Name: Chris Matthews: Trump Only Wants To Be Friends With Dictators
Uploaded: 2020-03-03T07:02:15.000Z
Duration: 12 min 39 s
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MY FIRST GUEST HAS BEEN COVERING POLITICS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

LET'S SEE IF TODAY'S NEWS HAS GIVEN HIM ANYTHING TO SHOUT

PLEASE WELCOME, THE HOST OF "HARDBALL," CHRIS MATTHEWS!

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT THE HELL IS

THE G7, THE G8, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, HAS BEEN GOING ON

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS

>> THIS IS THE SOFTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR.

CANADA IS EASY, IT'S A NICE COUNTRY, LAKE THEY LIKE US AND

THEY HAVE A REALLY PRETTY PRIME MINISTER, YOU KNOW?

>> Stephen: MAYBE THAT'S WHAT MAKES TRUMP SUSPICIOUS.

>> I THINK HE MIGHT BE THE WICKED WITCH AND HE'S SNOW WHITE

AND HE SAYS, WHO'S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?

I KNOW THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR CEDAR SHINGLES AND SHAKES AND

LUMBER AND ALL THOSE ISSUES ARE LIKELY IMPORTANT WITH THEM, BUT

WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT, THEY'RE TRICKY ABOUT THE TRADE ISSUES

TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT, INSTEAD OF GETTING MAD AT

THE WEIRD THING, IS HE WAS ELECTED LEADER OF THE FREE

I MEAN, OF ALL THOSE COUNTRIES UP THERE, THEY ARE THE FREE

IT'S THE FRENCH, THE BRITS, THE ITALIANS, JAPANESE, CANADIANS,

WE ALL ARE DEMOCRACIES, WE HAVE REGULAR ELECTIONS, WE PICK OUR

LEADERS, WE GET RID OF THEM IF WE DON'T LIKE THEM, WE HAVE FREE

THEY'RE ALL THE GOOD COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, AND HE'S TELLING

>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT, THE UPSIDE FOR THE

HE WANTS TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE COUNTRIES WHERE LEADERS KILL

THE LITTLE GUY IN NORTH KOREA, THE GUY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

IN CHARGE OF HIM, HIS UNCLE, HE KILLED THEM.

REMEMBER THE AIRPORT IN MALAYSIA, THEY PAINTED THE

THE GUY HAS KILLED ABOUT 300 PEOPLE AROUND THEY KNOW ABOUT.

THESE ARE AWFUL PEOPLE, AND HE WANTS TO BECOME BEST FRIENDS

>> Stephen: I CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND NORTH KOREA, BECAUSE

YOU BUTTER UP SOME OF THEM TO GET THEM TO THE NEGOTIATING

TABLE, AND IF HE SUCCEEDS, GOD BLESS HIM.

IF HE SUCCEEDS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT IN NORTH KOREA --

( LAUGHTER ) NO, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK THE

BEST AND HOPE THE PRESIDENT SUCCEEDS IN THAT CONDITION.

>> Stephen: MAYBE HE'LL TAKE HIM FURNITURE SHOPPING.

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY DO AT THE FUNDRAISERS, THEY TAKE THEM UP

WE THINK ABOUT A MILLION THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES AND A LOT

WE ARE THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD

WHEN EAST GERMANY FELL, WHEN THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN, YOU KNOW

THE LAST DICTATOR, AND HE'S A BAD GUY, HEAD OF EAST GERMANY,

HIS NUMBER ONE GOAL IN LIFE WAS TO BE INVITED TO THE WHITE

EVEN THE BAD COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD KNOW WE'RE THE GREATEST

THIS THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

THEY ALL WANT TO BE INVITED TO SIT DOWN WITH US BECAUSE THEY

KNOW WE'RE THE GREATEST COUNTRY EVER AND IT'S A FACT, IT'S A

HARD THING FOR CYNICS TO BUY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GOOD

PERSON TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY.

AND THIS LITTLE GUY WANTS TO MEET WITH OUR GUY AND SIT DOWN

>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THE UNITED STATES GET OUT OF THIS?

THE OBJECTIVE IS DENUCLEARIZATION, WITH WHICH IS

A WORTHY GOAL, IF HE CAN GET IT, GOD BLESS HIM, JUST MAKE THE

BUT EXPERTS ARE SAYING THE CHANCE THEY WILL GIVE UP THEIR

>> Stephen: AND YET, KIM GETS WHAT HE WANTS, WHICH IS EQUAL

FOOTING WITH THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD.

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Chris Matthews: Trump Only Wants To Be Friends With Dictators

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