of people who both fear trump and takee him seriously is getting 1345get ing smaller and smaller every day. steve schmidt, thank you very much for leading us off s tonig. really appreciate it. and we havepp joined now by democratic senator chris van hollen of s maryland. he sho the ranking member of th budget committee and the chairman of the t democratic senatorial campaign committee. senator van hollen, your 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 politic 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
lawrence, there is a humanitarian crisis at the border. we have children in internment camps ande we have two minor children, the last one a 7-year-old little girl who died in w the custody of federal authorities of the government of the united states.er it stains our national honor and disgraces this administration. th steve, your reaction to the president, using tonight s network preemption of entertainment programming to basically launch a speech that was bookended by fund-raising appeals. fund-raising during the day saying we desperately need your contribution by 9:00 p.m. that se the deadline. and then, of course, after the speech, telling the very same people out therete who had not y contributed, that we re going to extendte the deadline for you. that struck me as a classic trump salesmanship. of course. you describe them as supporters earlier, lawrence, and i don t mean to quibble, but they re
my fellow americans, tonight, i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southernse border. as part of an overall approach to border security, law enforcement professionals have requested la$5.7 billion for a physical barrier at the request of democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete i wall. thiser barrier is absolutely critical to border security. it s also what our professionals at the border want and need. this situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. i have invited congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. leading off our discussion now, steveff schmidt, a former republican strategist, and msnb political analyst. steve, manyan reasons why i want you to leadev off tonight.
enforcement professionals have requested la$5.7 billion for a physical barrier at the request of democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete i wall. thiser barrier is absolutely critical to border security. it s also what our professionals at the border want and need. this situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. i have invited congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. leading off our discussion now, steveff schmidt, a former republican strategist, and msnb political analyst. steve, manyan reasons why i want you to leadev off tonight. but as a former presidential campaign strategist, i don t know if you have themp feeling i did when i saw the president complete his speech tonight. but i believed i was watching the first trump nationally televised re-election campaign speech. i think you re certainly right about that, lawrence.
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.