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>>> THE PARIS ACCORD IS VERY UNFAIR.
THE WEALTH OF OUR MIDDLE CLASS HAS BEEN RIPPED FROM THEIR
HOMES. >> TAKING AWAY THE GREAT WEALTH
OF OUR NATION. IT'S GREAT WEALTH.
IT'S PHENOMENAL WEALTH. >> POLITICIANS PROSPERED BUT THE
JOBS LEFT. >> WE LOST JOBS, LOWERED WAGES,
SHUTTERED FACTORY. >> THE FACTORIES SHUTTERED WHILE
THE WEALTH, STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE OF OUR COUNTRY HAS
DISSIPATED TO AGREEMENTS THAT DISADVANTAGES THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE THE PEOPLE HAVE BORN THE COST.
>> COSTING THE UNITED STATES A VAST FORTUNE.
>> WE'VE ENRICHED FOREIGN INDUSTRY AT THE EXPENSE OF
AMERICAN INDUSTRY. >> IT JUST TRANSFERS THOSE JOBS
OUT OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES.
>> WE'VE MADE OTHER COUNTRIES RICH.
>> AND SHIPS THEM TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
>> WASHINGTON FLOURISHED BUT THE PEOPLE DID NOT SHARE IN ITS
WEALTH. >> AND THE AMERICAN FAMILY WILL
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. >> IT'S GOING TO BE ONLY AMERICA
FIRST. >> THE CITIZENS OF PITTSBURGH,
NOT PARIS. >> THIS AMERICAN CARNAGE STOPS
RIGHT HERE. >> A REASSERTION OF AMERICA'S
SOVEREIGNTY. >> RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY -- AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED
HISTORICALLY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING HE'S
SAYING THERE. BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS
RANKED 43, 44th, 45th IN ECONOMIC PROWESS OVER THE PAST
DECADE. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WENT FROM
NUMBER -- WAIT A SECOND. NO.
WE'VE BEEN THE TOP POWER IN THE WORLD.
>> WELL, STEVE BANNON WRITES A GOOD SPEECH WHEN HE WANTS TO
WRITE A GOOD SPEECH. AND YOU CAN TELL HE WROTE BOTH
THOSE SPEECHES. >> IT'S STUPIDITY.
IT'S AHISTORICAL. IT'S A LIE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
TELLING TO HIMSELF AND HIS SUPPORTER.
>> OR STEVE'S TELLING. >> DO WE HAVE THAT OLD "TIME"
MAGAZINE ARTICLE? I'M SERIOUS.
"TIME" MAGAZINE WAS RIGHT. STEVE BANNON IS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. HE HAS GONE IN.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLICY.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING.
HE CAN GET UP AND GIVE A GOOD SPEECH.
YOU LISTEN TO HIM TALK ABOUT ANY TOPIC AND HE WANDERS FROM
SENTENCE TO SENTENCE TO SENTENCE.
SO STEVE BANNON IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THAT WAS MORE CLEAR YESTERDAY THAN EVER BEFORE,
MIKA. >> WHICH IS ABOUT THE WORST
THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES.
WITH US HERE IN WASHINGTON, SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST FOR NBC
NEWS AND MSNBC, MARK HALPERIN, WASHINGTON ANCHOR FOR BBC NEWS
AMERICA KATTY KAY, JEREMY BASH AND, JOINING THE CONVERSATION,
POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST AND MODERATOR OF
"WASHINGTON WEEK" ON PBS, ROBERT COSTA.
>> SO, ROBERT COSTA, I CERTAINLY DO NOT ASK YOU TO ASSOCIATE
YOURSELF WITH ANY OF MY REMARKS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> BECAUSE YOU ARE A WORKING REPORTER WITH CONTACTS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THERE IS NO DOUBT OVER THE PAST MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF
ESPECIALLY, WE'VE SEEN STEVE BANNON FIGHT BACK AGAINST JARED
KUSHNER AND NOW HAS THE PREEMINENT ROLE INSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE. DOESN'T HE?
>> THE PRESIDENT, I'M TOLD, IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING HIS
BASE. AND BANNON, TO HIM, TO THE
PRESIDENT, IS SOMEONE WHO HELPS KEEP THAT FLAME LIT.
AND I THINK KUSHNER'S STRUGGLES WITH RUSSIA-RELATED ISSUES HAVE
HELPED BANNON COME BACK WITHIN THE WEST WING PRIEBUS AND BANNON
CAME BACK FROM THE OVERSEAS TRIP EARLY AND STARTED THINKING
THROUGH THIS WHILE THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ABROAD.
>> HE WAS TELLING HIS FRIENDS THAT HE WAS GOING TO FINISH
JARED OFF WITH RUSSIAN STORIES THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO, QUOTE,
WORRY ABOUT THE SON-IN-LAW BECAUSE OF RUSSIA.
AND THEN SMILED AND LAUGHED TO HIS FRIENDS.
AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, STEVE BANNON IS LEAKING STORIES TO
""THE NEW YORK TIMES"" REPORTEDLY, ABOUT JARED AND
RUSSIA. EVERYTHING FOLLOWS.
>> IN AREAS WHERE THIS EXECUTIVE CAN ACT WITH A RELATIVELY FREE
HAND FROM CAN CONGRESS, FROM THE COURTS ON THINGS LIKE TRADE,
RELATIONS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, ON THINGS LIKE PARIS,
STEVE BANNON SEES THOSE AS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE CHANGE.
NOT JUST TO APPEAL TO THE 38%, BUT TO CHANGE THE UNITED STATES'
ROLE IN THE WORLD AND THE ORDERING OF THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE
PRESIDENT AND BANNON SEE A LOT OF THINGS THE SAME WAY.
SO IT'S RELATIVELY EASY FOR HIM COMPARED TO THE OTHER ADVISERS
AROUND THE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE THEY AGREE.
>> BANNON HAS A CLEAR CONSTITUENCY IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE CONSTITUENCY IS FOR JARED
KUSHNER AND IVANKA TRUMP AND WHOSE POLICIES THEY ARE
RESPONDING TO. >> THE GOOD PEOPLE OF ZIP CODE
1002. >> FIVE OF THEM.
AND IT'S NOT THE SAME WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO LOBBY TO THE
PRESIDENT TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR SUPPORTERS --
>> THAT SAID, THOUGH, THIS ENTIRE DONALD TRUMP PHENOMENON
IS A 38% PHENOMENON. HE WAS IN THE LOW TO MID 30s IN
HIS APPROVAL RATINGS UNTIL PEOPLE HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER
THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON OR NOT.
AND WITHOUT OFFENDING HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS, THEY LOOKED
AT THE HILLARY CLINTON THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE,
WHENEVER SHE WAS OUT, BLAMING THE DNC AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND
SAID I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR A BUSH OR CLINTON ANYMORE.
I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP. 38% PHENOMENON.
EVEN IF HIS APPROVAL RATINGS GO UP TO 44%.
SO THE CONSTITUENCY FOR BANNON, PRESIDENT BANNON AND HIS
ADVISER, DONALD TRUMP, IS 38%. MAYBE 40% ON A GOOD DAY.
THAT WOULD -- IF YOU WERE RUNNING FOR PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. BUT IT'S NOT HERE.
THEY ARE NARROW CASTING. AND EVEN YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT PITTSBURGH, HE WASN'T EVEN GETTING THAT RIGHT.
>> HE WASN'T GETTING THAT RIGHT. THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH WENT FOR
SECRETARY CLINTON. I DID TRAVEL AROUND THE SUBURBS
OF PITTSBURGH, THE COAL MINING AREAS, STEEL TOWNS AND THOSE ARE
TRUMP AREAS. WHEN I ASKED MY SOURCES WHAT
WENT WRONG FOR THE MODERATES IN THE WEST WING WHEN THEY WERE
MAKING THE CASE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY SAID THERE WAS A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF TRUMP. AS MUCH AS HE WANTS APPROVAL AND
WANTS TO BE SEEN AS POPULAR, HE DOESN'T LOVE ELITE OPINION.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO USED TO MALIGN NEW YORK SOCIETY,
HAPPIEST WHEN HE WAS AT 29 CLUB HAVING A HAMBURGER.
THIS IS NOT SOMEONE YOU CAN MAKE A CASE TO ON THE PARIS ACCORD
THAT MACRON AND MERKEL, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU NEED THEIR
APPROVAL OF. HE ACTUALLY RECOILS AT ELITE
ESTABLISHMENT STUFF AS MUCH AS HE WANTS POPULARITY.
>> WHY DID JARED AND IVANKA NOT UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN?
THEY KNOW HIM BETTER THAN ANYBODY ZBLIE THINK THE KUSHNER,
IVANKA TRUMP HAS THE PRESIDENT'S CONFIDENCE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL
BUT PLIMTLIMITED ON A POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY STEVE BANNON.
>> STEVE BANNON -- PRESIDENT BANNON HAS NEVER FIGURED OUT
THAT TO GET RE-ELECTED, PRESIDENT

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