from obama voters to clinton and they could not transfer that enthusiasm from obama to hillary clinton, and for those of us that supported donald trump we were pleased for a variety of reasons donald trump was more acceptable and did better. is ben carson a head nod to the group that you are eluded to in the numbers percentage wise for donald trump? i don t think he is making the cabinet picks based on the demographic political realities, and you can look at a number of ways you can demonstrate that. newt gingrich, and chris christie and rudy guiliani are not going to be in his cabinet and that s shocking as well, and he is reaching outside and bringing in new people, and i will root for their success because i think there are more important issues facing the country. donald trump said exactly
example today of daughter and son-in-law meeting with a head of state. gentlem japan in this case with the president-elect. and alluding to the hotel in washington, d.c., owned by the trumps. diplomats might say, hey, i d love to stay there, because it s a head nod to the president, and so there goes all the accusations not only of the nixon business and questions potentially about nepotism as they have access to certain leaders others would not. absolutely. two points. i reed direct groat a diplomat i believe representing an asian country, said almost verbatim, if i m coming to washington, going to meet at the president why wouldn t i stay in the hotel he owns blocks away from the white house? we re in unchartered waters with regard to conflict of interests. the rule of law prevails and this administration will be, it will be incumbent upon them to
adhere to it. with regard to his family member, certainly the president of the united states is entitled to get advice from whomever he sees foyt hear it from and i don t think we should deny members of his family advice he wants. obviously he needs to be open and transparent about it and make sure the administration and white house stays on the right side of the law. if working-class values are one of the headlines we took out of this, charlie, and we see a headline like this, with the daughter and son-in-law having access to a head of state, also with the sorts of names we re seeing coming to new jersey, establishment basically, republicans and other politicos, this doesn t seem to be a head nod towards what may have brought him to the white house? your thoughts, charlie? well, i think that the trump folks may think that the laws of political gravity don t apply to them, considering what they ve gotten through, but these
the vermont governorship, for instance. this is a sign of having a deep bench and that takes years to build. that is due to reince priebus. talk about deep benches, i want to bring in somebody who s been part of the deep bench, msnbc contributor jarrett bernstein. also petr morris si, bringing you in. reince priebus chief of staff. what do you think about this choice? your reaction to the head not to the establishment. exactly that, a head nod to the establishment. and a nod away from the anti-establishment not choosing bannon. a pretty clear statement there that the anti-establishment part of the trump phenomenon is on hold at least for moment.
seems so far away at the moment, this is potentially also a head nod to those states which brought donald trump to the presidency. well, i think as betsy and sara have intimated, as a democrat i don t know him at all, but it seems the pick is not only that aspect, richard, but just i think the recognition that in addition to winning he has to govern that. as he starts to govern donald trump, betsy, the question, as he s grown in the rnc and you probably remember his how he was dealing with press early on versus the way he deals with press today, the way he was managing the rnc earlier versus the way he does today, he has certainly grown in the role and now this next big role as chief of staff, according to nbc sources in case you re just joining us, our viewers here, reince priebus, the chairman of the rnc chosen as chief of staff.