A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING DONALD TRUMP’S SANITY. ONE COULD HARDLY BLAME THEM. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF NEWS REPORTS THAT RECENTLY, INCLUDING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, OF INSIDERS THINK TRUMP MIGHT BE UNMOORED, AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE. THIS IS AN ISSUE WE BROUGHT UP BEFORE BUT I WANT TO GO TO A COUPLE OF FOLKS DOING IT ON CAMERA, ON AIR. ONE IS TONY SCHWARTZ, HE WROTE “ART OF THE DEAL” FOR DONALD TRUMP, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM WRITING THAT BOOK IT HAS COME OUT AGGRESSIVELY AGAINST HIM IN THE PAST, BUT NOW HE IS WORRIED NOT ONLY ABOUT HIS MENTAL FITNESS BUT HE SAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE THAT ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
>>HE IS DECOMPENSATING, THAT’S A PSYCHIATRIC TERM BUT WHAT IT MEANS IN SIMPLE TERMS IS HE’S LOSING HIS GRIP ON REALITY. HIS REALITY TESTING IS POOR, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON. HE IS MORE LIMITED IN HIS VOCABULARY, HE’S FURTHER FROM, AS I SAY THIS, CONNECTION TO WHAT IS FACTUAL AND REAL, HE IS MORE IMPULSIVE, HE IS MORE REACTIVE. THIS IS A GUY IN DEEP TROUBLE AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE NOT VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND TO THE PSYCHIATRIC COMMUNITY, BUT THAT’S WHO WE NEED TO BE TALKING TO RIGHT NOW. >>A LOT OF US CAN SEE IT WITH OUR OWN EYES.
NOW HE’S EVEN GOING AROUND SAYING THAT THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE WASN’T REAL, WHEN HE ALREADY ADMITTED IT WAS. HE ADMITTED IT, APOLOGIZED FOR IT, NOW APPARENTLY INTERNALLY, NOT EVEN TO BE COMBATIVE OR FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, HE’S TELLING THEM, I DON’T THINK THAT WAS REAL. BUT I SAW YOU ADMIT IT, THAT IS SUPER WEIRD. IN FACT SCHWARTZ IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM FROM THE INSIDE. >>WE NEED TO BRING IN PSYCHIATRISTS, BECAUSE THIS IS A MAN WHO IS DEEPLY MENTALLY ALL, AND LITERALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, OR AT LEAST SAYING THEY WERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A WHITE HOUSE NUMBER, HAVE CALLED SOMEONE I KNOW IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO SAY WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH.
>>WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE SAYING YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE CALLING FROM A WHITE HOUSE LINE RAISING THAT QUESTION? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? >>I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE PERSON THEY CALLED, A PERSON I ABSOLUTELY TRUST WHO HAS GREAT INTEGRITY, AND THIS IS ALSO, BY THE WAY, CONFIRMING, I THINK, SOMETHING VANITY FAIR WROTE IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT ABOUT THE CONCERN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED, MOST OF THEM I THINK OUR HOSTAGES TO A CULT LEADER. WHEN YOU WATCH SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS RIGHT NOW YOU REALLY FEEL AS IF YOU ARE WATCHING SOMEBODY WHO IS BEING BRAINWASHED, OR HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED.
>>I’M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH THAT LAST PART, I THINK PEOPLE INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ARE WILLING PARTICIPANTS, THEY ARE DOING IT FOR THE MONEY AND FAME AND POWER, I DON’T THINK YOU HAD TO BRAINWASH THEM TO DO THAT. BUT INTERNAL SOURCES SAYING THEY ARE WORRIED HOW TRUMP MIGHT BE UNHINGED IS CONCERNING.
WE HAD A POLL A WHILE BACK, WHEN WE DID IT IT WAS NEAR 50/50, IT WAS TYTNETWORK.COM/25TH, THAT REFERS TO THE 25TH AMENDMENT, TO REMOVE A PRESIDENT — SHOULD TRUMP BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE PRESIDENCY FOR MENTAL INCOMPETENCE? I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FAIR — OF COURSE IT’S NOT A SCIENTIFIC POLL, BUT IN THE BEGINNING THAT WAS NEARLY AN EVEN QUESTION WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, AND I DIDN’T NECESSARILY THINK WE NEEDED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION YET, BECAUSE USING THE 25TH AMENDMENT IS A VERY HEAVY EXERCISE OF POWER, YOU NEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE IT’S NOT BEING USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, BUT BECAUSE SOMEONE ACTUALLY CANNOT CONDUCT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS PRESIDENT.
SO JOE SCARBOROUGH WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, AND BY THE WAY, I’M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR OPINION AND WHERE THAT POLL WILL END UP, WE WILL HAVE TO LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX BELOW, SO VOTE ON THAT, I’M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK. NOW WE WILL GO TO SCARBOROUGH, HE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS POSSIBLE DEMENTIA. LET’S WATCH. >>WE HAD A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST PIECE SAYING SO A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AND THE QUESTION IS, MIKA, IF THIS IS NOT WHAT THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS DRAFTED FOR — >>THEN WHAT WASN’T DRAFTED FOR? >>I WOULD LIKE THE CABINET MEMBERS SERVING AMERICA, NOT THE PRESIDENT.
YOU SERVE AMERICA AND YOU KNOW IT. YOU KNOW YOU DON’T SERVE DONALD J. TRUMP. SCAM DEVELOPER. SCAM TRUMP UNIVERSITY PROVIDER.
REALITY TV SHOW HOST. >>RACIST. >>YOU REPRESENT HIM, YOU REPRESENT 320 MILLION PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE LITERALLY IN YOUR HANDS, AND WE ARE FACING A SHOWDOWN WITH A NUCLEAR POWER, AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SAYS IS MENTALLY UNFIT, THAT PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM SAY IS MENTALLY UNFIT, THAT PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM DURING THE CAMPAIGN TOLD ME HAD EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA.
>>TELL ME, GENERAL MATTIS, WHEN IS IT POLITE TO BRING THIS UP IN POLITE SOCIETY? REX TILLERSON, WHEN IS AT THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT A MENTALLY UNSTABLE PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND A NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN WITH ANOTHER UNSTABLE MADMAN IN NORTH KOREA?
IS AFTER THE FIRST NUCLEAR MISSILES FLY WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME, STEVE MNUCHIN. >>PENCE. >>AND HERE’S THE THING, EVERYONE AROUND TRUMP KNOWS HE IS NOT STABLE. EVERYBODY AROUND TRUMP KNOWS HE IS NOT STABLE NOW. >>KELLY.
>>EVERYBODY. >>SO NOW WERE GOING TO GO TO SCARBOROUGH AND IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS POSSIBLE DEMENTIA.
LET’S WATCH. >> WE HAD A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST PIECE SAYING SO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ON THE QUESTIONS WE GET, IF THIS IS NOT WHAT THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS DRAFTED FOR, I WOULD LIKE THE CABINET MEMBERS SERVING A MEMBER NOT THE PRESIDENT, SERVING AMERICA ñ USE OF AMERICA AND YOU KNOW IT. YOU KNOW YOU DON’T SERVE DONALD J TRUMP.
SCAM DEVELOPER, SCAMMED UNIVERSITY PROPRIETOR. YOU DON’T REPRESENT HIM, YOU REPRESENT 325 MILLION PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE LITERALLY IN YOUR HANDS. AND WE ARE FACING A SHOWDOWN WITH A NUCLEAR POWER. AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SAYS IS MENTALLY UNFIT, THAT PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM SAY IS MENTALLY UNFIT, THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM DURING THE CAMPAIGN TOLD ME AT EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA. TELL ME, GEN.
MATUS, ONE IS UP LIKE TO BRING THIS UP? IN POLITE SOCIETY? WHEN IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME, REX TILLERSON, TO TALK ABOUT A MENTALLY UNSTABLE PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND A NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN WITH ANOTHER UNSTABLE MADMAN IN NORTH KOREA? IS IT AFTER THE FIRST NUCLEAR MISSILES FLY? WHEN EXACTLY IS THE RIGHT TIME STEVE MNUCHIN?
>>PANTS? >>MIKE PENCE.
AND HERE’S THE THING EVERYBODY AROUND DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HE IS NOT STABLE. >> SORRY THIS IS NOT FUNNY BUT MIKA’S BECAUSE REACTION WAS FUNNY. I BELIEVE THEY’RE GOING TO USE ALZHEIMER’S AS AN EXCUSE TO GET HIM OUT WHEN HE IS NEARÖ AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE MIKE FLYNN MIGHT BE COOPERATING WITH THE AUTHORITIES.
SO I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF HE IS SPEAKING AT. REMEMBER HE HAS THE SAME LAWYER AS THE MOB. ONE OF THE MOB BOSSES IN NEW YORK STATE BEING CRAZY FOR A LONG TIME TO GET OUT OF JAIL.
WHETHER HE IS ACTING CRAZY OR WHETHER HE IS CRAZY, HE IS NOT ACTING LIKE A RATIONAL PERSON. THE REALITY IS THE CLOSER YOU GET TO TRUMP THE MORE YOU REALIZE THAT.
THAT IS WHY THERE ARE THESE DESPERATE LEAKS WHERE THEY GO TO SEN. BOB CORKER WHO IS A REPUBLICAN AND SAY BOB TELL EVERYBODY HE’S NOT. I THINK OF THE 25TH IS WHERE THIS THING ENDS. BUT HE WILL RESIGN BEFORE THAT. I THINK THAT MOMENTUM IS COMING.
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