NBC’s Beschloss Compares Trump’s ‘Strongman Balcony Scene’ to Hitler, Latin American Dictators

MITCHELL Michael I want ░░░░░░░░ ask you first about ░░░░░░░░ reaction when you saw ░░░░░░░░ president standing on the ░░░░░░░░ Balcony BESCHLOSS I thought ░░░░░░░░ was horrifying I mean ░░░░░░░░ thought it was a ░░░░░░░░ balcony scene And what ░░░░░░░░ mean by that is ░░░░░░░░ that we haven t ░░░░░░░░ all sorts of times ░░░░░░░░ all sorts of presidents ░░░░░░░░ from the balcony Franklin ░░░░░░░░ was inaugurated there for ░░░░░░░░ fourth term Jimmy Carter ░░░░░░░░ there with Rosalynn Carter ░░░░░░░░ the pope exactly this ░░░░░░░░ in 1979 But what ░░░░░░░░ am talking about is ░░░░░░░░ what you were saying ░░░░░░░░ a lot of that ░░░░░░░░ was chilling because it ░░░░░░░░ us of scenes that ░░░░░░░░ could have seen of ░░░░░░░░ 1930s from Central Europe ░░░░░░░░ Latin America Someone strutting ░░░░░░░░ trying to show his ░░░░░░░░ almost looked like a ░░░░░░░░ Act except it was ░░░░░░░░ so funny And look ░░░░░░░░ the beginning of this ░░░░░░░░ Andrea Thomas Jefferson felt ░░░░░░░░ president s simplicity and ░░░░░░░░ was a guarantee to ░░░░░░░░ public of the fact ░░░░░░░░ he did not intend ░░░░░░░░ take too much power ░░░░░░░░ he rode his own ░░░░░░░░ He didn t want ░░░░░░░░ do things in a ░░░░░░░░ way He even stopped ░░░░░░░░ to Congress in person ░░░░░░░░ the annual message we ░░░░░░░░ call the State of ░░░░░░░░ Union because he thought ░░░░░░░░ seemed too much like ░░░░░░░░ monarch If Abraham Lincoln ░░░░░░░░ seen that scene last ░░░░░░░░ I think at first ░░░░░░░░ d laugh and at ░░░░░░░░ thought he would be ░░░░░░░░