Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Trump's unprecedented use of a Rose Garden speech to air political grievances and level attacks against Joe Biden, with Beschloss questioning if "the next time he does this, are we going to see Trump campaign banners hanging from the white house behind him?" Aired on 07/15/2020.
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Trump Crossed A Very Important Line With Attack Filled Rose Garden Speech | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
Trump is authoritarian. He wants to destroy our country.
There are no good, strong arguments to defend Trump. When people have a weak argument, they get defensive. They dig in and double down. People feel they have to have an opinion, they have to form it immediately, and never back down. To Trump followers, it’s not about solving problems. It’s about winning the argument. They must know on some level that if Trump was a Democrat, they would take the exact opposite position.
Imagine if it was Hillary Clinton’s daughter and top people who had met with a foreign government to trade dirt on Trump for sanction relief. Imagine if 16 Clinton associates had lied about it. Imagine if she had lied about pursuing a real estate deal in Moscow in 2016.
Imagine if Obama had lied 19,000 times in 3 years. If he accused Republicans of ridiculous, vast conspiracies every other day. Imagine if Obama had done nothing about reports of Russian bounties on US troops or a world pandemic. Imagine if he had spewed nonsense about COVID testing, hid White House visitor logs, called undocumented Mexicans rapists or the CIA Nazis, insulted war widows, tweeted daily insults, spoken like a rambling coot, asked China and Ukraine to investigate his rival, dangled pardons, fired people investigating him, complained constantly about Bush by name, accused the media of lying daily, surrounded himself with criminals, refused to release his tax returns, had record staff turnover, hired his family, talked like a racist…I could go on.
Obama caught heat for wearing a tan suit. He was branded a traitor for telling a Russian diplomat he would be more flexible after an election – flexible to do what? It could have been anything. But anyone who raises an eyebrow about Trump’s shady behavior is branded a traitor.
@Don WilliamsCalls the press the “enemy of the people”, he doesn’t support the First Amendment. Sends in US military to disperse peaceful protesters for a photo op.
@djgq I’m glad to hear there’s at least one sane American left. Ever considered going into politics I understand an important position maybe available this November. Good luck for the future
@J Groovy it’s literally a cult of personality. It has exposed and laid bare very troubling social constructs, and the other side of this nightmare is unknown.
@citizen X how’s that? By telling the truth.
trump is losing………he will try to cancel the election with Barrs help…….just wait
* president pro tempore
@Eva Luna
The constitution specifically spells this out. If there is no election, the President & vice President step down & the Speaker of the house is the interim President. If the Speakers seat is up (it is), they also must step down. Grasely in the Senate is next in line & his seat IS NOT up this election. They don’t choose Presidents by vote in either house.
@Freewheelin’ Franklin
Please try to get the fact that you are wrong on this issue through your thick skull and stop bothering me. Thank you and good day.
the primary model indicates a 91% chance of reelection and it has only been wrong twice
*AG/Bill P. Barr, criminal Trump’s special assassin against justice.*
Arrest Trump or benedict donald who is a criminal.
This is your leader you wanted him because you saw him on a reality TV show SHAME on the USA.
they are the same person
Than stop crying about it and do something. In my native land he wouldn’t be alive at this point. He is destroying the US. He has destroyed US reputation on an epic level.
I get that reporters are obligated to be there, but why not challenge him on these issues? Be relentless. Don’t let Trump use these platforms as his campaign. Interrupt him….constantly!
What’s the worst that will happen? He wheedle his press down to two shows? No! Trump needs the attention.
It really is up to the press to expose Trump’s latest smoke and mirror tactics.
Fred A They can refuse to allow a reporter to sit. They almost did it to Jim costa from cnn permanently
I have noticed that Trump occasionally refers to himself in the third person – eg. “the vets love Trump”. This is classic behavior of a despot.
@Isa Kept the press waiting for 30 minutes. No apology. Then a rambling diatribe – as you say a hopeless stream of consciousness. Any other President prepared properly for press briefings but as usual this lazy man just turns up, tries to improvise and completely fails. The press sure earned their salary yesterday. I could only take 10 minutes of it. It was dire.
@whatzup Don’t you have a white supremacist rally to attend somewhere?
I know of 3 vets’ groups that are totally against trump. Votevets has new ad out, Traitor trump
@Nhung Ngo MOVING THE GOAL POST AGAIN ON WHAT IS HATE?
@Isa One thing he said was on point: Joe Biden wants to get rid of the suburbs, and is also against windows! Who knew?
He is acting exactly like a Dictator. Out to Destroy our America. Such seperation and HATE!!
he’s already damaged the USA, and it will be a while before it can heal
@Danny Boyd A LOOONG while ! ……….. Maybe Putin will “liberate” USA ? ………….
I get that reporters are obligated to be there, but why not challenge him on these issues? Be relentless. Don’t let Trump use these platforms as his campaign. Interrupt him….constantly!
What’s the worst that will happen? He wheedle his press down to two shows? No! Trump needs the attention.
It really is up to the press to expose Trump’s latest smoke and mirror tactics.
Its appalling…I dont believe this is happening ?
well a dictatorship usually has a lot of government intervention in the life of americans and usually thats the left’s sort of thing. actually the left and biden’s embrace of progressive ideas including cancel culture are more of a dictatorship than what trump has allegedly done. there was a San Francisco art curator who was forced from his job because he said the museum will include art from black and “white” artist. nothing wrong with that to me but to the left it is unacceptable. they are harboring a form of Orwellian newspeak now. it is actually getting very dangerous. our freedom of speech is being threatened by leftist. this is why trump is important because he is a guy who doesnt care what he says. he has energy and power and it was alexander hamilton that said the we need to have an energetic president. trump is a guy who can cut through the bullcrap when he sees it. biden is literally a puppet being used by progressives to funnel out their radical reshaping of america. wont happen though because according to the Primary Model trump has a 91% chance of winning
The Rose Garden is one of few places he can actually hold a rally, except he SHOULDN’T. But who is going to stand up and say, “No, you’re not going to do that.”? Nobody.
Mr. Trump were not going let you do that from the Rose Garden anymore! Step away from the flora! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹- Bonnie Robinson. Done!
He will do what he wants as long as there is an ear to listen to him. If everyone just went cold turkey and quit, it would be him, Fox, and OAN!
SO the 2 that matters would stay and those who Hate America and want it destroyed would GO.
That won’t work. He must be called out constantly.
@mksrookies Dumbing down much?
@mksrookies If you say so, but I prefer to do my own thinking based upon what I see & hear! Not what a cheerleader tells me.
OWN is the new name for Trump news. It’s tied to Russia Today (rt). Ironic it it said Own!! 👀 as in Owned by Russia. – Bonnie Robinson 🌊🐬
More inciting of violence by Trump; he’s been doing it since day one.
plus spreadig STD’s to Melania from messing around for a half century while refusing to wear a condom.
But everybody cheers when he blames China.
I get that reporters are obligated to be there, but why not challenge him on these issues? Be relentless. Don’t let Trump use these platforms as his campaign. Interrupt him….constantly!
What’s the worst that will happen? He wheedle his press down to two shows? No! Trump needs the attention.
It really is up to the press to expose Trump’s latest smoke and mirror tactics.
Benedict Arnold’s portrait must be hanging in Trump’s bedroom.
@Mr. Greatness I don’t need cable news to understand a person motions.
Wonder where you get the term fake news from?
Name one policy of Trump?
What is Trump’s vision of the country?
His term is almost over he promised a wall and American country would be great.
Are we winning? Are we great.
My knowledge of history leads me to see his plan for total power.
Fear leads you to your belief.
The man didn’t defend thos country at a time of war, why do you believe he cares about you?
I wonder why you call media fake?
Your not a sheep?
If he does, he used his charities money to buy it.
Say what you want brainwashed Marxist, Trump will win in a landslide in 2020🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👈🏻
@celticman name one policy of Trump
@Hull Style Produtions Change the World they’re trolling. Don’t waste time with these fools.
How many crimes has he committed and yet you Americans let him get away every time…. what happened to checks and balances your forefathers wrote into your constitution? ….you have a dictator king on the throne, shame!!
@Koko Edeke I. BRIBERY (18 U.S.C. § 201)
II. SOLICITING FOREIGN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION (52 U.S.C. §§ 30109, 30121)
III. COERCION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY (18 U.S.C. § 610)
IV. MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS (18 U.S.C. § 641)
V. OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS (18 U.S.C. §§ 1505, 1512)
@Chevyrulzz1 Be specific. Why, then, did the Republicans not charge him with something during the 6 years they controlled Congress?
@liam Sullivan I. BRIBERY (18 U.S.C. § 201)
II. SOLICITING FOREIGN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION (52 U.S.C. §§ 30109, 30121)
III. COERCION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY (18 U.S.C. § 610)
IV. MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS (18 U.S.C. § 641)
V. OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS (18 U.S.C. §§ 1505, 1512)
@liam Sullivan You mean after a trial where no witnesses or evidence was allowed?
All democrats are crying about it because they didn’t do it first Trump beats them at every turn
The media should be given rotten eggs to through at him. He wants to demean the office he should be demeaned.
But there are no consequences for Trump anytime he crosses a line. That’s the problem.
@mark burke He was still impeached. A big black mark next to his name. In permanent ink that he will never be able to erase.
@Elaine Walls he was acquitted by the us senate. He was charged yes but the OUTCOME of the proceedings was ultimately ACQUITTAL
@mark burke He was STILL impeached, dodo. Say it. I-M-P-E-A-C-H-E-D
@Elaine Walls technical impeachment. Doing some light reading about johnson, nixon, clinton and trump. Acquittals are marked yes but under the term they(johnson clinton and trump) were not regarded as “”guilty””. So youre “right” on a yes and no sense.
There are no good, strong arguments to defend Trump. When people have a weak argument, they get defensive. They dig in and double down. People feel they have to have an opinion, they have to form it immediately, and never back down. To Trump followers, it’s not about solving problems. It’s about winning the argument. They must know on some level that if Trump was a Democrat, they would take the exact opposite position.
Imagine if it was Hillary Clinton’s daughter and top people who had met with a foreign government to trade dirt on Trump for sanction relief. Imagine if 16 Clinton associates had lied about it. Imagine if she had lied about pursuing a real estate deal in Moscow in 2016.
Imagine if Obama had lied 19,000 times in 3 years. If he accused Republicans of ridiculous, vast conspiracies every other day. Imagine if Obama had done nothing about reports of Russian bounties on US troops or a world pandemic. Imagine if he had spewed nonsense about COVID testing, hid White House visitor logs, called undocumented Mexicans rapists or the CIA Nazis, insulted war widows, tweeted daily insults, spoken like a rambling coot, asked China and Ukraine to investigate his rival, dangled pardons, fired people investigating him, complained constantly about Bush by name, accused the media of lying daily, surrounded himself with criminals, refused to release his tax returns, had record staff turnover, hired his family, talked like a racist…I could go on.
Obama caught heat for wearing a tan suit. He was branded a traitor for telling a Russian diplomat he would be more flexible after an election – flexible to do what? It could have been anything. But anyone who raises an eyebrow about Trump’s shady behavior is branded a traitor.
It won’t matter to his brainwashed groupies.
They have a fetish for traitors.
@Mueller Time you so brainwashed by your right wing propaganda, it’s sad… all in on the revisionist right wing attempt to claim nazi’s were left wing… it’s hilarious.. now you will point out wildly look look it’s even got socialist in the name.. it’s comical… you uneducated fools are comical… just comical.
@Mueller Time also simp… psychology and biology are two different things… moron…
Magats have been confederate flag wavin traitors since birth. They would side with russia over their own country in a heartbeat.
People that support him are racists
Ron Swanson …those that serve themselves or one man or one party over the greater good of an entire nation….fit that term.
Trump is the first Confederate President of the United States.
dammit.
I get that reporters are obligated to be there, but why not challenge him on these issues? Be relentless. Don’t let Trump use these platforms as his campaign. Interrupt him….constantly!
What’s the worst that will happen? He wheedle his press down to two shows? No! Trump needs the attention.
It really is up to the press to expose Trump’s latest smoke and mirror tactics.
@Marilyn Reallon Third. Technically, President Andrew Johnson was a sympathizer.
No he is not the first Confederate president. He is just the first so called president to use this countries Racism and sense of entitlement and exceptionalism to fracture Democracy in our Republic. He is the first so called president that honors our adversaries word over our allies word. He is the first so called president that tests at the fabric of our Constitution and is attempting to replace it with Totalitarianism.
HE IS A TRAITOR.
@mike briganti Scram, trash.
The first racist president since the Civil Rights Act.
Putin: “Boy, you must create chaos, discord and division in US by letting the Corona virus spread across US. Let death prevail.”
Trump: “Yes, boss.”
Putin whispering to Trump: “Don’t make it so obvious that you’re in my pocket. Don’t you have any smarts?”
Xi: whispering to Biden
Ayatollah: putting checks in Hunter’s pocket
@Koko Edeke shut up
@Ken Albertsen CYET ! ………
Putin says jump and trump says how high.
He has crossed so many lines it really is unreasonable he is still there.
Republicans won’t do anything
It is absolutely mind boggling! Everyday something outrageous or disgusting turns up and I’m sick of it
He has overstepped many lines long before inauguration. What’s one more to cross, at THIS point?
Rallies no show he isnt feeling the love. Hes missing his peacock strutting showing his bloated orange sack of protoplasm body around to be adored
Joe Slapperasski 🤣🤣🤣
Trump isn’t any kind of a leader
This is a close representation of how he runs his businesses
Like always tell my wife – “You think this is disgusting? Just wait until tomorrow.”
Bet your wife doesn’t need to be told! -Bonnie Robinson 💗
I get that reporters are obligated to be there, but why not challenge him on these issues? Be relentless. Don’t let Trump use these platforms as his campaign. Interrupt him….constantly!
What’s the worst that will happen? He wheedle his press down to two shows? No! Trump needs the attention.
It really is up to the press to expose Trump’s latest smoke and mirror tactics.
He “crosses the line” several times a day on all sorts of things. No one is more despicable than this mental case.