Chris Christie: Trump Is Standing by His Team Despite Signal Chat Because He Trusts This Group More Than He Did in the First Term

RUSH TRANSCRIPT RADDATZ And ░░░░░░░░ more on the politics ░░░░░░░░ the efforts at damage ░░░░░░░░ I m joined by ░░░░░░░░ New Jersey governor Chris ░░░░░░░░ Good morning governor You ░░░░░░░░ seen the efforts by ░░░░░░░░ administration to clean this ░░░░░░░░ so to speak deflect ░░░░░░░░ dodge and say the ░░░░░░░░ worked well which it ░░░░░░░░ Are these efforts working ░░░░░░░░ Well in some respects ░░░░░░░░ Martha Let s get ░░░░░░░░ the core of this ░░░░░░░░ administration everyone in the ░░░░░░░░ has required this out ░░░░░░░░ one hymnal the hymnal ░░░░░░░░ Trump wrote when he ░░░░░░░░ a real estate tycoon ░░░░░░░░ New York City It ░░░░░░░░ two words Deny and ░░░░░░░░ And that s the ░░░░░░░░ he s handled everything ░░░░░░░░ his net worth when ░░░░░░░░ didn t like what ░░░░░░░░ wrote about him to ░░░░░░░░ value of his buildings ░░░░░░░░ other properties when he ░░░░░░░░ t like the way ░░░░░░░░ talked about him and ░░░░░░░░ way he acts as ░░░░░░░░ The first thing they ░░░░░░░░ was to deny deny ░░░░░░░░ was any problem deny ░░░░░░░░ was any issue and ░░░░░░░░ when that was not ░░░░░░░░ on the pure denial ░░░░░░░░ continue to deny and ░░░░░░░░ and talk about the ░░░░░░░░ issues The success of ░░░░░░░░ attack itself but that ░░░░░░░░ not the point Secondly ░░░░░░░░ to talk about both ░░░░░░░░ Biden Administration and the ░░░░░░░░ loss of life in ░░░░░░░░ that their operation led ░░░░░░░░ in the early part ░░░░░░░░ the Biden Administration and ░░░░░░░░ attack Jeffrey Goldberg as ░░░░░░░░ journalest even though at ░░░░░░░░ same time they were ░░░░░░░░ that everything he put ░░░░░░░░ there in terms of ░░░░░░░░ text chain was authentic ░░░░░░░░ want to just deny ░░░░░░░░ deflect and that s ░░░░░░░░ they re doing and ░░░░░░░░ some quarters it is ░░░░░░░░ and you can hear ░░░░░░░░ the show this morning ░░░░░░░░ s not been RADDATZ ░░░░░░░░ you think this goes ░░░░░░░░ just because of that ░░░░░░░░ s really constant New ░░░░░░░░ are bound to fade ░░░░░░░░ So does it work ░░░░░░░░ It depends on what ░░░░░░░░ does If in fact ░░░░░░░░ congressman turner just said ░░░░░░░░ are some significant oversight ░░░░░░░░ then that will put ░░░░░░░░ gasoline onto this And ░░░░░░░░ ll tell you the ░░░░░░░░ you can tell if ░░░░░░░░ Trump doesn t think ░░░░░░░░ s going away Someone ░░░░░░░░ fired If he thinks ░░░░░░░░ s not going away ░░░░░░░░ ll figure the way ░░░░░░░░ end it is that ░░░░░░░░ the difference in this ░░░░░░░░ from the first one ░░░░░░░░ Flynn his national security ░░░░░░░░ at the time waltz ░░░░░░░░ in trouble Mike Flynn ░░░░░░░░ gone by February 13th ░░░░░░░░ his failure to disclose ░░░░░░░░ contacts with Russian officials ░░░░░░░░ the transition Mike waltz ░░░░░░░░ s holding on to ░░░░░░░░ think he thinks firing ░░░░░░░░ back in 17 was ░░░░░░░░ mistake If he fires ░░░░░░░░ or Hegseth rather waltz ░░░░░░░░ Hegseth now you ll ░░░░░░░░ he thinks deny and ░░░░░░░░ in this instance was ░░░░░░░░ failure RADDATZ And in ░░░░░░░░ one you didn t ░░░░░░░░ quite so many loyalists ░░░░░░░░ are a little different ░░░░░░░░ with all these loyalists ░░░░░░░░ he just not want ░░░░░░░░ have that come up ░░░░░░░░ that he fires people ░░░░░░░░ And he generally likes ░░░░░░░░ group more and trusts ░░░░░░░░ group more than he ░░░░░░░░ in the first term ░░░░░░░░ Because most of the ░░░░░░░░ they just say yes ░░░░░░░░ Where in the first ░░░░░░░░ there were a lot ░░░░░░░░ people questioning him White ░░░░░░░░ counsel Don McGahn was ░░░░░░░░ of them who would ░░░░░░░░ on a regular basis ░░░░░░░░ like these And you ░░░░░░░░ to Pompeo at the ░░░░░░░░ to state General Mattis ░░░░░░░░ defense Bill Barr when ░░░░░░░░ became the attorney general ░░░░░░░░ were experienced people who ░░░░░░░░ question the president Right ░░░░░░░░ you have experienced people ░░░░░░░░ many instances who don ░░░░░░░░ question the president at ░░░░░░░░