because he made a series of decisions, a series of rationalizations he enabled and empowered donald trump. and even though a lot of us warned him this would end badly. i don t think anybody thought it was going to end in this torrent of profanity, obscenity and humiliation that that we have seen. you know reince says that he is going to try to keep this classy and above board. but the reality is when you watch the trajectory of the first six month of this presidency it s not because reince priebus was a bad chief of staff. it s because you have a dysfunctional president. everything starts and ends with donald trump and despite what a great american general kelly is he is going to inherit the dysfunction. at the center is donald trump. by the way the big question i have is what was the defining move of the last week or the appointment of general kelly or the appointment of the mooch,
because a man from kenosha, because the man who is a friend of yours is in the white house, i want to start with what reince priebus s life has looked like this last six months. what his departure looks like to you today. i would love to hear it. i do think of reince priebus as a friend. but i think the story is tragic, because he made a series of decisions and rationalizations, and enabled and empowered donald trump. and even though a lot of us warned him this would end badly i don t think anybody thought it would end in this torrent of profanity and humiliation that we have seen. you know, reince priebus says he is going to try to keep this classy and above board. but the reality is when you watch the trajectory of the first six months of this presidency, it s not because reince priebus was a bad chief of staff, it s because you have
i do think of reince priebus as a friend. but i think the story is tragic, because he made a series of decisions and rationalizations, and enabled and empowered donald trump. and even though a lot of us warned him this would end badly i don t think anybody thought it would end in this torrent of profanity and humiliation that we have seen. you know, reince priebus says he is going to try to keep this classy and above board. but the reality is when you watch the trajectory of the first six months of this presidency, it s not because reince priebus was a bad chief of staff, it s because you have a bad president. everything starts and ends with donald trump. and unfortunately, despite what a great american general kelly is he is going to inherit that same dysfunction. at the center of everything that is happening is donald trump. by the way, the big question i have is what is the really defining move of last week?
having covered him for a while now is that he believes his own rationalizations. he s convinced himself that all these people are his enemies and they have partisan motivations or personal motivations and that s why he is making this argument. that s why he is saying these things, is because he has convinced himself. he is very happy with the argument he made to himself that he hasn t done anything wrong. therefore, he feels that must be convincing. to everybody else, and he wants to go out and tell us. he the times that he is not under investigation. as far as anyone can tell, it s not true. he is under investigation. that s not what comey said to him. it s not what comey said, but that was long ago. that was before mueller was appointed. for what? for obstruction of justice. look, we don t know that. he doesn t know. but nobody knows who mueller is looking into. also the washington post and the new york times have reported he is under investigation. why wouldn
maggie said he came off as very ameable and in a good place. and there s something we know about trump and his personality, is that he believes his own rationalizations. he s convinced himself that all these people are his enemies and they have partisan motivations or personal motor valgsivations that s why he s saying these things. he is very happy with the argument he made to himself that he hasn t done anything wrong. therefore, he feels that must be convincing. he told the times he is not under investigation. as far as anyone can tell, it s not true. he is under investigation. that s not what comey said. investigation for what? obstruction of justice. we don t know that. i m sorry you find that