favorably, but i m not sure that it s going to penetrate the trump base. in fact, i would i would gather that biden s speech probably aroused the trump base. listen, donald trump is tromping through iowa doing his greatest hits, you know, about the election, about the hostages. you know, mocking mccain. mocking biden. the praising dictators. the whole nine yards, but the base is eating it up. and his role right now his his job right now, jim, is to just stir his base up to come out and participate in those caucuses. so, you know, look, i think that i ve said for all the years that donald trump has been on the scene that the danger of donald trump is that he does not believe in rules and laws and norms and institutions, and that is no that s clearer today than it s ever been.
few days? the reaction across the board is we clearly crossed yet another threshold in the degradation of our public political discourse. and in almost the same breath when people talk about what kelly sadler said, they point to what the president said about john mccain. i think most infamously the president mocking mccain during the campaign for saying something similar to, you know, i respect people. i like people who weren t captured. the president mocking john mccain s pow status. there is a sense of frustration and disappointment about this current moment, david. jeff, thank you very much. jeff bennett there joining us from the white house. and kelly sadler s comments are the latest example of insensitive or crude comments made by president trump s inner circle. it is not just democrats takingish would you that perceived lack of civility. take a look at what lindsey graham had to say this morning. it s pretty disgusting thing to say. if it was a joke, it was a terrible joke.
offensive. new information about the chattanooga shooter. mental illness and depression and drug abuse. this man was suffering from a lot of demons. another bombshell in the scandal surrounding bill cosby. it is classic narcisistic ego behavior. it just coming at my board. i was kicking and screaming. this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. isn t that beautiful? we say good morning and welcome to your new day. it is monday july 20th. even donald trump can go too far. is he really resisting calls to apologize for mocking mccain s war record? it looks like it because the op-ed, trump continues the