President Donald Trump's 'Bad Policy' Made For A Political Reason | Morning Joe

>>> 33 PAST THE HOUR. JOINING US NOW, COLUMNIST AT
"THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER," KRISTEN SALTIS-SANDERSON.
WE WANT TO CONNECT THE DOTS, THE UNDERMINING OF HIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL, SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS. A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TOLD TIME

ARE THRILLED THE MEDIA IS FOCUSING ON TRANSGENDER SERVICE
MEMBER ISSUE. NO TRADE DEALS TO BOAST

SESSIONS IS MOST SUCCESSFUL AT IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY THAT
TRUMP PROMISED. HE BACKED OFF INVESTIGATIONS
INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND SAID HE WOULD RESTORE MANDATORY
MINIMUM SENTENCES. AND IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS,
THE TWEETS ABOUT TRANSGENDER TROOPS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS
TO BE TURNING UP THE CONSERVATIVE RHETORIC ON THE
MENACE OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AT HIS RECENT RALLIES
AS WELL. >> YOU'VE SEEN THE STORIES ABOUT
SOME OF THESE ANIMALS. THEY DON'T WANT TO USE GUNS
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAST AND IT'S NOT PAINFUL ENOUGH.
SO THEY'LL TAKE A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL GIRL, 16, 15 AND
OTHERS AND THEY SLICE THEM AND DIES THEM WITH A KNIFE BECAUSE
THEY WANT THEM TO GO THROUGH EXCRUCIATING PAIN BEFORE THEY
DIE. AND THESE ARE THE ANIMALS THAT
WE'VE BEEN PROTECTING FOR SO LONG.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT BEING PROTECTED ANY LONGER, FOLKS.
KRISTEN, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, DO THOSE DOTS CONNECT AT ALL
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? >> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY UNUSUAL
THAT THE PRESIDENT OUT OF NOWHERE WOULD POUNCE OR OR
CREATE THIS ISSUE ABOUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE
MILITARY. THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT BEGAN AS
A SMALL DEBATE ON CAPITOL HILL ABOUT A FUNDING PROVISION,
WHETHER THE DEFENSE BUDGET WOULD PAY FOR CERTAIN TYPE OF
SURGERIES FOR TRANSGENDER SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.
TH PENTAGON WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
I THINK THIS IS BAD POLICY BUT WHAT'S WORSE IS IT'S BAD POLICY
THAT APPEAR TO BE MADE FOR A POLITICAL REASON.
AND IT TRUE THAT JEFF SESSIONS HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE
CABINET MEMBER FOR IMPLEMENTING TRUMP'S AGENDA.
MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED DIVIDE THE PARTY.
FOR EXAMPLE CONFISCATING PROPERTY FROM THOSE WHO WHO ARE
CHARGED WITH A CRIME BUT HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND GUILTY.
SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE A
NECESSARY, IT SEEMS AS IF HE'S SAYING NO, NO, I'M STILL ON YOUR
SIDE. >> THEN AGAIN HE ATTACKS JEFF
SESSIONS. OF COURSE THE BASE WILL REMEMBER
HIS PAST TWEETS ON THIS, YOU THAT WILL THREATEN YOUR FREEDOMS
AND BELIEFS. HERE'S AND ANY SCARAMUCCI.
HE WROTS "YACHT POTUS HISTORY." WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON
HERE? >> HE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY PRO
GAY RIGHTS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND YESTERDAY WE SAW
THE PROSPECT MORE TRUMP WHIPLASH, WARN HATCH, CHUCK
GRASSLEY OUTFLANKING THE PRESIDENT ON THE LEFT AS BEING
MORE PRO GAY RIGHTS THAN HE IS. I CAN'T REALLY SEE THE DECISION.
THE PROCESSWHICH HE DID IT WAS COMPLETELY UNORTHODOX, THOSE WHO
ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MILITARY, WHAT THEY DO.
ABOUT EVEN AS A DITRACKS, IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE.
>> NO, IT'S PRETTY WEAK. KENNETH STARR WRITES M "THE
WASHINGTON POST," "MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE CUT IT OUT."
TWEETS TO -- TWEET TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT BUT STOP THE
WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE ATTACKS ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AN
HONORABLE MAN WHO I'VE KNOWN SINCE HIS DAYS HOOSES ENTLY
BECOME MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY AND FOR YOUR
OWN LEGACY, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE GROW BUT BY UPHOLDING THE
TRADITIONS OF A NATIONAL IT SEEMS HE MAY HAVE MISFIRED JUST
A JUDGE HERE. LONG TIME TRA DGS OF
INDEPENDENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND HOW YOU HAVE A
AND THAT IS NOT AT ALL HOW THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND THAT IS WITHIN TN IT. IT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE
INSTITUTIONS. >> CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU'RE
SERVING IN THE U.S. MILITARY, YOU'RE ON THE GROUND IN A PLACE
LIKE IRAQ OR SYRIA AND YOU LEARN ABOUT THIS NEW POLICY THROUGH A
TWEET? THROUGH THROUGH A TWEET?
AND THIS WAS DONE ALLEGEDLY IN THE NAME OF READINESS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYTHING THAT WOULD DISTRACT MORE FROM
READINESS? NOBODY IS NOT ONLY NOT THINK
ABOUT THEM BUT HOW THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
>> OR THAT IT'S EVEN OFFICIAL POLICY.
>> THIS IS BAD AND IT'S WRONG. >> AND, KRISTEN, GIVEN THE FACT
THAT YOUR EXPERTISE IS IN FACT POLLING, DO YOU THINK THAT
ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S BASE, DO YOU THINK
THEY'LL BE IMPACTED BIT PRESIDENT UNDERMINING JEFF
SESSIONS SO TERRIBLY AND SO REPETITIVELY OVER THE COURSE OF
DAYS? >> THERE'S A CHANCE.
DONALD TRUMP'S NUMBERS DON'T HAVE MUCH LOWER TO GO.
HE'S ALREADY GOT MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PART OF HIS CORE BASE
ALREADY KIND OF SKEPTICAL OF THIS PRESIDENCY.
BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE FOLKS, IT'S THE
CONSERVATIVE PART OF THE PARTY WHERE HE REALLY NEEDS THOSE
FOLKS TO STAY ON BOARD. THESE ARE FOLKS IN THE MID-TERM
ELECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL, THAT THEY WANT BEEM IN
WASHINGTON THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT AND HELP
HIM GET HIMSELF AGENDA. DO YOU RISK JUST ADDING TO SENSE
THAT WASHINGTON'S IN TOTAL DISARRAY, THAT NONE OF THEM CAN
AGREE OR GET ANYTHING DONE AND THEREFORE WHY WOULD I AS A
CONSERVATIVE FATHER, WHY WOULD I BOTHER SENDING PEOPLE TO
WASHINGTON TO SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT OR SUPPORT THIS
CONGRESS? MORE DYSFUNCTION I THINK CAN
BREED MORE DISILLUSIONMENT AT EXACTLY THE TIME WHEN
CONSERVATIVES ARE GOING TO NEED THEIR BASE ENERGIZED TO

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