Joe: President Donald Trump In Alternate Reality With Reform Talk | Morning Joe

>>> NO ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN THE FIRST
90 DAYS, THAT INCLUDES ON MILITARY, ON THE BORDER, ON
TRADE, ON REGULATION, ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE LOVE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND ON GOVERNMENT REFORM.
>> I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT ALMOST 100 DAYS AND I'VE ALREADY DONE
SO MUCH, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF IT AT ALL.
READ TO ME AGAIN FROM THE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTED.
>> OF COURSE, SIR. NOMINATED NEIL GORSUCH.
>> GOD, I LOVE THAT LIST. >> WITH THE 100 DASH DAY MARK
LOOMING, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS BACK ON THE RODE WITH A SWING
THROUGH KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TO TOUT HIS BUY AMERICAN HIRE
AMERICAN MESSAGE ON MANUFACTURING.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" POINTS OUT THE PRESIDENT'S OWN COMPANIES
OFTEN DEVIATED FROM THAT PRINCIPLE IN THE PAST.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TARGETING THE
H-1B VISA PROGRAM WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS UNDERCUTS
AMERICAN JOBS BY USING CHEAPER FOREIGN WORKERS AND DRIVING DOWN
WAGES. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO TOOK ON
OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS AGENDA, PROMISING TAX REFORM VERY SOON,
PENDING APPROVAL OF A HEALTH CARE BILL.
>> WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CONGRESS ON TAX REFORM AND
SIMPLIFICATION, AND WE'RE ON TIME IF WE GET THAT HEALTH CARE
APPROVAL. SO PRESS EVERY ONE OF YOUR
CONGRESSMEN, PRESS EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THAT
APPROVAL. IT JUST MAKES THE TAX REFORM
EASIER, AND IT MAKES IT BETTER. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT STEEPER,
IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE ON TAX REFORM.
WE HAVE THE CONCEPT OF THE PLAN. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING IT VERY
SOON, BUT HEALTH CARE, WE HAVE TO GET THE HEALTH CARE TAKEN
CARE OF. AS SOON AS HEALTH CARE TAKES
CARE OF, WE'RE GOING TO MARCH VERY QUICKLY.
YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH, WE'RE GOING TO SURPRISE YOU.
RIGHT STEVE MNUCHIN, RIGHT? WE'LL BE MAKING BIG INVESTMENTS
IN REBUILDING OUR MILITARY AND REPAIRING OUR BADLY DEPLETED
INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON, ALSO,
INFRASTRUCTURE, BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
PROBABLY USE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO
GET APPROVED IN ORDER TO GET THAT APPROVED.
BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMING, AND IT'S COMING FAST.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT, MIKA, ALTERNATE FACTS.
THIS -- YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THIS MORE IN THE BASKET OF AN
ALTERNATE REALITY, BECAUSE THEY LOST ON HEALTH CARE REFORM.
REMEMBER THEY WENT BACK THE SECOND TIME TO TRY AGAIN.
THAT ENDED UP EVEN WORSE. AND NOW HE SHOCKED EVERYBODY
AFTER SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TAX REFORM.
NO, WE'RE GOING BACK TO HEALTH CARE REFORM.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE ON THE HILL THAT HE WILL EVER PASS THAT.
STEVE MNUCHIN, TREASURY DIRECTOR YESTERDAY SAID NO, NO, NO, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS TAX REFORM STUFF DONE BEFORE
AUGUST. THESE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS ARE
GOING TO BE GOING TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS DURING THEIR AUGUST
RECESS HAVING PASSED NOTHING. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING.
WHAT ARE THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE THINKING
WHEN THEY'RE HEARING THIS, WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF
GETTING ANY POINTS ON THE BOARD? THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. >> HOW, WHERE, WHEN?
>> HOW, EXACTLY. >> IF YOU DO PASS IT THROUGH THE
HOUSE, CHANCES ARE VERY GOOD IF YOU DO IT ONLY WITH REPUBLICANS
YOU JUST PASSED A BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE THAT YOU WILL NOT GET
CLOSE TO PASSING THROUGH THE SENATE.
>> THE LAST LEGISLATION DIDN'T MAKE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SENATE.
THERE'S NO WAY SOMETHING THAT COULD GET THROUGH THE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE FIRST BILL, THERE'S JUST NO
WAY IT COULD GET THROUGH -- >> SENATORS ARE NOT GOING TO
SLASH MEDICAID. >> NO, THEY'RE NOT.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SLASH THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM,
WALTER. >> THE ONE THING THEY COULD GET
PASSED IS AN INTERESTING INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY, THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY, SO I'LL PUT
SOMETHING HARDER AND ATTACH IT TO IT.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A PHENOMENAL MISTAKE.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT SAY LET'S
TRY TO ATTACH PART OF HEALTH CARE TO IT SO IT WILL BE
UNDERPASSABLE.
>> MEANWHILE, THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING.
EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT THEY'LL HAVE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING.
THERE'S STHUF THAT HAS TO GET DONE.
THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
>> YOU PIF VT TO INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU COULD DO IT WITH DEMOCRATIC
SUPPORT. ANY INCLINATION TO SAY WHY DON'T
WE GET SOME DEMOCRATS ABOARD. >> AREN'T REPUBLICANS SEEING
THIS AS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE. >> THEY WILL GO INTO AUGUST
RECESS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WITH ZERO LEGISLATIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THEY'LL HAVE THE NEIL GORSUCH
NOMINATION. NONE OF THIS STUFF WILL HAPPEN
UNLESS HE MAKES A SHARP DEVIATION FROM HIS CURRENT
GOVERNING STRATEGY. >> IS THERE ANYONE TELLING
HIM -- MAYBE HE'S HEARING IT FROM US, BUT IS THERE ANYBODY
TELLING HIM ON THE INSIDE THESE AREN'T GOING TO WORK?
>> IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE HE SHOWS HIMSELF CAPABLE
OF GETTING GOOD ADVICE. HE GETS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" INTERVIEW, SAM, AND HE COMPLETELY CHANGES
HIS POSITION. ON HEALTH CARE REFORM, REMEMBER
HE SAID, WE WENT TO PAUL RYAN'S WAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO MY
WAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO TAX REFORM.
THEN HE CHANGES AND GOES BACK AND SAYS HE'S GOING BACK TO
HEALTH CARE REFORM. >> HEALTH CARE IS SUCH A PERFECT
MICROCOSM FOR THE BROADER STRATEGY.
HE TRIED WITH REPUBLICANS AND FAILED.
HE SUGGESTED HE WOULD GO TO DEMOCRATS FOR A HEALTH CARE BILL
TO CROSS SOMETHING IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION.
SUBSEQUENTLY HE THREATENED DEMOCRATS BY WITHHOLDING THE
INSURANCE PAYMENTS WHICH ARE VITAL TO THE MARKET.
>> THE FACT IS HE'S NOT PROVEN HIMSELF, MIKA, YET TO HAVE THE
DISCIPLINE TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT A STRATEGY MORE THAN 24
HOURS. WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, HE
INSULTS THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, PRAISES THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, HE
REACHES OUT TO DEMOCRATS, INSULTS THE DEMOCRATS, AND
EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT HIM. HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM NOW IS, YOU
GO TO THE REPUBLICAN TOWN HALL MEETINGS ACROSS AMERICA, AND
THEY'RE STARTING -- >> WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
>> WE ALL KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING SOME GOOD ADVICE.
HE'S ALSO GETTING SOME REALLY BAD ADVICE.
HE JUST YO-YOS BETWEEN THE TWO. >> CAN YOU GUYS REMEMBER ANY
TIME IN RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE A SENATOR FROM THE PARTY
THAT THE PRESIDENT -- THAT HOLDS THE WHITE HOUSE, OTHER THANKS OF
COURSE, BILL CLINTON IN THE MIDDLE OF IMPEACHMENT, SAID THE
PRESIDENT HAS CHARACTER FLAWS, THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO STOP
VACATIONING SO MUCH? WHAT JONI ERNST SAID YESTERDAY
IS JUST STUNNING. >> SENATOR ERNST KNOWS --
>> SHE'S STICKING TO HER BRAND. >> IN MY DECADES COVERING
WASHINGTON, NO. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
>> WOW. >> TEFS IN TELETUBBYS.
>> I LOVE

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