Eugene Robinson Writes That President Trump Is 'Out of Control' | Morning Joe

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING JOE."
JOINING US FOR THE MUST-READ OP EDS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF "THE
WASHINGTON POST" AND MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST EUGENE
ROBINSON. YOU CAME ON A GOOD DAY.
WE'RE READING YOUR OP ED. >> HOW ABOUT IT, WILLIE?
>> YOU WRITE THAT TRUMP IS OUT OF CONTROL.
GENE WRITES THE STATEMENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED ON
TWITTER IN RECENT DAYS LEAD TO A CHILLING CONCLUSION.
THE MAN IS OUT OF CONTROL. I KNOW THAT'S A RADICAL THING TO
SAY ABOUT THE ELECTED LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES, THE MOST
POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL IN THE WORLD.
I KNOW HIS UNORTHODOX USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS THOUGHT BY SOME,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, TO BE BRILLIANT.
BUT I DON'T SEE POLITICAL GENIUS IN THE INVECTIVE COMING FROM
TRUMP THESE DAYS. I SEE AN ANGRY MAN LASHING OUT
AT ENEMIES REAL AND IMAGINED. WE ALREADY KNEW HE HAD A NARROW
MIND AND A SMALL HEART. NOW WE MUST WONDER ABOUT HIS
EMOTIONAL STABILITY, HIS GRASP OF REALITY OR BOTH.
GENE, THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF SOME OF THE THINGS SAID AROUND
THE TABLE, HE'S NOT JUST ACTING OUT BUT AGAINST HIS OWN
SELF-INTEREST WITH MANY OF THESE TWEETS.
>> WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY, WILLIE.
AT FIRST, ONE POINT THAT REALLY HAS TO BE MADE IS THESE TWITTER
TWEET STORMS. WE CALL THEM TWEETS AND THAT
MINIMIZES THEM. THESE ARE STATEMENTS FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THESE ARE STATEMENTS WRITTEN BY
THE HAND, BY THE TINY THUMBS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, I
BELIEVE, BY THE SUPREME COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT DECIDES ON
THE TRAVEL BAN. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT WHAT HE
SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN, MAYBE YOU CAN FIND SOME WAY TO
OVERLOOK IT. YOU CAN'T OVERLOOK WHAT HE SAYS
AS A SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S ABOUT HIS OWN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
I THINK THAT ISSUE PROBABLY IS OFF THE TABLE FOR HIM.
HE KEEPS DAMAGING HIMSELF, AGAIN, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
LONDON, IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS AND OFFENSIVE TO ME AS AN AMERICAN
AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN LONDON AND HOW IT'S BEEN HANDLED
BY MAYOR KHAN OVER THERE. IT'S AS IF HE'S NOT IN CONTROL.
THAT'S WHY THE HEADLINE, HE'S OUT OF CONTROL.
>> NOT IN CONTROL, OUT OF CONTROL.
DONNY DEUTSCH, THERE'S A LINE HERE THAT GENE WROTE.
A MAN DANGEROUSLY OVERWHELMED. I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS.
HE IS OVERWHELMED AND HE IS SO OVERWHELMED.
HE NOW UNDERSTANDS THAT HE UNDERESTIMATED HOW DIFFICULT
THIS WAS. ALL OF THEM, EVERYBODY AROUND
DONALD TRUMP UNDERESTIMATED JUST HOW DIFFICULT THIS JOB IS GOING
TO BE, AND NOW HE FINDS HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM HAVING
TO GET LAWYERS, POSSIBLY FACING CRIMINAL SANCTIONS, AND HE IS
DANGEROUSLY OVERWHELMED. I GUESS WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING
IS THAT WHEN IN THIS DANGER, HE'S REACHING OUT AND GETTING
SUPPORT FROM STEVE BANNON, THE VERY GUY THAT HAS CAUSED MOST OF
THESE PROBLEMS, THE VERY MAN WHO HAS ISOLATED HIM NOT ONLY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, BUT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KING BANNON -- IS IT KING BANNON OR
PRESIDENT BANNON? I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED.
>> IT'S LITERALLY PRESIDENT BANNON BECAUSE HE'S BEEN SOLD A
BILL OF GOODS BY THIS HUXSTER SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO. PRESIDENT BANNON IS NOW SITTING
AT 36% IN THE POLLS, 37%. IT CAN'T GET MUCH WORSE.
THESE ARE HISTORICALLY LOW POLL NUMBERS FOR SOMEBODY AT THIS
STAGE OF THE PRESIDENCY. >> HERE IS MY QUESTION, AND YOU
TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER. CLEARLY IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES
AND FORMS WE'RE SAYING THIS GUY IS CERTAINLY NOT WELL, NOT
MENTALLY STABLE. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE OF
GRAVITAS AROUND HIM, McMASTER, MATTIS, GARY KOHN, DINA POWELL.
I WONDER IF AT ANY POINT IN TIME AS PATRIOTS SOME OF THESE PEOPLE
RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE.
I KNOW ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SOLID PEOPLE WITH GRAVITAS, WITH
RESUMES, WITH FAMILIES, AND OBVIOUSLY ARE WELL INTENTIONED.
YOU JUST WONDER DO ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE AT ANY POINT IN TIME FOR
THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RAISE THEIR HAND TO
THE PRESIDENT, BUT RAISE THEIR HAND TO THE REST OF US THAT
SOMETHING IS TROUBLING HERE. >> DONNY, WE HAVE AN EVENT
COMING UP ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE JAMES COMEY'S TESTIMONY.
AND I WAS WONDERING YESTERDAY WHETHER, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER
HE SAYS ABOUT HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE
RUSSIA THING, I ALSO WONDER IF HE WILL, FRANKLY, ADDRESS HIS
IMPRESSIONS OF THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO WHO HAS SOM
GRAVITAS AND EXPERIENCE HERE. PEOPLE LIKE HIM AND DON'T LIKE
HIM, BUT HE'S A SERIOUS GUY.

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