Jon Meacham: ‘I Genuinely Want to Have Been Wrong’ About Trump

RUSH TRANSCRIPT To make ░░░░░░░░ tough decisions Result last ░░░░░░░░ that saying Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ bad which I think ░░░░░░░░ agree he is in ░░░░░░░░ ways is not a ░░░░░░░░ campaign message in America ░░░░░░░░ fact Donald Trump grew ░░░░░░░░ margins in 90 of ░░░░░░░░ counties where he ran ░░░░░░░░ night Grew his margins ░░░░░░░░ 90 of the counties ░░░░░░░░ made it really close ░░░░░░░░ some blue states like ░░░░░░░░ and in New Jersey ░░░░░░░░ meachum it s a ░░░░░░░░ early for the long ░░░░░░░░ of history I understand ░░░░░░░░ race was called for ░░░░░░░░ Trump less than two ░░░░░░░░ ago but what are ░░░░░░░░ thoughts this morning You ░░░░░░░░ t be for Democracy ░░░░░░░░ when your side wins ░░░░░░░░ I think the values ░░░░░░░░ the principles that so ░░░░░░░░ people have articulated over ░░░░░░░░ past eight years and ░░░░░░░░ since the post 2020 ░░░░░░░░ have to practice what ░░░░░░░░ been preached and I ░░░░░░░░ what you see certainly ░░░░░░░░ feeling early on in ░░░░░░░░ country is that the ░░░░░░░░ who are worried about ░░░░░░░░ institutions lowercase d are ░░░░░░░░ in accordance with those ░░░░░░░░ We have had 59 ░░░░░░░░ elections in American history ░░░░░░░░ only 15 of them ░░░░░░░░ unfolded in the electorate ░░░░░░░░ voted yesterday So more ░░░░░░░░ two thirds of our ░░░░░░░░ under unfolded at a ░░░░░░░░ when either women couldn ░░░░░░░░ vote or black folks ░░░░░░░░ t vote immigration was ░░░░░░░░ more restrictive So this ░░░░░░░░ a long story and ░░░░░░░░ I would say and ░░░░░░░░ and Willie we ve ░░░░░░░░ about this a lot ░░░░░░░░ Mike the question now ░░░░░░░░ all our Republican friends ░░░░░░░░ said and I wish ░░░░░░░░ had a quarter for ░░░░░░░░ time someone said this ░░░░░░░░ the last 12 months ░░░░░░░░ so yeah I don ░░░░░░░░ like the way Trump ░░░░░░░░ but I liked his ░░░░░░░░ You guys second point ░░░░░░░░ I also want a ░░░░░░░░ for you guys exaggerate ░░░░░░░░ whole guardrails thing Well ░░░░░░░░ we will find out ░░░░░░░░ they were right and ░░░░░░░░ pray they were and ░░░░░░░░ don t say that ░░░░░░░░ I genuinely want to ░░░░░░░░ been wrong that the ░░░░░░░░ order was that this ░░░░░░░░ result put it too ░░░░░░░░ at risk but now ░░░░░░░░ s on those whom ░░░░░░░░ country has entrusted power ░░░░░░░░ prove that we were ░░░░░░░░ Look the success of ░░░░░░░░ incumbent Congress the success ░░░░░░░░ an incumbent White House ░░░░░░░░ also the country s ░░░░░░░░ And so I think ░░░░░░░░ take a deep breath ░░░░░░░░ think citizenship itself is ░░░░░░░░ the hard work as ░░░░░░░░ Paul said and President ░░░░░░░░ used in his the ░░░░░░░░ to his inaugural address ░░░░░░░░ patient in tribulation There ░░░░░░░░ a lot of people ░░░░░░░░ morning who are waking ░░░░░░░░ who feel that the ░░░░░░░░ is ending There are ░░░░░░░░ lot of people waking ░░░░░░░░ who think okay we ░░░░░░░░ back on the right ░░░░░░░░ The point of America ░░░░░░░░ that we should all ░░░░░░░░ able to have those ░░░░░░░░ views but move forward ░░░░░░░░ I m not I ░░░░░░░░ not trying to preach ░░░░░░░░ but that s what ░░░░░░░░ is It s disagreeing ░░░░░░░░ dissenting within a common ░░░░░░░░ And the country has ░░░░░░░░ a very clear decision ░░░░░░░░ now we will find ░░░░░░░░ if in fact the ░░░░░░░░ who have been entrusted ░░░░░░░░ power are worthy of ░░░░░░░░ power.