of putin, xi, kim jong-un, and then the derogatory comment about the current commander in chief, joe biden. we don t need any more evidence for the character of donald trump, right? we don t need any more evidence for what he is inclined to celebrate, who he is inclined to model himself after. he likes mobsters. he likes the strongman figure. he likes the anti-democratic folk who can exert their will on populations. this is just the latest example of that. the striking thing, though, is that he is actually viewed by a large number of americans as someone who can actually lead the country, someone who could actually represent, supposedly, the beacon of democracy to the world. when, in fact, he doesn t seem to have a democratic bone in his body. he is facing more and more legal peril. we are following new developments with the new charges against trump in the classified do
all of this. you have to be naive to the point of being delusional to think any of these indictments are going to change all of that. because what you have is this alternative reality of the republican base, that sees january 6th as somehow quasi legitimate, that is willing to overlook all of donald trump s lies, all of the crimes, all of the things that he has done. you know, when you add up everything we know about donald trump and everything that all of the republican insiders and members of his own administration have said, and then you look at those polls, and you have to ask yourself, what would it take to actually loosen his hold on the republican party at this point, jonathan? i can t think of anything. i can t think of anything. you saw that on display over the weekend, and you see that in those numbers. yeah. mara, certainly, a general election might be a different story. these are things that you can t imagine the indictments help him with undecided or swing voters
impeachments for the record. odds are, they ll take their cues from the former president. all right. everyone is going to stay with us. great group here. still ahead on morning joe, amid his mounting legal troubles, well, donald trump calls on republicans to rally around him or get out. we ll show you his new comments. plus, we ll bring you a live report from outside the fulton county courthouse as we await yet another possible indictment. this one relating to trump s efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. also ahead, what we re learning this morning about reports of an american woman and her child being kidnapped in haiti. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back.