seriously. so i thought that was great advice, and advice that i m going to follow. reporter: and as we learn from beto o rourke s interview with vanity fair, amy o rourke has been reading michelle obama s book booking in which the former first lady talks about the challenges of living through a toxic presidential race. as amy s friend steve ortega put it to me, amy is aware of a difficult road ahead, but she is also concerned about the direction the country is heading in, and sees this race as an opportunity for a course correction, something that will make the rigors of the campaign worth it. athena, thank you very much. next, jeane on trump s complaint about not being thanked for a funeral. hallmark has a very limited offering of thank you for the funeral cards. with all that usaa offers
reporter: here s a sound bite with a little too much bite, that jaw-dropper about john mccain. and i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted. i don t care about this. i didn t get thank you. that s okay. reporter: mccain s sense of humor was such that he would probably appreciate the late-night roasting president trump got. apparently mccain is one of many dead people who never thanked trump. i never heard from lincoln! hallmark has a very limited offering of thank you for the funeral cards. reporter: how about thank you for those oil prices. the president once tweeted so great that oil prices are falling. thank you, president t. or thanks for approving that oil pipeline. can you imagine the boss of whatever the hell company it is, who never actually called me to say thank you, but that s okay. reporter: actually, he did say thanks in person. thank you, mr. president. reporter: and how about those college students the president helped extricate from china after
funeral that he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don t care about this. i didn t get thank you. that s okay. i didn t get a thank you, is it just me i think it would have been hard for john mccain to thank trump that day. trump then added not to mention i let john mccain take that day off work, even though he used up all his vacation days. and in the mccain family s defense, a hallmark mass a limited offering for thank you for the funeral cards. back to morning joe, thursday march 21st, still with us we have msnbc contributor author of soul of america. jon meacham and jonathan lemire and joining the conversation associate editor of comment tear
and, paul, we got your back with workers comp. wow, it s like a party in here. where are the hors d oeuvres, right? [ clanking ] tartlets? we cover commercial vehicles, too. i think there s something wrong with your sink. president trump s attacks on the late senator john mccain drawing the ire of comics. here s a look at your late night laughs. trump just completely ignored the rule don t speak ill of the dead. and the other rule that the guest of honor at a funeral will not be sending you a fruit basket. and in mccain family s defense, hallmark has a very limited offering of thank you for the funeral cards. i really can t believe trump is beefing with a dead man, and losing. who s he going to go after next? albert einstein, big dummy.