VERY QUICKLY I THINK TO THAT KIND OF DRACONIAN KIND OF
KIND OF DRACONIAN KIND OF RETRIBUTION THIS PRESIDENT IS
RETRIBUTION THIS PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BRING AGAINST PEOPLE
GOING TO BRING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO THREATEN HIM.
WHO THREATEN HIM. >> I WANT TO BRING STEVE SCHMIDT
>> I WANT TO BRING STEVE SCHMIDT INTO THE CONVERSATION.
INTO THE CONVERSATION. I WRANT TO RE-SET FOR OUR
I WRANT TO RE-SET FOR OUR VIEWERS, THE WHITE HOUSE
VIEWERS, THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASING A LIST OF FORMER
RELEASING A LIST OF FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS FOR WHOM THEY HAVE NOW PUBLICLY
WHOM THEY HAVE NOW PUBLICLY STATED THEY HAVE UNDER
STATED THEY HAVE UNDER CONSIDERATION THE PUNISHMENT OF
CONSIDERATION THE PUNISHMENT OF STRIPPING THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF
STRIPPING THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCES.
THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCES. THESE MEN FORMER CIA DIRECTORRS,
THESE MEN FORMER CIA DIRECTORRS, FORMER FBI SECURITY DIRECTOR,
FORMER FBI SECURITY DIRECTOR, ALL MAINTAIN SECURITY CLEARANCES
ALL MAINTAIN SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR GIVING THEIR EXPERTISE,
FOR GIVING THEIR EXPERTISE, GIVING THEIR INSTITUTIONAL
GIVING THEIR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO A PRESIDENT AND THE
KNOWLEDGE TO A PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AFTER THEY LEAVE.
AFTER THEY LEAVE. JOINING US NOW STEVE SCHMIDT.
JOINING US NOW STEVE SCHMIDT. GO, STEVE.
GO, STEVE. >> HI, NICOLLE.
>> HI, NICOLLE. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. >> I DIDN’T THINK YOU NEEDED A
>> I DIDN’T THINK YOU NEEDED A SET UP.
SET UP. >> WHAT IS THE QUESTION FOR
>> WHAT IS THE QUESTION FOR STEVE?
STEVE? >> THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY
>> THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DAY FOR AMERICAN
DANGEROUS DAY FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. THIS IS THE MOVE OF AN AUTOCRAT,
THIS IS THE MOVE OF AN AUTOCRAT, NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. WE DON’T STRIP SECURITY
WE DON’T STRIP SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR POLITICAL REASONS
CLEARANCES FOR POLITICAL REASONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION
FROM MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY WHO HAVE SERVED ALL OF
PARTY WHO HAVE SERVED ALL OF THEIR CAREERS, ALL OF THEIR
THEIR CAREERS, ALL OF THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY,
LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY, HAVE SWORN OATHS TO THE
HAVE SWORN OATHS TO THE CONSTITUTION, NOT TO A PARTY,
CONSTITUTION, NOT TO A PARTY, NOT TO THE LEADER, BUT, YOU
NOT TO THE LEADER, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART AND PARCEL.
KNOW, THIS IS PART AND PARCEL. TRUMP BEGAN POLITICIZING THE
TRUMP BEGAN POLITICIZING THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FROM HOUR
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FROM HOUR ONE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN
ONE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE WENT TO THE CIA MEMORIAL WALL
HE WENT TO THE CIA MEMORIAL WALL AND TALKED ABOUT HIS INAUGURAL
AND TALKED ABOUT HIS INAUGURAL CROWDS.
CROWDS. THIS IS JUST A CULMINATION OF
THIS IS JUST A CULMINATION OF HIS INCREASINGLY ERRATIC
HIS INCREASINGLY ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. AND, OF COURSE, THIS OCCURS A
AND, OF COURSE, THIS OCCURS A WEEK AFTER HE STOOD UP NEXT TO
WEEK AFTER HE STOOD UP NEXT TO THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND TOOK
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND TOOK THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S SIDE IN
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S SIDE IN A DISPUTE WITH AMERICA’S
A DISPUTE WITH AMERICA’S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. AND, OF COURSE, THEN FORCED HIS
AND, OF COURSE, THEN FORCED HIS NATIONAL DIRECTOR DAN COATS TO
NATIONAL DIRECTOR DAN COATS TO KOWTOW, PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE, AND
KOWTOW, PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE, AND ESSENTIALLY HUMILIATE HIMSELF AT
ESSENTIALLY HUMILIATE HIMSELF AT THE FEET OF THE LEADER.
THE FEET OF THE LEADER. SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS PRESIDENT’S CONTINUING ABUSE OF
PRESIDENT’S CONTINUING ABUSE OF POWER, HIS, HIS, HIS
POWER, HIS, HIS, HIS AUTHORITARIAN INSTINCT AT FULL
AUTHORITARIAN INSTINCT AT FULL USE HERE.
USE HERE. IT IS ALARMING TO SAY THE LEAST.
IT IS ALARMING TO SAY THE LEAST. >> STEVE, LET ME PLAY FOR YOU
>> STEVE, LET ME PLAY FOR YOU THE PRESIDENT’S RECENT ATTACKS.
THE PRESIDENT’S RECENT ATTACKS. THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILDING UP IN HIM AND
WAS BUILDING UP IN HIM AND REALLY JUST CAME SPILLING OUT
REALLY JUST CAME SPILLING OUT TODAY.
TODAY. LET’S WATCH THE PRESIDENT WITH
LET’S WATCH THE PRESIDENT WITH JEFF GLOR OF CBS NEWS TICKING
JEFF GLOR OF CBS NEWS TICKING OFF PEOPLE HE WAS MAD ABOUT.
OFF PEOPLE HE WAS MAD ABOUT. >> DO YOU THINK ANY INTELLIGENCE
>> DO YOU THINK ANY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, U.S. INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES, U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE OUT TO GET YOU?
AGENCIES ARE OUT TO GET YOU? >> WELL, CERTAINLY IN THE PAST.
>> WELL, CERTAINLY IN THE PAST. IT’S BEEN TERRIBLE.
IT’S BEEN TERRIBLE. YOU LOOK AT BRENNAN.
YOU LOOK AT BRENNAN. YOU LOOK AT CLAPPER.
YOU LOOK AT CLAPPER. YOU LOOK AT HAYDEN.
YOU LOOK AT HAYDEN. YOU LOOK AT COMEY.
YOU LOOK AT COMEY. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN A GUY
I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN A GUY LIKE BRENNAN.
LIKE BRENNAN. I THINK HE’S A TOTAL LOW LIFE.
I THINK HE’S A TOTAL LOW LIFE. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN CLAPPER.
I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN CLAPPER. YOU KNOW, CLAPPER WROTE ME A
YOU KNOW, CLAPPER WROTE ME A BEAUTIFUL LETTER WHEN I FIRST
BEAUTIFUL LETTER WHEN I FIRST WENT TO OFFICE AND IT WAS REALLY
WENT TO OFFICE AND IT WAS REALLY NICE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
NICE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE’S GONE HEY WIRE BECAUSE THEY
HE’S GONE HEY WIRE BECAUSE THEY GOT TO HIM AND THEY PROBABLY GOT
GOT TO HIM AND THEY PROBABLY GOT HIM TO SAY THINGS THAT MAYBE HE
HIM TO SAY THINGS THAT MAYBE HE DOESN’T EVEN MEAN.
DOESN’T EVEN MEAN. BUT NO, I CERTAINLY DON’T HAVE
BUT NO, I CERTAINLY DON’T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN PAST PEOPLE.
CONFIDENCE IN PAST PEOPLE. YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENED.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENED. TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE
TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE SHENANIGANS THAT HAVE GONE ON,
SHENANIGANS THAT HAVE GONE ON, VERY HARD TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
VERY HARD TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT GROUP.
THAT GROUP. >> STEVE SCHMIDT, TWO MORE
>> STEVE SCHMIDT, TWO MORE POESES OF INFORMATION TO THROW
POESES OF INFORMATION TO THROW AT YOU AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY.
AT YOU AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY. DURING THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL
DURING THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND REALLY DEVASTATING PERIODS
AND REALLY DEVASTATING PERIODS POLITICALLY AFTER THE IRAQ WAR
POLITICALLY AFTER THE IRAQ WAR TOOK SOME OF ITS, YOU KNOW, MOST
TOOK SOME OF ITS, YOU KNOW, MOST BOTCHED TURNS, THERE WAS NEVER
BOTCHED TURNS, THERE WAS NEVER AN EFFORT -- I TALKED TO THREE
AN EFFORT -- I TALKED TO THREE FORMER -- OF OUR FORMER
FORMER -- OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES.
COLLEAGUES. NO ONE WAS EVER STRIPPED OF
NO ONE WAS EVER STRIPPED OF THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCES OF
THEIR SECURITY CLEARANCES OF BEING HARSH CRITICS OF THE IRAQ
BEING HARSH CRITICS OF THE IRAQ WAR.
WAR. NO CRITICS TAKE AWAY SECURITY
NO CRITICS TAKE AWAY SECURITY CLEARANCES OF THE ONE THAT
CLEARANCES OF THE ONE THAT PRECEDED IT, NO MATTER HOW HARSH
PRECEDED IT, NO MATTER HOW HARSH THE POLITICAL DEBATE COMES.
THE POLITICAL DEBATE COMES. AND I HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY
AND I HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY SOMETHING THERE THAT STRUCK ME.
SOMETHING THERE THAT STRUCK ME. SOMEBODY GOT TO THEM.
SOMEBODY GOT TO THEM. WELL, I’VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE
WELL, I’VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S INNER
INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S INNER CIRCLE WHO ARE SAYING, I THINK
CIRCLE WHO ARE SAYING, I THINK MAYBE SOMEBODY GOT TO HIM.
MAYBE SOMEBODY GOT TO HIM. I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SKEPTICAL OF
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SKEPTICAL OF THE COLLUSION QUESTION WHEN IT
THE COLLUSION QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO DONALD TRUMP, BUT HAVE
COMES TO DONALD TRUMP, BUT HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT, WELL, HE MIGHT
ALWAYS THOUGHT, WELL, HE MIGHT HAVE OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE BECAUSE
HAVE OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE BECAUSE HE’S SLOPPY AND MESSY AND USED
HE’S SLOPPY AND MESSY AND USED TO FAMILY MOM AND POP BUSINESS
TO FAMILY MOM AND POP BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
OPERATIONS. THEY ARE NOW OPENLY WONDERING,
THEY ARE NOW OPENLY WONDERING, NOT IN FRONT OF TELEVISION
NOT IN FRONT OF TELEVISION CAMERAS, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS,
CAMERAS, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING
WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE ON THIS COLLUSION
THERE ON THIS COLLUSION QUESTION.
QUESTION. YOUR THOUGHTS?
YOUR THOUGHTS? >> WELL, WHEN YOU DIAGRAM THE
>> WELL, WHEN YOU DIAGRAM THE PRESIDENT’S RANTINGS RIGHT
PRESIDENT’S RANTINGS RIGHT THERE, WHAT JUMPS OUT, OF
THERE, WHAT JUMPS OUT, OF COURSE, IS HIS ALLEGATION OF
COURSE, IS HIS ALLEGATION OF NEFARIOUS CONSPIRACY.
NEFARIOUS CONSPIRACY. THEY GOT TO HIM.
THEY GOT TO HIM. LIKE AN EPISODE FROM THE
LIKE AN EPISODE FROM THE X-FILES.
X-FILES. THIS IS NOT THE MUSINGS OF A
THIS IS NOT THE MUSINGS OF A SOUND MIND.
SOUND MIND. THIS IS THE RANTINGS OF SOMEBODY
THIS IS THE RANTINGS OF SOMEBODY WHO SEEMS UNHINGED FRANKLY.
WHO SEEMS UNHINGED FRANKLY. BUT THE ALLEGATION OF CONSPIRACY
BUT THE ALLEGATION OF CONSPIRACY WHICH FUSES TOGETHER WITH HIS
WHICH FUSES TOGETHER WITH HIS SCAPEGOATING OF MINORITY
SCAPEGOATING OF MINORITY POPULATIONS AND, OF COURSE, HIS
POPULATIONS AND, OF COURSE, HIS VICTIMIZATION OF HIS SUPPORTERS,
VICTIMIZATION OF HIS SUPPORTERS, THAT THEY ARE ALL BEING
THAT THEY ARE ALL BEING VICTIMIZED TOGETHER BY THIS
VICTIMIZED TOGETHER BY THIS HIDDEN CONSPIRACY THAT WORKS FOR
HIDDEN CONSPIRACY THAT WORKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ELITES
THE PURPOSES OF THE ELITES AGAINST THE VICTIM CLASS, THAT
AGAINST THE VICTIM CLASS, THAT IS SUPPORTED BY MINORITY
IS SUPPORTED BY MINORITY POPULATIONS, THE INVADING HOARDS
POPULATIONS, THE INVADING HOARDS OF GUATEMALA CHILDREN, FOR
OF GUATEMALA CHILDREN, FOR EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. THIS IS ALL PART OF HIS SCHTICK
THIS IS ALL PART OF HIS SCHTICK THAT HE REPEATS OVER AND OVER
THAT HE REPEATS OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO HIS MASS RALLIES.
AGAIN TO HIS MASS RALLIES. NO DOUBT ON FOX NEWS THERE WILL
NO DOUBT ON FOX NEWS THERE WILL BE ALL MANNER OF ALLEGATIONS OF
BE ALL MANNER OF ALLEGATIONS OF CONSPIRACY THAT WILL CONTEXTUAL
CONSPIRACY THAT WILL CONTEXTUAL IZE THE THEY GOT TO HIM AND MAKE
IZE THE THEY GOT TO HIM AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO 40% OF THE
IT MAKE SENSE TO 40% OF THE COUNTRY FOR WHOM TRUMP HAS
COUNTRY FOR WHOM TRUMP HAS STRIPPED AWAY ANY ABILITY THAT
STRIPPED AWAY ANY ABILITY THAT THEY HAVE TO SEE OBJECTIVE TRUTH
