were deeply flawed. we made more mistakes before lunch than most people in normal jobs make in five years. but i can t remember the depravity that i see. that s for sure. in this white house. whether if you can just talk about how sort of effective it is for them to do such a volume business of chaos and crisis creation. i think the important thing to understand, to remember, for the american people, is that this is not normal. this is there s never been an administration like this. in fact, when you look out across all the western democracies, you don t see lying like this. the constancy of lying, the dishonesty, the allegations of conspiracy, the smearing, the defend to the death at all costs. the image and the reputation of the leader who through his own mistakes, his own actions, the firing of the fbi director, the drafting of the statement lying about it on air force one, the
hagan, his deputy, and don mcgahn by november? that s the best case fact pattern for the white house as we come on the air. we are now sitting in the middle of february, the longest of 2008 2018 ever. but what is your sense of sort of how they muddle through? is it just the volume business of crises, that the memo come out tomorrow and this will be brushed under, or is this does this reveal how truly unmoved any of these men were by the idea that there was a domestic abuser in their midst? not only does it reveal how unmoved they were, but more that there was a systematic attempt to not believe these women. that there clearly was knowledge that these allegations were credible, and yet there was institutional bias to say this is not true, this did not happen, and believing rob porter stories.
the three of the top white house officials, john kelly, joe haig en, his deputy, and don mcgahn, by november? that s the best case fact pattern for the white house as we come on the air. we are now sitting in the middle of february, the longest of 2008 ever. but what is your sense of sort of how they muddle through? is it just the volume business of crises, that the memo come out tomorrow and this will be brushed under, or is this does this reveal how truly unmoved any of these men were by the idea that there was a domestic abuser in their midst? not only does it reveal how unmoved they were, but more that there was a systematic attempt to not believe these women. that there clearly was knowledge that these allegations were credible, and yet there was institutional bias to say this is not true, this did not happen, and believing rob porter stories. which by the way are incredible
how low is the bar? i don t know if you ever this isn t really your politic. if you ever read naomi kline s shock doctrine. it s shock aftershock aftershock. you can never quite take in the enormity of it all. all the things you just listed. think back 20 years ago last week, this week was the monica lewinsky scandal breaking. think about what an earth shattering revelation that was. we re having monica lewinsky level scandals this, this many in one week. the government hadn t shut down a week ago this hour. you ve done some of the best analysis of the president s twitter feed. you understand better than anyone what his inputs are, what his outputs are. speak about whether this is volume business or life inside his bubble. there is this illusion brought up many times when mr. burns goes into the doctor, the doctor tell him he has literally everything. that s okay, everything is in balance. it s a great little scene. to the point you re making, what are you going to blackmai
in one week. the government hadn t shut down a week ago this hour. you ve done some of the best analysis of the president s twitter feed. you understand better than anyone what his inputs are, what his outputs are. speak about whether this is volume business or life inside his bubble. there is this illusion brought up many times when mr. burns goes into the doctor, the doctor tell him he has literally everything. that s okay , everything is in balance. to the point you re making, what are you going to blackmail trump on? literally the number five item on that list is covered up sex with a porn star. what else is more damning? but, yes, if you re going to deal with the stormy whatever daniels. yes, daniels. or stephanie clifford. the difference is that according to what we re told, the payment was made right