Chuck Schumer On President Donald Trump's First 100 Days | Morning Joe

>> YEAH. >> DIDN'T EVEN COST MUCH.
>> SCRAPPY LITTLE GUYS. >> YEAH.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT -- >> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER JOINS
US. >> GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE BACK IN NEW YORK. >> NEW YORK CITY.
>> FIRST 100 DAYS. >> UH-HUH.
DO IT. >> I'VE GOT TO TALK FIRST.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -- >> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> -- SENDS OUT A LETTER, BASICALLY ATTACKING THE NYPD
SAYING THEY ARE, QUOTE, SOFT ON CRIME.
HAS HE NEVER BEEN TO NEW YORK? >> DOES HE UNDERSTAND?
>> THE LOWEST OF THE 25 BIGGEST CITIES IN CRIME.
>> THEY SAY GANG CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL.
>> IT'S NOT. MY DAUGHTERS, THEY'RE YOUNG
ADULTS BUT THEY RUN THE SUBWAY AT 4:00 AM AND I'M PERFECTLY
HAPPY ABOUT IT. >> WOW!
>> WE ARE A SAFE CITY. BY THE WAY, NEW YORK HAS GROWN
FROM 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN 1990 TO 8.5 MILLION TODAY, THE LARGEST
OF ANY CITY, BECAUSE CRIME WENT DOWN.
MOTHERS FROM DENVER AND DALLAS WERE NOT SENDING THEIR DAUGHTERS
AND SONS TO NEW YORK IN 1990. NOW THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.
>> IT'S FUNNY. THERE'S THIS TALK ABOUT FAKE
NEWS. THAT QUOTE WE PUT UP THERE IS
FAKE NEWS, COMING FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ON UP.
>> SAYING NYPD IS SOFT ON CRIME. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE THIS
BEFORE ABOUT MURDER RATES. FAKE NEWS.
>> WE'RE NO LONGER FACT BASED. FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED A
COUNTRY BASED ON FACT. >> AND HISTORY.
>> AND WE DEBATED THE FACTS. WE DEBATED THEM AT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. EXCUSE ME.
WE DEBATED THEM IN TOWN HALLS THROUGHOUT AMERICA AND BOWS
SPOESED TO DEBATE THEM IN THE LEGISLATOR.
IF BREITBART NEWS AND "NEW YORK TIMES" ARE REGARDED WITH EQUAL
CREDIBILITY, YOU WORRY ABOUT THIS DEMOCRACY.
>> OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN SPEW OUT FACTS THAT ARE NOT TRUE.
>> NO ARGUMENT FROM ME. >> IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
>> BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO RIDE THE SUBWAY AT 4:00 AM WITH JEFF
SESSIONS. >> HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE AFRAID
TO DO THAT. >> 100 DAYS, HOW IS THE
PRESIDENT DOING? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE HIM
FAILING GRADES. WHEN HE RAN, HE RAN AS A
POPULIST AGAINST, AS YOU WELL POINTED OUT, THE DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENTS TO HELP WORKING PEOPLE.
NOW, PROMISE AFTER PROMISE TO WORKING PEOPLE HAS BEEN BROKEN.
CLEAN THE SWAMP? WE HAVE A CABINET THAT'S FILLED
WITH BILLIONAIRES AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
THEY'RE EVEN SAYING NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE
LOBBYISTS. LOBBYISTS WHO WORKED ON A
CERTAIN ISSUE CAN NOW COME TO THE ADMINISTRATION, GET A WAIVER
TO WORK ON IT, AND IT CAN BE SECRET.
WHAT ABOUT HEALTH CARE? THEY SAID -- THE PRESIDENT SAID
IT WILL COST LESS AND YOU'LL GET MORE.
HIS BILL DOES EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
>> AND DIED. >> YEAH.
WHAT ABOUT TRADE? THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE, YOU
KNOW, MY VIEWS WERE CLOSER TO DONALD TRUMP'S THAN THEY WERE
GEORGE BUSH'S OR BARACK OBAMA'S. THEY HAVEN'T CALLED CHINA A
CURRENCY MANIPULATOR. NOW THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT
MANIPULATING THE CURRENCY. THEY ARE.
>> PULLED OUT OF TPP. >> THAT WAS HAPPENING ANYWAY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE TOUGH THING WITH CHINA.
>> BUT AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT CHINA AND AMERICA ARE WORKING
TOGETHER ON THE NORTH KOREAN ISSUE?
THERE HAS TO BE SOME LINKAGE THERE, RIGHT?
>> WELL, NO. I HAVE THE OPPOSITE VIEW.
IT'S A BIT CONTRARIAN. I THINK CHINA DOES WHAT IT WANTS
UNTIL THEY'RE SHOWN STRENGTH. THEIR MOTHER'S MILK IS THE
ECONOMY, TRADE AND HOW THEY GAIN TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY STEALING
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BUT DUMPING EXCESS STEEL AND
ALUMINUM. THE WAY TO GET CHINA TO HELP
WITH NORTH KOREA IS BE TOUGHER WITH THEM ON TRADE.
>> HAVE YOU AND DONALD TRUMP STARTED SPEAKING WITH EACH OTHER
MORE? I KNOW YOU DID IN THE BEGINNING.
>> WE ARE NOW. WE TALKED AS RECENTLY AS
THURSDAY. I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT CHINA.
I TOLD HIM THIS. I TOLD HIM JUST WHAT I TOLD YOU.
>> HOW IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
>> I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY -- SO ON PROMISE AFTER PROMISE,
THEY'RE EITHER BROKEN COMPLETELY TO WORKING PEOPLE OR
UNFULFILLED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM
PERSONALLY? WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM? >> WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A
RELATIONSHIP WHERE, I HOPE -- WHERE WE CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER.
BUT I HAVE FOUND THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE WE TALKED, FIRST
THING. THEN THERE WAS THAT NAME CALLING
PERIOD WHERE HE CALLED ME NAMES AND STUFF.
BUT NOW HE'S CALLING ME ON OCCASION.
>> RIGHT. >> I TELL HIM WHAT I THINK.
THE TWO AREAS I'VE STRESSED ARE TWO AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE
AGREEMENT. TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> DOES HE SOUND LIKE -- >> HE'S MAINLY INTERESTED IN
TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT.
AT LEAST I'VE MADE THESE POINTS. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IF THE FIRST 100 DAYS IS ANY INDICATION, WE'RE JUST HEADED TO
FAILURE. BECAUSE THE WORKING PEOPLE OF
AMERICA WHO THOUGHT TRUMP WAS GOING TO HELP THEM HAVE SEEN
PROMISE AFTER PROMISE BROKEN OR UNFULFILLED.
>> WHAT'S YOUR LINE ON THAT? MAXINE WATERS IS DONE.
WILL NOT WORK WITH HIM. >> LOOK, I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN
INTERNAL GYROSCOPE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPPOSE THINGS
BECAUSE THE NAME TRUMP IS ON IT. >> RIGHT.
>> IF WE CAN MEET HIM AND KEEP OUR VALUES, WE'LL DO IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST MOVE WAY OVER.
RIGHT NOW, THE PRESIDENT'S IDEA OF COMPROMISE IS HE NEVER TALKS
TO US. HE PUTS IN A PROPOSAL AND SAYS
YOU SUPPORT IT. THAT MAKES IT BIPARTISAN.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY AMERICA HAS EVER WORKED.
I'VE TRIED TO TALKING TO HIM ABOUT CHINA.
WE SENT HIM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, AN AREA EVERYONE THOUGHT
WE WOULD WORK ON, DEMOCRATS, THE WHOLE CAUCUS, BERNIE SANDERS TO
JOE MANCHIN SUPPORTED THIS PROPOSAL.
HAVEN'T HAD A HEARD A PEEP IN TWO MONTH.
>> FOR SOMETHING FOR YOU TO GET DONE SOMETIMES MIGHT INVOLVE A
DEAL WITH YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU TRUST
THIS PRESIDENT ON HIS WORD? >> LOOK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANT
TO SAY IS THAT I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO TALK TO HIM.
BUT IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING WHERE HE ACTUALLY LISTENS AND
MOVES IN A DIRECTION. I MEAN, HE CAN'T JUST ASSERT
WHAT HE WANTS. >> IS THAT A NO?
>> AND ASSUME I GET IT DONE. >> HAS TO MEET YOU HALFWAY.
>> YEAH. >> MARKETS SOARED AROUND THE
GLOBE AFTER HE WAS ELECTED. IT SEEMS TO BE SUBDUING NOW
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T THINK HE CAN GET IT DONE.
WOULD YOU INCLUDE TACKS AND TAX REFORM IN THAT?
IF SO, WHAT WOULD WOULD IT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE?
AND, TWO, DO WE GET A HEALTH CARE CHANGE IN THE COMING WEEKS
AND COMING MONTHS? >> ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS
TAX CUTS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE VERY WEALTHY, HE WON'T BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH US. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE DIRECTION
THEY'RE HEADED IN. WE WANT TO HELP WORKING PEOPLE,
MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE. THE WEALTHY, GOD BLESS THEM.
THEY MAKE MONEY. THEY CREATE THINGS.
GOOD. BUT THEY DON'T NEED THE HELP THE
WAY AVERAGE AND MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS DO.
>> SOME DEMOCRATIC ECONOMISTS WILL SAY WE CAN LOWER --
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE A WHOLE BIG PLAN.
LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING NOW. ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE.
INVERSIONS. HE CAMPAIGNED AGAINST JOBS GOING
OVERSEAS. ONE OF THE FEW THINGS PRESIDENT
OBAMA WAS ABLE TO DO REGULATORILY WAS STOP THESE
INVERSIONS. HE STOPPED PFIZER IN THEIR
TRACKS. EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON. THAT IS WHY THE MARKETS ARE
LOSING FAITH IN HIM. BECAUSE HE IS NOT DOING WHAT HE
SAID HE WOULD DO. HE'S BREAKING THESE PROMISES.
HE SEEMS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN A LITTLE BUBBLE WITH SOME VERY,
VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE WEL KINDS OF IDEAS ABOUT, HE'S NOT
TALKING -- DOING FORT WORKING PEOPLE.
HE'S STILL TALKING TO THEM BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK AFTER
ANOTHER FEW MONTHS EITHER. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE HIM
ANYMORE. >> MARK HALPERIN.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS STOPPING THE REPEAL OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING YOU
CALLED A BAD LAW. STATUS QUO IS NOT GREAT.
A LOT WILL LOSE COVERAGE THE PRIVATE MARKET IN DISTRESS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN TO KEEP IT IN PLACE?
>> ONE, THE CBO SAID THE PRIVATE MARKETS ARE STABILIZING AND
THEY'RE A BETTER JUDGE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.
STILL, WHAT WE HAVE SAID IS WE DON'T THINK OBAMACARE IS
PERFECT. WE THINK IT NEEDS CHANGES.
WE MAINTAIN OUR POSITION. DROP REPEAL, WHICH ISN'T GOING
TO WORK. THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME
PICKLE THIS TIME THAN THEY WERE THE LAST TIME AND WE'LL WORK
WITH YOU TO IMPROVE ACA. THAT'S BEEN OUR POSITION ALL
ALONG. IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE
DONALD TRUMP SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO ONE THING, LOWER COSTS,
BETTER COVERAGE AND IS DOING THE OPPOSITE.
>> SO LET'S BE POSITIVE. >> OKAY.
>> AND FIGURES OUT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU WERE UNDULY NEGATIVE,
BUT IT'S -- >> JUST TRYING TO CALL THE SHOTS
AS I SEE THEM. >> YOU'RE CALLING THE SHOTS AND
WE AGREE WITH YOU ON A LOT OF THINGS.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE NEXT 100 DAYS --
>> HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE. >> WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP, A GUY WHO HAS KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME, WHO HAS
LIKED YOU, A GUY WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO YOU.
>> YEP. >> YOU'VE GOT A HISTORY WITH
THIS GUY. YOU KNOW HIM.
WHAT -- >> HOW DO YOU TRANSLATE THAT
INTO WORKING TOGETHER? >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE NEXT 100
DAYS WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> MY ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT,
KEEP SOME OF YOUR PROMISES TO WORKING PEOPLE WHERE DEMOCRATS
COULD WORK WITH YOU, AND IT CAN'T BE MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.
IT CAN'T BE YOU DO IT MY WAY OR NOTHING.
JUST WHAT HE'S DOING NOW ON THE -- ON THE BUDGET DEAL.
>> RIGHT. >> MITCH McCONNELL, PAUL RYAN,
CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI WERE WORKING ALONG JUST GREAT ON
THE PATH TO GETTING SOMETHING DONE, A GOOD THING.
>> RIGHT. >> THAT BOTH PARTIES COULD
SUPPORT AND HE THROWS A MONKEY WRENCH IN.
I UNDERSTAND HE'S -- HE -- IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE HE HAS HIS FIRST
100 DAYS, HEALTH CARE HASN'T WORKED OUT HE'S TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING WITH TAXES OR HEALTH CARE, NOW THERE'S THIS WALL.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO GOVERN. >> YEAH.
>> THIS WALL IS UNTHOUGHT OUT AND DOESN'T WORK.
>> GOT TO GO TO JOHN HEILEMANN, BUT QUICK QUESTION, YESTERDAY,
NANCY PELOSI SAID FORGET ALL THE NONSENSE YOU'RE HEARING, YES, WE
WANT PRO-LIFE CATHOLICS IN OUR PARTY AND IF THEY RUN, WE CAN
SUPPORT THEM. YOU CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT IN PG
PENNSYLVANIA, THAT A PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC --
>> I COT GUILD AND CRITICIZED. >> BUT HE'S STILL THE SENATOR IN
PENNSYLVANIA. >> AND A GREAT SENATOR.
>> A VOTE YOUR WAY. >> LOOK, WE'RE A BIG TENT PARTY
AS NANCY PELOSI SAID, BUT WE ARE, LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT
IT, A STRONGLY PRO CHOICE PARTY, WE THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AND MOVING MORE IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> BUT, YOU WELCOME -- >> BIG TENT PARTY.
>> WELCOME PRO-LIFE CATHOLICS TO RUNNING.
>> BIG TENT PARTY. >> GAVE YOU MY ANSWER.
>> THAT'S A YES. >> JOHN HEILEMANN.
>> YOU'VE SEEN PRESIDENTS IN OFFICE OF BOTH PARTIES AND KNOW
THERE'S A STEEP LEARNING CURVE WHEN YOU GET IN.
JUST ASSESS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, IF ANYTHING, FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT
SUGGESTS PERSONAL OR POLITICAL GROWTH AND LEARNING OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS NEARLY 100 DAYS? >> LOOK, I'M NOT IN THE INTERNAL
DEBATES IN THE WHITE HOUSE, JOHN, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU IF
HE'S MODIFYING. SOME DAYS IT SEEMS HE'S LEARNING
A LITTLE BIT AND A DAY LATER HE REGRESSES.
WHAT WE'RE HAVING THIS WEEK IS IN MY OPINION A REGRESS.
WE MUST GET HEALTH CARE DONE THIS WEEK EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A
PLAN. A GREAT TAX PLAN ON SATURDAY.
WE'LL BLOW UP AND SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IF WE DON'T GET THE
WALL. THAT DOESN'T SHOW TOO MUCH
LEARNING UNFORTUNATELY. >> WHAT ABOUT THE FOREIGN POLICY
TEAM? JOHN McCAIN, WHO HAS NOT BEEN --
>> YES. >> NOT BEEN A FRIEND OF DONALD
TRUMP, SAID IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FOREIGN POLICIES --
>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN BOTH McMASTERS AND MATTIS.
I WAS HAPPY TO VOTE FOR MATTIS EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T
LIKE IT. BUT WILL THEY BE CALLING THE
SHOTS? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T KNOW. IT'S TOO SOON TO TELL.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN -- THE THING WITH THE SHIPS, I'M
GETTING A -- >> AND TURKEY.
>> A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND TURKEY CALL.
>> THAT'S THE BIGGER -- >> THAT'S RIGHT.
HOW AFTER ERDOGAN WHO IS REALLY GOING AGAINST ALL AMERICAN
VALUES, AGAINST WHAT DONALD TRUMP EVEN TALKED ABOUT, AND YOU
CALL HIM AND CONGRATULATE HIM. >> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THIS
TEAM -- >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU I HAVE
FAITH IN MATTIS, TILLERSON HAS YET TO PROVE

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