Chris Matthews: Trump Is Like Mussolini, We’re to Believe Him Verbatim

SCARBOROUGH Chris Matthews I ░░░░░░░░ tell people if you ░░░░░░░░ what Donald Trump is ░░░░░░░░ to do in the ░░░░░░░░ House read the first ░░░░░░░░ pages of The Art ░░░░░░░░ the Deal where he ░░░░░░░░ I show up at ░░░░░░░░ I pick up the ░░░░░░░░ I make calls kind ░░░░░░░░ figure out how things ░░░░░░░░ going and I sort ░░░░░░░░ feel my way through ░░░░░░░░ Well you get that ░░░░░░░░ with Elon Musk One ░░░░░░░░ he says Elon is ░░░░░░░░ charge the next day ░░░░░░░░ cabinet members call up ░░░░░░░░ they re upset So ░░░░░░░░ goes Elon is not ░░░░░░░░ charge He says at ░░░░░░░░ State of the Union ░░░░░░░░ is in charge Now ░░░░░░░░ says Elon is not ░░░░░░░░ charge that it s ░░░░░░░░ cabinet members that are ░░░░░░░░ in charge It bounces ░░░░░░░░ and forth But there ░░░░░░░░ of course real consequences ░░░░░░░░ that especially for those ░░░░░░░░ that are taking these ░░░░░░░░ to the courts But ░░░░░░░░ now it does seem ░░░░░░░░ s gotten enough pushback ░░░░░░░░ cabinet members who are ░░░░░░░░ saying including people like ░░░░░░░░ Patel who he s ░░░░░░░░ close to are saying ░░░░░░░░ is my agency I ░░░░░░░░ t need this guy ░░░░░░░░ a chainsaw telling me ░░░░░░░░ s going to work ░░░░░░░░ me and who s ░░░░░░░░ going to work for ░░░░░░░░ and how I m ░░░░░░░░ to reorganize my own ░░░░░░░░ MATTHEWS Yeah He s ░░░░░░░░ all this on television ░░░░░░░░ you noticed He calls ░░░░░░░░ TV cameras in for ░░░░░░░░ cabinet meetings he s ░░░░░░░░ He s redirecting his ░░░░░░░░ officials redirecting Musk I ░░░░░░░░ watched this guy use ░░░░░░░░ like nobody s ever ░░░░░░░░ When he went up ░░░░░░░░ other night on Tuesday ░░░░░░░░ talked to the American ░░░░░░░░ and said We re ░░░░░░░░ Social Security checks to ░░░░░░░░ who are 160 years ░░░░░░░░ anybody reads an obit ░░░░░░░░ knows that s not ░░░░░░░░ Anybody knows it s ░░░░░░░░ 20 we re not ░░░░░░░░ 20 million people out ░░░░░░░░ getting free checks that ░░░░░░░░ of fraudulence is unbelievable ░░░░░░░░ he s telling the ░░░░░░░░ people out there They ░░░░░░░░ stealing your money Don ░░░░░░░░ trust these people in ░░░░░░░░ These are bad people ░░░░░░░░ are the deep state ░░░░░░░░ did it you know ░░░░░░░░ talked about the election ░░░░░░░░ stolen Nobody in America ░░░░░░░░ tell you which states ░░░░░░░░ stolen from him All ░░░░░░░░ MAGA people get them ░░░░░░░░ the corner and say ░░░░░░░░ me which states were ░░░░░░░░ in 2020 They can ░░░░░░░░ tell you He just ░░░░░░░░ them that He just ░░░░░░░░ they were stolen And ░░░░░░░░ Zelenskyy on television he ░░░░░░░░ it was great television ░░░░░░░░ ll never forget that ░░░░░░░░ was great television where ░░░░░░░░ beat up this guy ░░░░░░░░ television he and J ░░░░░░░░ Vance and they just ░░░░░░░░ it in public So ░░░░░░░░ all know what Ronald ░░░░░░░░ what Donald Trump thinks ░░░░░░░░ Zelenskyy He s teaching ░░░░░░░░ He s teaching us ░░░░░░░░ t trust Social Security ░░░░░░░░ he can go after ░░░░░░░░ Don t trust Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ he s going to ░░░░░░░░ after Ukraine and diminish ░░░░░░░░ country and its size ░░░░░░░░ its importance all because ░░░░░░░░ is what Trump thinks ░░░░░░░░ that s what it ░░░░░░░░ about It is Mussolini ░░░░░░░░ s about believing the ░░░░░░░░ in what he says ░░░░░░░░ And that s what ░░░░░░░░ does on television And ░░░░░░░░ s using us to ░░░░░░░░ it, using the medium.”