president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
they re not who gop leadership wanted to have running for office and losing senate seats, basically. but i think that, to barnicle s point, i think one of the reasons we have this endless conversation about trump is, from my view, trump is a symptom of a lot of suppressed feelings that had never been brought to the forefront, that people now are seeing him bring out how they feel, as ugly and as archaic as they are. i think we re seeing them expressed because he s hit something that people really have felt. now, i don t think he feels a lot of it himself. i think he s playing on that because he is the ultimate con man. but i think that is why he is having this lasting effect, is that a lot of people are saying, yeah, that s how i really wanted to say it. yeah, he represents me. the fact that a guy that has no lifestyle similar to them at all
since last spring. we actually don t have that sound. luckily i have a panel to explain it all to us, how his relationship has changed and now the man who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump as a the president is a racist, a con man, and a cheat. that comes from his prepared statement. the final draft provided by his attorney lanny davis. the former fixer goes on to talk about those who might doubt he s telling the truth now. he says for those who question my motives being here today, i understand. i have lied. but i m not a liar. i have done bad things but i m not a bad man. i have fixed things but i am no longer your fixer, mr. trump. i have an extraordinary team to help me. garrett haake back on the hill, katy tur still with us, eddie glaug back with me and donny deutsch, a long time friend of mike cohen.