Name: Philip Rucker & Carol Leonnig: Trump's Is A Presidency Of One
Uploaded: 2020-03-13T22:32:08.000Z
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MY NEXT GUESTS ARE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING

JOURNALISTS WHOSE NEW BOOK, "A VERY STABLE GENIUS," IS THE

PLEASE WELCOME PHILIP RUCKER AND CAROL LEONNIG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON THE LIVE NIGHT.

>> Stephen: OKAY, THE BOOK IS "A VERY STABLE GENIUS."

AS I SAID, IT'S NUMBER ONE ON NONFICTION.

WAS THAT THE STATE OF THE UNION OF ALL EXPECTED?

I MEAN, HE WAS-- HIS TYPICAL MODE, WHICH IS "I MADE THIS

I ACCOMPLISHED ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS."

>> Stephen: MADE IT GREATEST, ACTUALLY, GREATEST.

>> AND HE WAS-- HE WAS NOT GOING AFTER HIS ENEMIES AS MUCH AS I

YOU KNOW, HE HAS A THING ABOUT GOING AFTER PEOPLE THAT HE

THINKS ARE ATTACKING HIM, AND HE DID LESS OF THAT TONIGHT.

>> Stephen: THERE WAS-- PEOPLE WERE SAYING THERE WAS A BIT OF A

REALITY SHOW TOUCH TONIGHT, THAT HE AWARD A SCHOLARSHIP, AWARDED

A MEDAL OF FREEDOM, REUNITED A SOLDIER WITH HIS FAMILY.

BUT PLOAS HEHER OWN MOMENT WHEN SHE RIPPED UP THAT SPEECH.

WAS THAT SURPRISING TO YOU, BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HER

>> WELL, LAST YEAR, SHE DID THE CLAP, REMEMBER?

>> SO, THIS YEAR SHE RIPPED UP THE SPEECH.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SCENE IN THE BOOK THAT'S REALLY TELLING ABOUT

EARLY ON IN THE ADMINISTRATION, A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE

INAUGURATION, WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS HAVING A RECEPTION AT THE

WHITE HOUSE WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, HE'S GOING ON ABOUT HOW

THERE WAS VOTER FRAUD, HE REALLY WON THE POPULAR VOTE BECAUSE

THREE TO FIVE MILLION PEOPLE VOTED ILLEGALLY IN CALIFORNIA--

PELOSI CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT IT AND STEVE BANNON WHISPERED TO

SHE'S A TOTAL ASSASSIN, AND SHE'S GOING TO GET US."

THAT'S THE PELOSI WE SAW TONIGHT, THE ASSASSIN MOVE

>> Stephen: AND THAT WAS BEHIND HIS BACK.

HE WILL FIND OUT AFTER WHEN PEOPLE TELL HIM.

>> Stephen: HE DIDN'T MENTION IMPEACHMENT AT ALL.

>> AND PRESIDENT CLINTON DIDN'T BRING IT UP, EITHER.

ONE OF THE THING'S THAT'S INTRIGUING ABOUT THAT IS WE HAVE

SPENT THREE YEARS COVERING THIS PRESIDENT, AND ONE THING HE IS A

MASTER AT, I MEAN, A GENIUS AT-- OUR BOOK IS CALLED "A VERY

STABLE GENIUS--" WHICH IS THIS, CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT, YOU

KNOW, HE'S THE BEST AT-- THE BEST OF HIS OWN LAWYER.

AND IN THIS INSTANCE, HE DOESN'T MENTION IMPEACHMENT, BECAUSE

>> Stephen: HE'S ABOVE IT, LIKELY ACQUITTED TOMORROW.

THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

>> Stephen: EVERYBODY IS FALLING IN LINE.

ARE OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES BROKEN AT THIS POINT?

>> WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 200 ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FOR

AND A LOT OF THEM TOLD US IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT THEY ARE BROKEN,

THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT WORK THE WAY THEY SHOULD.

THE INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING ERODED AND BEATEN DOWN BY A

PRESIDENT WHO SEES HIMSELF ABOVE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND WE SAW AFTER THE MUELLER -- >> Stephen: IS THAT THE FAULT

OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE CHECKING HIM?

>> THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT ROOM WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO

HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE-- A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS NOW SAID

THEY'RE GOING TO ACQUIT HIM, BUT THEY THINK WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG

>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED SAID THAT THIS IS

THEIR NUMBER ONE FEAR, IS THAT HE'S LOWERING THE BAR.

THESE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO SPOKE TO US, BROKE THEIR SILENCE FOR

THE FIRST TIME, AND FINALLY SAID TO US, "LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING TO

WRITE A HISTORY BOOK, I WANT YOU TO GET THE HISTORY RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE GENUINELY CONCERNED THAT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY

TO USE TWITTER TO GO AFTER ANYBODY WHO TELLS THE TRUTH-- A

CAREER SERVANT LIKE LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEX VINDMIN.

>> Stephen: WHEN HAS HE BEEN CONSTRAINED BEFORE?

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