Psaki: Trump's humiliating disaster on the Mall is his presidency in a nutshell
7/3/202641 min
Jen Psaki makes the case that Donald Trump's failed "state fair" and his other calamitous projects at the seat of American government is an encapsulation of his entire presidency, from overblown vanity projects to sketchy budgets to utter incompetence to weaponizing his Justice Department to help feed his cover story.
Jonathan Swan, reporter for the New York Times and co-author of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," talks with Jen Psaki about Donald Trump's declaration that he intends to pardon everyone in his circle, and how that knowledge emboldens his staff to act without fear of any consequence.
Andrew Weissmann, former FBI general counsel, talks with Jen Psaki about former special counsel Jack Smith's extended interview on MS NOW earlier today.
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Jen Psaki· Host0:42
Okay, we have so much to get to tonight. Jonathan Swan is here to talk about his incredible new book, Regime Change, which if you've tried to buy it online and you're having trouble, get it on your Kindle. You can get it there. It's, it's flying off the shelves, literally. But we're gonna talk to him all about it, and also all of his reporting, because it only gets more relevant, it seems, by the day. Andrew Weissmann is also gonna be here with his first reaction to what we heard from Jack Smith's first ever TV interview with Nicolle Wallace earlier today in quite some time. But there's something we have to talk about first, mostly because, and Chris sort of alluded to this, as did I, of just how embarrassing it is for Donald Trump. And I, I don't know if you've been following how things are going at Trump's great American state fair that is happening here in Washington,