Donald Trump Boasts About Bills, But Facts Tell Different Story | Morning Joe

>>> RIGHT NOW, I DON'T LIKE CRITICS.
I DON'T LIKE USING THE H-WORD, THE PLACE THAT'S DOWN THERE.
I DON'T LIKE ASSAD AT ALL. I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LEAVING A
SPEECH EARLY, CRYING. I DON'T LIKE WHEN I SEE PEOPLE
BURNING OUR FLAG. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT LOOKS.
LOOK, I DON'T LIKE TWEETING. I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT HOW I
FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE. I DON'T LICK THE OR WITH
ADJUSTMENT. OI DON'T LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE LOSING.
I DON'T LIKE PINOCCHIOS. >> PINOCCHIOS ADDED TO THE LIST
OF THINGS PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE.
THE LAST ONE CAME YESTERDAY AFTER HE AGAIN CLAIMED HE SIGNED
MORE BILLS THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.
TAKE A LOOK. >> WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS WILL BE INCREDIBLE. WE'VE SIGNED MORE BILLS AND I'M
TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THAN ANY PRESIDENT
EVER. FOR A WHILE HARRY TRUMAN HAD US,
AND NOW I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY, MIKE.
I BETTER SAY "THINK," OTHERWISE THEY'LL GIVE ME A PINOCCHIO.
I DON'T LIKE PINOCCHIOS. >> HE MAY NOT LIKE PINOCCHIOS
BUT ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES," TRUMP'S PACE IS BEHIND
THE LAST SIX PRESIDENTS WHO ON AVERAGE SIGNED 43 BILLS IN THEIR
FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE. IN FACT, BOTH ROOSEVELT AND
TRUMAN SIGNED MORE BILLS WITHIN THEIR FIRST 100 DAYS THAN TRUMP
DID IN NEARLY TWI TWICE THAT TI. THEY ALSO NOTE THAT NEARLY HALF
THE BILLS TRUMP HAS SIGNED INTO LAW ARE CEREMONIAL OR ROUTINE,
SUCH AS RENAMING A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
TYPICALLY, THOSE KINDS OF BILLS ARE NOT INCLUDED WHEN TALLYING
LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, OF WHICH HE HAS HAD LET'S SEE IF WE
CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU -- JOINING US NOW, "THE WASHINGTON
POST" WHITE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF PHILLIP RICKER AND REPORTER FOR

WHERE TO WE GO LEGISLATIVELY FROM HERE AFTER THE FAIL FOR THE
HEALTH CARE BILL? >> WHERE WE DO GO FROM HERE IS
ANOTHER BIG FIGHT, THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE JUST UNVEILED A
BLUEPRINT AND REPUBLICANS ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THIS BILL AND ALSO SOME OF THE SAME
PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED WITH HEALTH CARE, HOW DO YOU APPEASE
CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY
AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH MODERATES CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CUTS TO SOCIAL SAFETY NET ISSUES.
IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, IT'S HARD TO SAY
WHAT HE'S DONE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS HE'S TOUTING AS
SUCCESSES ARE NOT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE THAT PUT HIM IN OFFICE. I MEAN CHANGING HEALTH CARE,
CHANGING JOBS, MAKING SOMETHING BIG.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY HE PULLED OUT OF THE PARIS ACCORD BUT THAT
WON'T HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE, SO MAYBE THEY CAN HELP US OUT AND
SAY WHAT THIS WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT
THEY'VE DONE LEGISLATIVELY. >> PHILLIP RUCKER, LET'S TALK
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, MITCH McCONNELL IS NOW SAYING WE'RE JUST GOING TO
DO A STRAIGHT-OUT VOTE TO REPEAL OBAMACOBAMACARE.
THAT MAY BE JUST AS DIFFICULT AS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO
OVER THE PAST SIX MOS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE
HILL? WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO
KICK-START THIS AGENDA? >> YEAH, WELL, I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. IT SEEMS LIKE McCONNELL WANTS TO
CALL THAT VOTE TO REALLY PRESSURE THESE SENATORS TO
BASICALLY COME FORWARD AND SAY WHETHER THEY WANT THE FULL
REPEAL OR NOT. THE WHITE HOUSE AIDES I TALKED
TO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES IF YOU LOOK AT
ALL THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO HAVE VOTED IN THE PAST FOR A
REPEAL BILL, BUT IT HAD NEVER BEEN SORT OF SOMETHING THAT THEY
KNEW WOULD BECOME LAW. IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC HERE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING THE PRESIDENT WAS BLIND-SIDED BY THIS NEWS
LAST NIGHT. JUST YESTERDAY HE WAS TOUTING
THIS BIG HEALTH CARE BILL WOULD BE PASSED.
HE EVEN TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT VICE PRESIDENT PEPS AT THAT
EVENT FOR SOME REASSURANCE AND OF COURSE A FEW HOURS LATER THE
WHOLE THING WAS KILLED. BACK TO HIS LEGISLATIVE
ACHIEVEMENTS, THERE'S ONE THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD POINT TO AND I
THINK IT'S FAIR AND IT'S THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION OF
JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH IN THE SENATE.
THEY CONSIDER THAT A LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE FIRST 100
DAYS. >> YAMICHE, WHAT DO YOU THINK
MITCH McCONNELL THINKS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS?
IS HE UNHAPPY? DOES HE CARE THAT HEALTH CARE
DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE MOVING FORWARD?
>> I THINK HE'S VERY UNHAPPY. I THINK THAT HE IS VERY UNHAPPY
MAINLY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS NOW LOOKING THAT THE AS LOYALTY
AND LOOKING THAT THE IN TERMS OF WHO CAN HE TRUST IN THE SENATE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALREADY LOOKING AT PEOPLE M, SENATOR
JEFF BLAKE. THE IDEA IS THE WHITE HOUSE IS
TRYING TO USE A STICK RATHER THAN A CARROT TO FORCE SENATORS
TO DO THINGS AND I THINK MITCH McCONNELL IS NOW PUT IN A PLACE
HE'S HAV'S HAVING TO BE IN THE OF SENATORS WHO ARE WARY OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO REALLY DON'T TRUST HIM AND DON'T THINK
HE HAS MUCH POLITICAL CAPITAL TO FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING AND A
PRESIDENT WHO NOW IS VERY FRUSTRATED AND IS LOOKING AT
PEOPLE THINKING THEY'RE THE REASON WHY HE'S NOT GOING TO
HAVE THIS BIG LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT.
THEN OF COURSE MITCH McCONNELL IS LOOKING DOWN THE LINE AND
THINKING HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PASS TAX REFORM IF THEY ARE
ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEALTH CARE?
HE'S LOOKING DOWN THE LINE AND REALIZING THAT HE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO TRY TO GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE AND HE HAS -- THERE'S
LITTLE TRUST THERE TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT'S
MEANINGFUL. >> THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN ODD
QUESTION TO YOU, BUT IT'S OCCURRED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES
RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PRESS BRIEFINGS, NO PRESS
BRIEFINGS. DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOES ALL DAY EVERY DAY?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK THERE WERE THREE STRAIGHT DAYS WHERE HE
REALLY HAD NOTHING ON HIS PUBLIC SCHEDULE SAVE FOR A MEETING HERE
OR THERE. HE DID NOT APPEAR IN PUBLIC.
THIS WAS BEFORE HE LEFT FOR PARIS.
AND IT WAS UNCLEAR TO ME FRANKLY HOW MANY HOURS OF THAT DAY HE
WAS ACTUALLY SPENDING IN THE OVAL OFFICE CONDUCTING WORK.
YOU KNOW, HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM GERMANY.
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED AND GETTING SOME SLEEP OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BUT THE ANSWER IS NO. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE
PICTURE OF HOW HE OCCUPIES HIS TIME.
>> ALL ALCINDOR. THANK YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU. >> JOE, FINAL THOUGHTS TODAY.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT PHILLIP SAID AND
EARLIER SOMETHING THAT JOSH GREEN SAID.
YOU KNOW, INSIDE WASHINGTON, IN NEW YORK, WE'RE LOOKING AT
HEALTH CARE REFORM, WE'RE LOOKING AT RUSSIA, WE'RE LOOKING
AT ALL OF THESE OTHER ISSUES. BUT PHILLIP RUCKER JUST
UNDERLINED SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO THE CONSERVATIVE BASE
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THAT IS THE SUPREME COURT.
AND THEY WILL LOOK AT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND SAY WE'VE GOT A
CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
CHECK. WE'LL TAKE THAT OVER EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU CAN GIVE US. AND THEN THE STEVE BANNON
POPULIST WING OF THE PARTY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IMMIGRATION
AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND WHAT'S DONALD TRUMP DOING TO
STEM THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
AND THEY'RE HEARING STORIES THAT HE ACTUALLY IS IN SOME WAYS
REALLY STEMMING THAT TIDE. SO YOU TAKE THOSE TWO
ACHIEVEMENTS IN AND OF THEMSELVES, THEY LOOK AT THAT
AND THEY THINK NOT A BAD START, WHILE THE REST OF US LOOK AT
THIS PRESIDENCY AND WONDER HOW IT CAN GET MUCH WORSE.
>> YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
THAT DOES IT FOR US

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