it s happening way too much. let s play audio of what you re seeing from someone else. you re the enemies of the united states people. [ bleep ] you communist are the threat to our democracy, constitution and the way of life. i hope that chop you and your family up and feed them to their dogs you pig. you [ bleep ]. there s your free speech for today. trump nation. write it down you little [ bleep ] trump nation, baby. congressman, you and others get these violent, evil voice mails and yet you keep doing the work that you do. i have to wonder when you look
never put in his financials. because maybe he s not as rich as people think. but then it turned out i was much richer. now they re really screwed up. much richer. i did too well, that s the way, i cane be bought. well, in the midst of all that, in 2005, author tim o brien wrote his book trump nation. but trump actually wasn t a billionaire, as he had claimed to be. and people he had spoken to estimated trump s net worth at between $150 million and $2 gift million. still a lot of money but not a billion. habitual donald trump made the decision to sue o brien. trump, of course, lost, but in the process, made obrie one of the few people to see trump challenge on his lies under oath. more than 30 times in fact in a december 2007 deposition. tim o brien joins me now. he s senior executive editor of
a veteran of five republican republican presidential campaigns. he s the author of it was all a lie, and how the republican party became donald trump. also senior executive editor for bloomberg opinion and author of trump nation. he is msnbc political analyst. stuart, senator whitehouse says that what we are getting from donald trump now is dangerous. the public statements are dangerous. they include i want to share with the audience, donald trump re-posting a picture of joe biden, vice president kamala harris, of speaker nancy pelosi with the words, your enemy is not in russia, ridden in black bars over their eyes. we re not putting that up there right now. stuart, what do you make of this? how would you rank the danger level? well, i think it s tremendously dangerous. we have seen this, but it s part of a pattern that the
Bill Crane, a political commentator, has been axed from a Georgia TV station after commenting that former president Donald Trump s looming orange face may continue to sway voters.
that liven up his base because of the end of the, day money in the trump brand is really what it is all about. although a significant fraction of the republican party has rallied around trump, following the mar-a-lago raid, the reality is a lot of uncertainty remains for the former president as these investigations continue. joining me to discuss this, jennifer reuben, opinion writer for washington post and msnbc political analyst. tim o brien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion. also an msnbc political analyst. he has the unique insight on the inner workings of donald trump as the author of trump s biography, trump nation, the art of being the donald. welcome to both of, you re good to see you both. tim, i am constantly interested and hearing what your take is on a daily basis here. you not only know about donald trump s history but you are actually a bit of a specialist and donald trump s lying. this counter that the washington post can for a long time about how many lies donald