and so, i think that would be good for the president. do you think he doesn t have that loyalty and trust around him now? well, i don t know that the president trusts everybody around him now, which is kind of alarming to me. so, i think, you know, those people that he doesn t trust, he needs to replace with people that he does because this is a recipe for disaster. amanda, the president had something to say about the kushner back-channel ask this morning, retweeting a fox news report that said that kushner didn t suggest that russian communications channel in a meeting. source says now, this is also the very same president, amanda, you ll remember, that has said this in the past in tweets and we ll put them up on the stage. whenever you see the word sources say in the fake news media and they don t mention names, it is very possible that these sources don t exist, but they are made up by fake news writers. your take on this? when do we believe the sources and when do we no
very possible those sources don t exist. but they are made up by fake news writer writers #fakenewsistheenemy! joining me now is sam stein, an msnbc contributor and ruth marcus, a columnist. a gathering of the fake news writers. thanks, andrea. all said ironically. sam, you wrote at some length about the famous handshake. let s see the macaroon handshake. tell me what you tyke away from that incredible grip. so i got a little deep on this assignment. i think i may have written 3,000 words on handshake etiquette, but i think h thinks these thin through.
of sanctions. thanks. president trump wasted little time following the return from his first overseas trip to once again setting his sights on one of his favorite political targets, the media. on sunday the president fired off several tweeting after touting the success of his trip. the president then tweeted, it is my opinion that many of the leaking coming out of the white house are made up by t the #fakenewsmedia. he continues, whefr you see the word sources, and they don t mention names, it s very possible those sources don t exist but are made up by fake news writers. fake news is the enemy. he then focused on the recent special election to fill the vacant house seat in montana saying, quote, does anyone notice how the montana congressional race was such a big deal to dems and fake news until the republican won? v. was poorly covered. he briefly turned his attention to domestic policy with, the
part of that includes tweets like this one. it is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the white house are fabricated lies made up by the fake news media. whenever you see the word sources say in the fake news media, they don t mention names, it s possible that the sources don t exist and are made up by fake news writers. but reporters are pointing out they are asking to speak to reporters all the time. and trump is wanting his administration to find the leakers and saying the leaks are fake, you can t have it both ways. certainly anonymous sources. pi find little sthie for the white house when they complain about the white house. nearly every white house has used that complaint and folks love to remain anonymous. so when it comes to the leaks here. notice the movement of president trump on this. he was asked flat out in
panelists here are charlie sykes, long-time wisconsin conservative radio guy and msnbc analyst. joy reid, and kimberly strau st. the president is tweeting this morning. not specific of what he s referring to but you ll get an idea. it starts with it is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the white houses are fabry indicated lies made up by the fake news media. then he says whenever you see the words sources say in the news, it is possible those sources don t exist but made up by fake news writers. fake news is the enemy. amy walter, there s not a specific. we don t want to assume he s referring to a specific story. likely it s to what is going on with his son-in-law. there s no doubt. what we re learning is, we don t know that there s a fire but there is a whole lot of smoke. and that cloud is blocking