emerge for them. if you don t convert it to victory, it doesn t matter brf your political mind looking at it that way, i get your point of view, there is a point of what you re saying. you re saying the question i started up with, because you re caught up in that. i get it. let me explain to you my question was what could donald trump and his incoming administration, in which i know there are many plans in the works that address policies that are good for women, in the works. why couldn t he address those people at his inaugural speech or even in response to the massive crowds. since the guy is obsessed with crowds, he did not miss what happened saturday. he was watching it and probably wringing his hands because the crowd was so big and so angry at him. why couldn t he deal with it? why couldn t he focus on people who have felt left out every step of the way from his campaign, on women who feel like
he said you were pretty rough on me. i said there are a lot of things about national security that caused me trouble. now that you re elected it s very important you re successful in national security and i ll do everything to help you be successful. the cia, i m curious to hear what you think about relationship between donald trump and intel agencies given everything we ve heard donald trump say about intel lately, given that speech he made in front of the wall on saturday. former director brennan came out and said he was appalled by that. what s the practical implication of intel agencies having this sort of war, if you will,well president of the united states? the relationships between presidents and cia has been awkward in the past.
policymaking side and the donald trump that people see in private meetings who is thoughtful and considered and takes things and listens to people, seeks out other people s points of view and then makes decisions. and i think the thing we re going to have to pay closest attention to is what he does. by the same token need to understand the first universe of public commentary does have impact on the second. you found him behind closed doors to be thoughtful? we had a very serious thoughtful, conversation. i might add, given the quote you ve led with, he was very gracious to me.
country that feels very disenfranchised, feels very frightened. basically saying we re putting you on notice, we re watching hard and we re not going to sit by idly. all i m talking about, again, i know people at home have already stopped listening, a lot of people have, but for those that have ears to hear. i m listening. the only thing i m talking about is how do you convert this energy, this discussion, to victory for democrats. i m trying to do your job for you. do i sound like regis? i m trying to do your job for you. who is out there that makes somebody say i voted for trump but maybe the first step was democrats and liberals and progressives did something on saturday that restored their confidence that they can organize and fight back. they have done nothing since the election to stand up against donald trump in any meaningful way. that was the first step. a leader is going to have to
soften things a little bit. add amendments. for one of the major parties to effectively step out against this, that would be a huge no-no just because of that public mandate, because of that public vote we have in june. nbc s lucy kafanov from london. thanks, lucy. still ahead on morning joe, secretary of defense robert gates joins us here on set. also ahead how is the meeting going, mr. president. very good. we have a fantastic relationship with everybody at the table. it s totally just a beautiful, beautiful relationship. donald trump touts donnie, you re laughing. that s him. beautiful. it s a beautiful relationship. the whole relationship. beautiful. beautiful relationship with congress as his nominees speed through committees. we ll get a live report from hallie jackson at the white house. still laughing.