RUSH TRANSCRIPT We must ░░░░░░░░ that we will not ░░░░░░░░ we will not rest ░░░░░░░░ our American heritage of ░░░░░░░░ liberty and justice is ░░░░░░░░ again safe and once ░░░░░░░░ secure That was former ░░░░░░░░ Trump at the closing ░░░░░░░░ of the conservative political ░░░░░░░░ conference also known as ░░░░░░░░ He continues to show ░░░░░░░░ dominance of Republican politics ░░░░░░░░ winning the CPAC straw ░░░░░░░░ beating out his closest ░░░░░░░░ Florida governor Ron DeSantis ░░░░░░░░ we re learning new ░░░░░░░░ about Mr Trump s ░░░░░░░░ year in office and ░░░░░░░░ current life in the ░░░░░░░░ book Frankly we did ░░░░░░░░ this election Theity inside ░░░░░░░░ of how Trump lost ░░░░░░░░ Michael C Bender Paints ░░░░░░░░ picture of chaos during ░░░░░░░░ pandemic The 2020 presidential ░░░░░░░░ and protests after George ░░░░░░░░ s death It also ░░░░░░░░ a presidential staff struggling ░░░░░░░░ keep their boss on ░░░░░░░░ Bender writes of a ░░░░░░░░ conversation in which Mr ░░░░░░░░ s then chief of ░░░░░░░░ John Kelly briefed him ░░░░░░░░ the history of the ░░░░░░░░ World War and its ░░░░░░░░ with World War II ░░░░░░░░ says Trump replied Well ░░░░░░░░ did a lot of ░░░░░░░░ things a stunned Kelly ░░░░░░░░ the president You cannot ░░░░░░░░ say anything supportive of ░░░░░░░░ Hitler You just can ░░░░░░░░ In another section bender ░░░░░░░░ President Trump s immediate ░░░░░░░░ to the video showing ░░░░░░░░ Floyd s murder Bender ░░░░░░░░ a repulsed Trump turning ░░░░░░░░ from the video saying ░░░░░░░░ is blanking terrible He ░░░░░░░░ tweeted his support for ░░░░░░░░ Floyd family saying Justice ░░░░░░░░ be served The book ░░░░░░░░ author senior White House ░░░░░░░░ for the Wall Street ░░░░░░░░ Michael C Bender joins ░░░░░░░░ now first on CBS ░░░░░░░░ morning Michael thank you ░░░░░░░░ much for being with ░░░░░░░░ We should say first ░░░░░░░░ Mr Trump has called ░░░░░░░░ reports in your book ░░░░░░░░ false Uh huh But ░░░░░░░░ did interview the former ░░░░░░░░ and some 150 former ░░░░░░░░ members friends and advisers ░░░░░░░░ what is your biggest ░░░░░░░░ from the final year ░░░░░░░░ the Trump White House ░░░░░░░░ What was revealed to ░░░░░░░░ in reporting this book ░░░░░░░░ how dangerous the people ░░░░░░░░ the president thought he ░░░░░░░░ for the country And ░░░░░░░░ knows the story of ░░░░░░░░ chaos of this administration ░░░░░░░░ But what I don ░░░░░░░░ think people understand what ░░░░░░░░ think this book really ░░░░░░░░ is what a danger ░░░░░░░░ people he was closest ░░░░░░░░ thought he was when ░░░░░░░░ came to wanting to ░░░░░░░░ military on the streets ░░░░░░░░ you know wanting to ░░░░░░░░ the details of Covid ░░░░░░░░ mentioned the text of ░░░░░░░░ book the president has ░░░░░░░░ my hair He s ░░░░░░░░ that s the basis ░░░░░░░░ our relationship Repeatedly I ░░░░░░░░ glad he didn t ░░░░░░░░ my hairdo But but ░░░░░░░░ president knows that I ░░░░░░░░ spent a lot of ░░░░░░░░ talking to people very ░░░░░░░░ to him Yes People ░░░░░░░░ talked to the president ░░░░░░░░ the way I went ░░░░░░░░ Mar a Lago twice ░░░░░░░░ was down there for ░░░░░░░░ hours each time He ░░░░░░░░ very very gracious with ░░░░░░░░ time He invited me ░░░░░░░░ dinner the first night ░░░░░░░░ were there So you ░░░░░░░░ he he s aware ░░░░░░░░ what s in the ░░░░░░░░ We ve talked about ░░░░░░░░ s in the book ░░░░░░░░ he knows that people ░░░░░░░░ don t normally talk ░░░░░░░░ journalists were talking to ░░░░░░░░ for this book It ░░░░░░░░ also interesting to see ░░░░░░░░ there was such back ░░░░░░░░ and competition behind the ░░░░░░░░ with the people closest ░░░░░░░░ him You talk about ░░░░░░░░ Ivanka Eric Kellyanne Conway ░░░░░░░░ you take us behind ░░░░░░░░ scenes on those relationships ░░░░░░░░ was competitive and nasty ░░░░░░░░ is the world that ░░░░░░░░ created around himself where ░░░░░░░░ litmus test to work ░░░░░░░░ Trump was loyally to ░░░░░░░░ not loyalty to the ░░░░░░░░ not loyalty to the ░░░░░░░░ but the lengths that ░░░░░░░░ would go to to ░░░░░░░░ the president The loyalty ░░░░░░░░ seemed to work one ░░░░░░░░ by the way Go ░░░░░░░░ I think that s ░░░░░░░░ too And and what ░░░░░░░░ book shows here and ░░░░░░░░ details and stories in ░░░░░░░░ book show that that ░░░░░░░░ how what kind of ░░░░░░░░ us to January 6th ░░░░░░░░ very few people around ░░░░░░░░ were willing to stand ░░░░░░░░ and tell him pointblank ░░░░░░░░ was right and what ░░░░░░░░ wrong Now one thing ░░░░░░░░ your book does it ░░░░░░░░ us inside these spaces ░░░░░░░░ felt like a fly ░░░░░░░░ the wall in Air ░░░░░░░░ One when the president ░░░░░░░░ looking at the George ░░░░░░░░ video for the first ░░░░░░░░ and he s shaken ░░░░░░░░ repulsed and couldn t ░░░░░░░░ watching it But then ░░░░░░░░ was a tone shift ░░░░░░░░ he started you know ░░░░░░░░ more aggressive language against ░░░░░░░░ your e book says ░░░░░░░░ should crack their skulls ░░░░░░░░ was he Rationale between ░░░░░░░░ from his personal reaction ░░░░░░░░ sympathy to this harder ░░░░░░░░ publicly Yeah I appreciate ░░░░░░░░ I do think that ░░░░░░░░ is a very crowded ░░░░░░░░ of Trump books Trump ░░░░░░░░ saturated the media from ░░░░░░░░ one What I think ░░░░░░░░ this book does is ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ only one that takes ░░░░░░░░ behind the scenes of ░░░░░░░░ he managed the country ░░░░░░░░ the campaign struggled to ░░░░░░░░ up to Biden in ░░░░░░░░ final days despite being ░░░░░░░░ 2 billion operation and ░░░░░░░░ time with a very ░░░░░░░░ core section of the ░░░░░░░░ base to start to ░░░░░░░░ and understand what happened ░░░░░░░░ January 6th and what ░░░░░░░░ us to this point ░░░░░░░░ explain why what Trump ░░░░░░░░ as his you know ░░░░░░░░ calling card which is ░░░░░░░░ very law and order ░░░░░░░░ message You spoke to ░░░░░░░░ Trump about his relationship ░░░░░░░░ Mike Pence which obviously ░░░░░░░░ very strained in those ░░░░░░░░ days You asked directly ░░░░░░░░ whether he d put ░░░░░░░░ on the ticket again ░░░░░░░░ he runs again I ░░░░░░░░ struck the second time ░░░░░░░░ spoke to President Trump ░░░░░░░░ at that point he ░░░░░░░░ Mike Pence had spoken ░░░░░░░░ phone half a dozen ░░░░░░░░ The president was reached ░░░░░░░░ to Mike Pence And ░░░░░░░░ who he had described ░░░░░░░░ his supporters as basically ░░░░░░░░ traitor to the country ░░░░░░░░ Striking to me that ░░░░░░░░ would reach out I ░░░░░░░░ to know if he ░░░░░░░░ he would run with ░░░░░░░░ again and if he ░░░░░░░░ Pence to apologize for ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution And it ░░░░░░░░ striking to me that ░░░░░░░░ president would not touch ░░░░░░░░ issue He he is ░░░░░░░░ ready to make a ░░░░░░░░ about 2024 What s ░░░░░░░░ is in 2016 team ░░░░░░░░ thought they were going ░░░░░░░░ lose in 2020 they ░░░░░░░░ they were going to ░░░░░░░░ After he didn t ░░░░░░░░ you said he goes ░░░░░░░░ being leader of the ░░░░░░░░ world to you call ░░░░░░░░ the king of Mar ░░░░░░░░ Lago that when he ░░░░░░░░ there he really didn ░░░░░░░░ know what to do ░░░░░░░░ is he life like ░░░░░░░░ You ve said he ░░░░░░░░ seem to be sort ░░░░░░░░ trying to figure out ░░░░░░░░ next move There s ░░░░░░░░ long scene in the ░░░░░░░░ of what is happening ░░░░░░░░ Mar a Lago particularly ░░░░░░░░ first few months after ░░░░░░░░ presidency He arrived in ░░░░░░░░ Florida at his beachfront ░░░░░░░░ really unprepared for post ░░░░░░░░ life His staff was ░░░░░░░░ into a room to ░░░░░░░░ up shop where there ░░░░░░░░ mattresses on the floor ░░░░░░░░ had to find their ░░░░░░░░ desks at office depot ░░░░░░░░ places like that It ░░░░░░░░ Trump a while to ░░░░░░░░ a routine again What ░░░░░░░░ s done not surprisingly ░░░░░░░░ what he loves played ░░░░░░░░ He plays up to ░░░░░░░░ holes a day You ░░░░░░░░ some some famous golfers ░░░░░░░░ down to play with ░░░░░░░░ And we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ and hear he s ░░░░░░░░ back on the scene ░░░░░░░░ his presidency he knocked ░░░░░░░░ Obama s playing golf ░░░░░░░░ Trump outdone that You ░░░░░░░░ it was his political ░░░░░░░░ shameless He s willing ░░░░░░░░ say and do things ░░░░░░░░ other politicians were not ░░░░░░░░ that s not necessarily ░░░░░░░░ analysis that s that ░░░░░░░░ what Jared Kushner identified ░░░░░░░░ as a positive a ░░░░░░░░ positive for this president ░░░░░░░░ right Michael C Bender ░░░░░░░░ you so much for ░░░░░░░░ with us We appreciate ░░░░░░░░ And bringing your nice ░░░░░░░░ It is nice Frankly ░░░░░░░░ did win this election ░░░░░░░░ on sale tomorrow You ░░░░░░░░ watching CBS this morning ░░░░░░░░ ll be right back.
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