Right now. Its not an order, the president s opinion. Are President Trumps tweets considered official white house statements . The president is the president of the United States, theyre considered official statements by the president of the United States. Wow. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Im confused. So confused. What is that line from the office . Universe, you win. Its thursday, august 2nd. And what a way to start the day. What a way. So, is it the official policy of the president or not . I think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. He was just venting. Just like a baseball game. When hes actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. Or Obstruction Of Justice. As brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. Talk about fake news. You talk about deep state conspiracies. You fire prosecutors and you have a were
space and part of his calculus if i m having this fight i ll take up the space we need new leaders to step into, that balance of how do i not be this guy who is owning the field here, i m doing my part and i m telling my part of the story here, but i want to make sure that we get some blue blood out. an easy foil for president trump doesn t have to defend his own record can be after obama. trump likes it, a higher weight class. speaking of new leaders, why don t we show the film clip of butch and sundance at the dog tag bakery, the two of them. but that doesn t end so well. that s fair. the mandela speech, by the way, was great. it was a speech that americans need to hear. thanks. you felt a hunger for people to be hearing any american on a world stage delivering a message like that. that we can be proud of, yes. former deputy national security adviser under president obama ben rhodes, thank you very much for being on. good to see you.