Peter King: I Think Donald Trump’s Rhetoric Was Justified | Morning Joe

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING JOE".
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETER KING OF NEW YORK.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TALKING TO
NORTH KOREA RIGHT NOW. WERE YOU BOTHERED AT ALL BY
SOMEONE WHO IS SO FOCUSED ON NATIONAL SECURITY BY THE
APPARENT FACT THAT THERE WASN'T COORDINATION ABOUT THAT MESSAGE.
HE UTTERED THAT PHRASE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND REX
TILLERSON AND EVERYONE ELSE HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO JUSTIFY THE
RHETORIC. >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE
RHETORIC WAS JUSTIFIED. OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE USED OTHER
RHETORIC. THERE IS A HISTORY TO NORTH
KOREA. EISENHOWER SPECIFICALLY
THREATENED TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THIS ISN'T UNUSUAL OR UNPRECEDENTED FOR THIS TYPE OF
TALK. AND IT WORKED.
IT CAUSED NORTH KOREA TO BACK DOWN.
THE SOUTH KOREAN LEADER FURST CAME UP WITH THE MAD MAN WORRY.
IT IS TO LET CHINA KNOW HOW SERIOUS WE ARE.
I THINK IT IS IS ESSENTIAL THAT CHINA GO THE SECONDARY SANCTIONS
ON CHINESE BANKS, CHINESE ENTITIES.
ANYONE WHO IS DEALING WITH NORTH KOREA ENTITIES AT ALL.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS DOING THIS AS A MEANS TO GET PEOPLE'S
ATTENTION, TUCKLY THE CHINESE. NOTHING RATTLES NORTH KOREA.
THEY'RE RATTLED ENOUGH TO BEGIN WITH.
>> YOU MENTIONED EISENHOWER PREEMPTING WAR.
DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE?
>> I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I HAVE NO INSIDE INTELLIGENCE.
THAT WOULD ONLY BE DONE IF THE UNITED STATES HAD VERY
CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT NORTH KOREA WAS ABOUT TO LAUNCH AN
ATTACK. TO ME THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED. >> MIKE?
>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU'VE OUTLINED SORT OF A DIPLOMATIC APPROACH TO
CALMING THE SITUATION DOWN. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT YOU HAVE
A SECRETARY OF STATE WHO SEEMS NOT TO BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT.
GENERAL KELLY JUST ARRIVED. GENERAL MAT HIS AND GENERAL
McMASTER. AND THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL LOOP
AROUND THE OVAL OFFICE WHERE THE PRESIDENT SEEMINGLY DOES AND
SAYS WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO AND SAY WITHOUT CONSULTATION OF
STAFF. DOES THAT BOTHER YOU AT ALL?
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS HIS OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS.
HUSBAND STATEMENT IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT GENERAL MAT
HIS SAID. SECRETARY OF STATE ROGERS DID
NOT KNOW HENRY KISSINGER WAS DOING.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN. DURING THE CUBAN MUSS ILL
KRAOEUFGS, STEVENSON WAS NOT FULLY MADE AWARE OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON, AT LEAST THE BAY OF PIGS.
CAN WE GET IT COORDINATED? I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, CERTAINLY
GENERAL MAT HIS AND THE PRESIDENT ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND GENERAL KELLY, I THINK PEOPLE ARE READING TOO MUCH INTO
WHAT GENERAL KELLY SAYS OR DOESN'T SAY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS ANY SPACE BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL KELLY. I KNOW FROM MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE PRESIDENT HE IS ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO GENERAL
KELLY. HE THINKS HE IS A SUPERSTAR IN
THIS ADMINISTRATION. >> CONGRESSMAN, SAM STEIN HERE.
I WANT THE SWITCH TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY VOCAL WITH HIS
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND
REPLACE OBAMACARE. DO YOU THINK THAT IS A FAIR
CRITICISM HE HAS? MY SECOND QUESTION IS WITH
RESPECT TO THE DEBT CEILING WHICH YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS WILL
HAVE TO ADDRESS COME THE END OF SEPTEMBER IS.
IS IT YOUR PREFERENCE TO DO A CLEAN DEBT CEILING BILL AND JUST
GET THE ISSUE OVER WITH, OR DO YOU JOIN LIKE TOM COLE DID A
COUPLE DAYS AGO SAYING THERE SHOULD BE SPENDING CUTS ATTACHED
TO ANY DEBTS IN THE LEGISLATION. >> I BASICALLY AGREE WITH WHAT
PRESIDENT REAGAN WANTED, WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS.
A CLEAN DEBT CEILING. I DON'T WANT TO BE A DEAD BEAT
NATION. AS FAR AS THE HEALTH CARE ISSUE,
THE PRESIDENT LED PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THIS COULD BE DONE MORE
QUICKLY THAN IT CAN. LET'S GET SOME QUICK TAX CUTS
LIKE REAGAN DID IN '81. HE WAITED FIVE YEARS BEFORE HE
WENT FROM TAX CUTS TO TAX REFORM.
IF WE CAN GET TAX CUTS IN, CORPORATE TAXES, SMALL BUSINESS
TAX, THAT WILL FUEL THE ECONOMY, GET THE JOBS FLOWING.
AND HEALTH CARE REFORM WITH A MILLION COMPETING SPECIAL
INTERESTS ALL COMING IN AND THIS GETTING BOGGED DOWN.
>> YOU'RE BACK HOME IN LONG ISLAND FOR THE AUGUST RECESS.
THE SECOND DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE URB YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT WHEN YOU GO
BACK? >> I WOULD SAY THE HE ECONOMY TO
SOME EXTENT. AND, AGAIN, MAYBE MINE IS
DIFFERENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP CARRIED MY
DISTRICT TWICE BY FOUR AND FIVE POINTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CARRIED IT BY NINE.
14 POINT TURNAROUND. LET THE PRESIDENT DO THE JOB.
I WOULD SAY THE ISSUE IS TERRORISM.
>>

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