Donald Trump called into “Fox & Friends” this morning in an interview that was unbecoming of the President of the United States in all ways. Let’s break it down.
The interview began by Trump noting it is Melania’s birthday. When asked what he got the First Lady, Trump admitted, “Maybe I didn’t get her so much. I got her a beautiful card.” Sure you did, Donald. Sure you did.
The crew then pivoted to the news Dr. Ronny Jackson was withdrawing from consideration to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. In summary, Trump complained his completely unqualified candidate was being treated unfairly, his life destroyed. Never mind the accusations came from people who work with Dr. Jackson day in and day out.
After several more minutes of rambling about how tough he is on Russia and how Senator Jon Tester needs to ‘pay a big price’ for discussing the accusations against Dr. Ronny Jackson, “Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy asked about James Comey and this is the moment Donald Trump started to become unglued. Here is the Comey portion of the interview (transcript below), where even Steve Doocy has to throw his hands in the air. Watch/listen and then jump below for the second interview meltdown.
There is a lot to unpack there, no? Trump may decide to start intervening in the Department of Justice? That’s not how this works.
Moving on, the interview then pivoted to Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime employee and personal attorney. After denying he was at all involved in the Stormy Daniels case, Trump caused the jaws to drop on the set of Fox & Friends when he simultaneously distanced himself from the man who once claimed he’d take a bullet for Trump and then admitted Cohen did indeed represent him in the Stormy Daniels case, directly contradicting what he told reporters aboard Air Force One on April 5
Michael Cohen has businesses, okay? Okay? OKAY? The Fox crew could tell Donald Trump was digging into a larger hole. Host Ainsley Earhardt jumped in to cut off Donald Trump to move along because she had to ask him about the really important news—is Kanye great or the greatest for supporting Donald Trump on Twitter? Seriously.
The reaction to Trump’s about-face has been swift. Here’s the immediate reaction from Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti.
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti also weighed in to say Trump’s comments actually strengthened Comey’s defense.
Stay tuned below for a transcript.