Donald Trump Continues To Tweet About McConnell | Morning Joe

REPORTING ON THE FIRE AND FURY COMMENT, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND
DIDN'T, BUT FIRST, LET'S START WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CHANGING
THE SUBJECT FOR THE MOMENT FROM NORTH KOREA TO MORE ATTACKS OF
THE SENATE'S TOP REPUBLICAN. IN A NEW TWEET HE SENT OUT
MOMENTS AGO, THE PRESIDENT POSTED, QUOTE, CAN YOU BELIEVE
THAT MITCH McCONNELL WHO HAS SCREAMED REPEAL AND REPLACE FOR
SEVEN YEARS COULDN'T GET IT DONE?
MUST REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE.
A LITTLE BACK STORY FIRST. WE WERE TALKING ACT THIS IN THE
LAST HOUR. ALSO, WHY DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS CHOOSING THIS MOMENT TO HAMMER THIS ISSUE?
IS IT JUST A RESPONSE TO McCONNELL'S COMMENT THE OTHER
NIGHT? >> McCONNELL WHEN HE WAS AT HOME
HE SAID THE PRESIDENT IS NEW TO THIS AND HAD EXCESSIVE
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW FAST THIS COULD HAPPEN.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT HAS A POINT HERE, I THINK, ON REPEALING AND
REPLACING OBAMACARE. REPUBLIC LEADERSHIP WAS OUT
EARLIER IN THE YEAR SAYING WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS.
AND THEY BUILT THEIR ENTIRE AGENDA AROUND THIS.
NOT JUST HEALTH CARE, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO USE WHAT HAPPENED
IN HEALTH CARE TO FINANCE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH TAX
REFORM. IT SET THEM UP LIKE DOMINOS, AND
THEN THEY DIDN'T HIT THE FIRST DOMINO HERE.
THAT'S AS MUCH ON THEM AS IT IS ON THE PRESIDENT.
NOW, THAT SAID, THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND MITCH McCONNELL AND FRANKLY THE REPUBLICANS AND
THE SENATE AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT BETWEEN HIS
APPROVAL RATINGS, THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, THEIR AND
NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE REELECTION PROSPECTS.
THAT'S ALL CONTRIBUTING HERE. >> AND SAM, VOTERS DIDN'T JUST
SEND DONALD TRUMP TO WASHINGTON TO REPEAL AND REBASE OBAMACARE.
THIS WAS AT THE CORE OF THE PROMISE THAT THESE PEOPLE MADE
LAST YEAR. DONALD TRUMP PROBABLY FEELS LIKE
HE HAS VOTERS ON HIS SIDE. >> AND HE SHOULD.
MITCH McCONNELL, THE REST OF THE REPUBLICANS, A SEVEN-YEAR
PROMISE AND THEN UPON WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE, UPON KEEPING A
SENATE MAJORITY AND THE HOUSE MAJORITY, THEY EXPLICITLY SAID
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THIS.
THEY ALMOST GOT THERE. IT'S KIND OF REMARKABLE HOW
CLOSE THEY GOT CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THEY HATED THE BILL THEY
WERE VOTING ON, BUT THEY DIDN'T. AND TRUMP IS ABSOLUTELY WITHIN
HIS RIGHTS TO SAY I DIDN'T HAVE EXCESSIVE EXPECTATIONS.
YOU MADE A SEVEN-YEAR PROMISE AND DIDN'T FULFILL.
>> THE ONE OTHER ISSUE FOR THE PRESIDENT IS HE DIDN'T SAY WHAT
HE WANTED. WHEN HE SAYS REPEAL AND REPLACE,
HE WAS LOOKING FOR A WIN. HE WAS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK
AND FORTH ON WHAT THE POLICY WOULD BE.
HE COULDN'T SELL IT IN PRIVATE. AND HE PROMISED NOT TO CUT

>> IF YOU STEP BACK, THE VERY PLANS THAT CONGRESS VOTED ON
WHEN OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT WERE VOTED UPON AGAIN WEN TRUMP WAS
PRESIDENT. SUDDENLY THE REAL WORLD
CONSEQUENCES WERE CLEAR AND THEY BACKED AWAY.
AND EVERYONE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU WERE RATIONAL, YOU KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN.
BUT IT BIT THEM. >> EXCUSE ME.
TO YOUR POINT, THOUGH, SAM, HE'S ELECTED AS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND HE'S GOT THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER,
MITCH McCONNELL, THE HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN WHO BOTH HAVE
BEEN SAYING FOR SEVEN YEARS, WE HAVE A PLAN.
>> NOT JUST SAYING VOTING ON PLANS THAT THE PRESIDENT OBAMA

>> THEY THOUGHT DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO LOSE THE ELECTION.
PAT TOOMEY SAID IT OUT LOUD TWO MONTHS AGO.
IT TURNS OUT GOVERNING IS TICKY. >> IS THIS A PERSONAL RESPONSE
TO McCONNELL OR A STRATEGY TO TRY TO PUT HEALTH CARE ON THE
TABLE AND GET THE SENATE TO GO BACK IN AND REPEAL AND REPLACE?
>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS A STRATEGY.
I FEEL LIKE I READ 15,000 PAGES OF ROBERT CARO FOR NOTHING.
RIGHT? IT'S LIKE -- APPARENTLY ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS JUST TWEET NASTY STUFF ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL.
THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT HAVE A LEGACY IF HE CAN'T MOVE THINGS
THROUGH A REPUBLICAN SENATE. HE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY.
IT'S LIKELY TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT CYCLE.
WE ALSO HAVE A SITUATION IN THE HOUSE WHERE HE HASN'T REALLY
BEEN ABLE TO GET STUFF DONE. ONE OF THE REASONS HE WANTED TO
GET REINCE PRIEBUS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS BECAUSE IT WAS
PRIEBUS AND PAUL RYAN THE SPEAKER WHO CAME UP WITH THIS
SEQUENCING PLAN. I THINK IN ORDER TO HAVE
ANYTHING RESYSTEMABLING A LEGACY, HE NEEDS A DECENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH MITCH McCONNELL.
IF THIS WERE A STRATEGY, I WOULD SAY GOOD IDEA.
BUT THE PRESIDENT AS I SAY KASIE HUNT SAID, HAD NO INTEREST IN
THE DETAILS OF THE HEALTH CARE PLAN.
DID NOT IMPRESS SENATORS WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF ANYTHING IN

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