Joe: President Trump's 'Covfefe' Tweet Symbolic Of A Bigger Problem | Morning Joe

TO BE LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF HIS TWEET.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS STAND FOR THEMSELVES.
>> I THINK THE TWEETS SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
>> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ TOO MUCH INTO IT.
HE STATED A FACT. THE TWEET SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
I'M MOVING ON. >> WHAT I JUST SAID SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF. >> WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
TACTIC OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WHEN ASKED TO DEFEND A
QUESTIONABLE TRUMP TWEET. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT HIS
EXPLANATION IS GOING TO BE THIS MORNING OF THE ODD TWEET THAT
THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF. >> COVFEFE, IF YOU WATCH STAR
WARS. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPANISH
SOFT DRINK COMPANY. >> IT'S DOWN NOW, IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE IT. IT WAS UP FOR A GOOD SIX HOURS,
FIVE HOURS. >> HE POSTED AT MIDNIGHT.
I THINK HE FELL ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
AND THEY TOOK IT DOWN. >> WHO TWEETS IN BED, ANYBODY?
>> WELL. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
IT'S WEDNESDAY, MAY 31st. WITH US WE HAVE NICHOLAS COME
SORRY, FORMER AIDE TO THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE ELISE JORDAN
AND "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTER MICHAEL SCHMIDT IN WASHINGTON.
>> SCHMIDT KNOWS EVERYTHING. WHAT DID THAT MEAN.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD. >> I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF
IT WAS COMEY OR NOT. >> SCHMIDT SEES COMEY IN
EVERYTHING. >> WHERE IS THE TEAM THAT WOULD
CATCH A PROBLEM LIKE A MISTAKEN TWEET WHERE THE PRESIDENT
MIGHT -- WHAT IF HE SAID SOMETHING REALLY UNCOUTH OR WHAT
IF HE SAID SOMETHING REALLY DANGEROUS?
WOULD IT SIT UP THERE FOR FIVE HOURS, NOBODY TO PROTECT HIM?
>> AT WHAT POINT DO YOU WAKE UP THE PRESIDENT TO TELL HIM ABOUT
AN AWFUL THING THAT'S HAPPENED OR TELL HIM TO FIX OR DELETE A
TWEET? APPARENTLY THIS WAS NOT AT THAT
LEVEL AS IT STILL STANDS. I GUESS WE HAVE TO WONDER.
>> THIS IS NOT, WILLIE, THE 3:00 A.M. CALL, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> ONE THING IT DOES PROVE IS DONALD TRUMP IS WRITING HIS OWN
TWEETS, YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A VETTING PROCESS AND
THEY'D GET TOGETHER, WHAT SHOULD THE MESSAGE BE?
>> THINK ABOUT EVERY WORD. >> THAT'S SOMEBODY LYING IN BED,
TWEETING. >> COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
>> I HAVE DIVIDED TO LAUNCH -- >> AFTER THIS TRIP, WE HEAR
TALK, OH, ALL THE TWEETS ARE GOING TO START BEING VETTED BY
LEGAL COUNSEL. THAT IS CLEARLY NOT HAPPENING.
>> UNLESS HE HAS A LAWYER IN HIS BED AT 12:04 AT NIGHT OR IN THE
MORNING. >> THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL"
REPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM IS MEETING THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS NEW
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES. THEY MAY WANT TO MEET QUICKLY.
QUOTE, ONE MAJOR CHANGE UNDER CONSIDERATION WOULD SEE THE
PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS VETTED BY A TEAM OF LAWYERS WHO
WOULD DECIDE IF ANY NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED OR CURTAILED.
THE IDEA, ONE OF TRUMP'S ADVISERS TOLD THE PAPER IS TO
CREATE A SYSTEM SO TWEETS, QUOTE, DON'T GO FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S MIND OUT TO THE UNIVERSE.
AND MORE POTENTIAL RISKS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TAKING IN HIS
COMMUNICATIONS. A NEW REPORT ALLEGES HE'S ASKED
WORLD LEADERS TO BYPASS PROTOCOL AND CALL HIS CELL PHONE I URGING
THEM TO CALL HIM DIRECTLY. FORMER AND CURRENT U.S.
OFFICIALS TELL THE A.P. THAT TRUMP EXTENDED THE OFFER TO
LEADERS OF CANADA AND MEXICO. THE OFFICIALS SAY ONLY CANADIAN
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS TAKEN HIM UP ON IT SO FAR.
NEITHER THE WHITE HOUSE NOR TRUDEAU'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO
THE REQUEST FOR COMMENTS. THE REPORT ALSO SOURCES A FRENCH
OFFICIAL WHO CLAIMS TRUMP EXCHANGED NUMBERS WITH FRENCH
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON. >> THE PROBLEM, WILLIE, IS,
AGAIN, A RANDOM TWEET. NOT A LOT OF HARM DONE WITH THAT
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT JUST TURNED FROM
EUROPE AND HE'S BEEN SEEN AS ERRATIC, UNSTABLE,
UNDISCIPLINED. SOME HAVE SAID A LAUGHING STOCK
FOR HOW HE BEHAVED. YES, THIS ERRANT TWEET, NOT A
BIG PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT -- HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES HE
HAVE FOLLOWING? >> 30 MILLION.
>> ACROSS EUROPE, THERE WERE PEOPLE IN EUROPE AWAKE FOR THE
LAST FIVE HOURS SAYING, OKAY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
IT DOES MATTER WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR OR EVEN
AMBASSADOR. WHEN YOU'RE A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND SEEN AS ERRATIC, IT CAUSES MORE CONCERN.
>> IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE TWEETS ARE VETTED.
>> REVOLUTIONARY IDEA. >> THIS IS THE MESSAGING FOR THE
PRESIDENT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S HIS PRIVATE
TWITTER ACCOUNT. NO ONE MAKES THAT DISTINCTION.
HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I AGREE, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BIG DEAL, IT'S SORT OF A SIDE
STORY, THIS TWEET THIS MORNING. BUT THE IDEA THAT THE THINGS
HE'S SAYING AND PUTTING OUT THERE ARE NOT RUN THROUGH SOME
KIND OF A SYSTEM, AT LEAST STRATEGICALLY THEY SHOULD WANT
TO HAVE A MESSAGE THAT'S CONSISTENT AND NOT BE WHIMS.
>> IT MAKES IT SEEM THAT IT'S ADVISERS TALKING.
>> THEREIN LIES PART OF THE
PROBLEM. YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT GOING
AROUND AND HE WANTS TO GET RID OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING FOR
HIM. HE WANTS TO BLAME PEOPLE FOR THE
BAD DECISIONS HE'S MAKING. HE WANTS AN OVERHAUL OF HIS
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY. YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT SO
MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG OVER THE PAST COUPLE
MONTHS, ALL WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SIN OF THAT OBAMA TWEET
WHICH HE DID HIMSELF. 95% OF TRUMP'S PROBLEMS ARE ALL
SELF-INFLICTED. SO THAT TWEET ACTUALLY IS PRETTY
SYMBOLIC OF A BIGGER PROBLEM. THE MADNESS STARTS AT THE TOP.
>> ANY TIME YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE STRUCTURES AROUND THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO STOP HIM FROM BEING HIM, IT'S A PROBLEM.
YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT. IT CAN'T EVER REALLY WORK.
THIS WOULD BE HIS SIXTH OR SEVENTH OR 19th SHAKEUP SINCE HE
STARTED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT HIS
CHOICES. I SUSPECT THE PRESIDENT TWEETS
FOR THE SAME REASON WE ALL DO, THE INSTANT FEEDBACK, THE
INSTANT GRATIFICATION OF TALKING TO PEOPLE AND GETTING A RESPONSE
DIRECTLY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING OR
USEFUL THING IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT.
>> THE FACT THAT HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH LESS THAN 140
CHARACTERS IS A VERY SAD REALITY THAT THE COUNTRY AT SOME POINT
HAS TO FACE. >> BUT, ALSO, THOUGH, THE
REALITY IS THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN HIS BASE, THE 38, 39%.
>> THAT WILL LIKE THAT TWEET AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAYS?
>> NO. THEY LIKE HIM TWEETING.
THEY LIKE HIM GETTING AROUND THE MEDIA AND SAYING FAKE NEWS EVEN
WHEN IT'S CLEARLY THE TRUTH. WHAT SOMETHING IS BEING REPORTED
ON, HE'LL JUST SAY FAKE NEWS. >> THE INTOXICATION, HE CAN ALSO
CREATE HIS OWN ALTERNATIVE REALITY ON TWITTER, HIS OWN SET
OF FACTS, HIS OWN NARRATIVE. A GUY WHO IS UNDER THIS PRESSURE
AND UNDER INVESTIGATION, IT'S PROBABLY INTOXICATING.
>> WILLIE, HE'S ALWAYS CREATED HIS OWN REALITY.
EVEN BACK WHEN HE DID "THE"THE APPRENTICE," HE WOULD ALWAYS
SEND AN E-MAIL AROUND TO PEOPLE, HAD THE NUMBER ONE SHOW THIS
WEEK. YOU WOULD LOOK AND GO -- WAIT,
IT'S NUMBER 23. I KEPT SAYING, WAIT, IS THERE A
DEMO? HE CREATED HIS OWN REALITY.
THAT'S WHAT HE DOES NOW WITH TWITTER.
>> HE CREATES A WORLD IN WHICH HE PUTS OUT A STATEMENT, THAT'S
THE BASIS FOR HOW WE'S GOING TO DISCUSS THIS.
THIS IS THE FACT AS YOU SHOULD BELIEVE IT.
WHEN, IN FACT, IT'S NOT AND IT'S OUR JOB TO SUSS THROUGH THAT.
WHAT HE DID SHOW OVER THE LAST WEEK OR WEEK AND A HALF DURING
HIS TRIP ABROAD, HE COULD ON TWITTER KEEP A MESSAGE.
HE WASN'T TWEETING RANDOMLY WHEN HE WAS ON THE TRIP.
HE WAS TWEETING ABOUT MEETINGS HE HAD, WHAT HE HAD DONE ON THE
TRIP. THE MINUTE HE GOT BACK ON U.S.
SOIL HE WENT BACK TO TWEETING THE WAY HE DID BEFORE.
THERE IS SOME MECHANISM, SOME SYSTEM BY WHICH SOMEONE CAN SIT
AT HIS SIDE AND SAY HERE IS THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY, TWEET THAT
OUT. >> MICHAEL SCHMIDT, THERE HAVE
BEEN PROFILES OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS SUGGESTING DONALD
TRUMP IS INCREASINGLY ISOLATED, INSULATED, UPSET, REALIZING THAT
THIS JOB IS NOT THE JOB FOR HIM, OVEREATING, ET CETERA, ET
CETERA, ET CETERA. I WONDER IF HE'S ON A FOREIGN
TRIP AND HIS WIFE IS WITH HIM AND THERE'S ACTIVITY AND THERE
ARE PLANS, WHETHER IF AT THAT POINT HE'S MORE ENGAGED.
AND IF HE COMES BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND IF WHAT
EVERYBODY IS SAYING ON THE INSIDE IS TRUE, THE GUY BANGS
AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE HIMSELF. EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THESE
TWEETS, IT'S OBVIOUS HE WAS AWAKE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HE TOOK IT DOWN A LITTLE AFTER 5:00.
>> THE THING ABOUT THE TWEETS I FIND INTERESTING, IN REGARDS TO
THE RUSSIA STORY, HE'S REALLY HURT HIMSELF BECAUSE WHAT HE
TWEETED ABOUT COMEY SAYING MAYBE HE SHOULD BE -- WATCH OUT, MAYBE
THERE ARE TAPES. THAT MOTIVATED SOME OF THE FOLKS
I WAS TALKING TO ABOUT COMEY'S INTERACTIONS WITH TRUMP AND HOW
TRUMP TOLD COMEY TO END THE FLYNN INVESTIGATION.
THE TWEETS PLANT IDEAS IN PEOPLE'S HEADS AND LOOSEN THEM
UP TO TALK ABOUT THINGS OR MOTIVATE THEM IN WAYS THEY
WOULDN'T BE BEFORE, AND IN THAT CASE IT REALLY HURT HIM BECAUSE
IT LED TO BOB MUELLER BEING APPOINTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS JUST TWEETED, WHO CAN FIGURE OUT THE
TRUE MEANING OF COVFEFE, ENJOY. THE FACT IS,

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