i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
Harder. We could its harder, but you know, if youre truly a skilled chef, you can grill that fish or how about some veggies thats also down on the list, but i like my healthier things unless its the jewish deli, in which case i go red meat, dairy engine. Youre skilled at everything you do enjoy your holiday weekend. You as well. My friend. All of you, please do enjoy the holiday as well. The news continues. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now saving the source tonight, both donald trump and joe bidens campaigns are prepping for a verdict. The question thats still or mainz guilty. Or not guilty. We are potentially days away from knowing as the Presumptive Republican nominee, as lashing out on social media he calls himself helped the Law And Order president. But of all the people to invite on stage last night, donald trump picked two rappers who are awaiting trial on murder, conspiracy charges we have the details. Also, three missionaries who were gunned down in haiti, including a
beautiful shot of the white house at 6:53. friday, the start of memorial day weekend. i don t know what your memorial day weekend plans are, but inside there, a lot of people trying to figure out how to take care of the debt ceiling crisis. looks like they re getting closer every day. back in march, chinese president xi became the country s most powerful leader since mao. securing a precedent, breaking a third term in charge. xi was first elected as general secretary of the chinese communist party in 2012 and became china s seventh president in less than a year later. with us now, staff reporter for the wall street journal, who has covered china for the journal since 2014. he s the author of party of one, the rise of xi jinping and china s superpower future.