of serving in this white house. she is deputy national security adviser mira ricardel. she s out. her forced departure coming as the president said to be in a foul mood upset over the midterms, sulking about his reception in europe. one white house official telling cnn, these are not my words, yes, he s pissed at damn near everyone. tonight, it seems it came. more from our jeff zeleny who joins us now from the white house. so what are you learning, jeff? reporter: anderson, it has been a mystery really for the last 24 hours or so surrounding all the drama here with the deputy national security adviser who s not well known outside. inside the white house, she is very well known. she s been on the job seven months. she s john bolton the national security adviser s top deputy, but after melania trump and the first lady s office fired that shot across the bow of the white house, it was unclear what her future was. even though the president was saying he was going to remove her.
quote. what does it say? the president, quote, is pissed at damn near everyone. he s isolated. he feels backed into a corner. so i guess the question is now what? well, it s a good question, don. i actually have a theory about this. my theory is that president trump was drinking his own moonshine, and he actually thought there was going to be this red wave, and somehow his magic touch was going to radically transform the fortunes of the republican party. when that didn t happen, i feel like he s been sulking. he s really been acting depressed and very, very low energy. but can you imagine, though, if he loves to watch cable news, right? and you watch every day, and then there s another democrat who wins and another democrat who wins and another democrat who wins. you think he s sitting there going i m sure he s seething, but he s also completely isolated. he s not going out. i mean you saw this in paris where he didn t go to the war cemetery on monday. he didn t observe veteran
the president is pissed at damn near everyone. he s isolated. he feels backed into a corner. i guess the question is now what? it s a good question, don. i actually have a theory about this. my theory is that president trump was drinking his own moonshine, and he actually thought there was going to be this red wave and somehow his magic touch was going to radically transform the fortunes of the republican party. when that didn t happen, i feel like he s been sulking. he s really acting depressed and very, very low energy. but can you imagine, though, if he loves to watch cable news, right? and you watch every day, and then there s another democrat who wins and another democrat who wins and another democrat who wins. you think he s sitting there going i m sure he s seething, but he s also completely isolated. he s not going out. i mean you saw this in paris where he didn t go to the war cemetery on monday. he didn t observe veterans day. today secretary mattis was down on the bo
but not his own facts. he knows thewon more seats thann four decades and that s far closer to a complete loss for trump than a complete victory. he knew he was lying. trump flailing about firing members of his cabinet. he s upset about this loss. brooding over the florida recounts. the republicans are still up by a hair. reports he is sulking over key races that republicans loss. a stampede that continues tonight because new results from california that give democrats another house seat. nine more races undecided meaning the rookie list that we showed you earlier tonight could grow. elections have consequences. they show where the voters stand. even when they are more than a week, in the end let s be
are clearly purple. they are the new swing states in our landscape and that has big implications for how you go about putting together a coalition of states to win a national election like in 2020. maybe ohio becomes less important, georgia, arizona become more important. interesting. susan page, threw very much. coming up, reports that more white house firings could be on the way, but who is calling the shots? and some of the words used to describe the president s mood as of late, brooding, angry, resentf resentful, sulking, in a cocoon of bitterness, we will discuss what reportedly is making the president so upset. morning joe is coming right back. et ps morning joe is coming right back i wanna keep doing what i love,