american people, as a group who do not take this man seriously at sall. they look at him as a joke, a clown, and a farce. when you look at everybody from the prime minister of turkey, to the canadian prime minister, the british prime minister, the list of people who both fear trump and takee him seriously is get ing smaller and smaller every day. steve schmidt, thank you very much for leading us off s tonigh really appreciate it. and we havepp joined now by democratic senator chris van hollen of s maryland. he sho the ranking member of the budget committee and the chairman of the t democratic senatorial campaign committee. senator van hollen, your reaction to the president s speeches tonight. well, i have to agree with steve. that this is a continuation of the degradation of the oval office. by the president of the united states. this time, using the tradition of oval office speeches that are usuallyec reserved for major statements. instead, forem a tawdry politica speech.
of people who both fear trump and takee him seriously is get ing smaller and smaller every day. steve schmidt, thank you very much for leading us off s tonigh really appreciate it. and we havepp joined now by democratic senator chris van hollen of s maryland. he sho the ranking member of the budget committee and the chairman of the t democratic senatorial campaign committee. senator van hollen, your reaction to the president s speeches tonight. well, i have to agree with steve. that this is a continuation of the degradation of the oval office. by the president of the united states. this time, using the tradition of oval office speeches that are usuallyec reserved for major statements. instead, forem a tawdry politica speech. i mean, usually it takes the president 55 minutes at a rally to get out all those lies and false statements. this time, he crammed it into eight minutes by reading a teleprompter. i don t think it advanced his case one a bit, lawrence.