Rachel Maddow Says Trump Thinks Clint Eastwood Is the Last Person Who Escaped from Alcatraz

COLBERT You get granular ░░░░░░░░ a very singular way ░░░░░░░░ my overall question is ░░░░░░░░ the bleep Laughter Cheering ░░░░░░░░ Applause But let s ░░░░░░░░ into it slowly So ░░░░░░░░ re back to Mondays ░░░░░░░░ doing every night of ░░░░░░░░ week for the first ░░░░░░░░ days So how you ░░░░░░░░ went through the last ░░░░░░░░ 100 days of Trump ░░░░░░░░ the second first 100 ░░░░░░░░ What has it taught ░░░░░░░░ about the new playbook ░░░░░░░░ the administration What s ░░░░░░░░ What s the same ░░░░░░░░ So the common wisdom ░░░░░░░░ Trump was coming back ░░░░░░░░ a second term was ░░░░░░░░ would have worked out ░░░░░░░░ the kinks in the ░░░░░░░░ term that maybe he ░░░░░░░░ some really radical intentions ░░░░░░░░ the country in the ░░░░░░░░ term but he wasn ░░░░░░░░ very good at doing ░░░░░░░░ and so we didn ░░░░░░░░ get to we didn ░░░░░░░░ have to deal with ░░░░░░░░ worst of it So ░░░░░░░░ common wisdom is he ░░░░░░░░ be better at it ░░░░░░░░ time around Not true ░░░░░░░░ Turns out there was ░░░░░░░░ learning about how to ░░░░░░░░ the stuff and so ░░░░░░░░ COLBERT That s a ░░░░░░░░ problem with authoritarianism isn ░░░░░░░░ it It all kind ░░░░░░░░ has to go through ░░░░░░░░ guy And if one ░░░░░░░░ doesn t change if ░░░░░░░░ is just as he ░░░░░░░░ then things will be ░░░░░░░░ the same MADDOW Yes ░░░░░░░░ personalization of government means ░░░░░░░░ are depending on the ░░░░░░░░ competence of the guy ░░░░░░░░ charge who thinks Alcatraz ░░░░░░░░ I mean Nobody escaped ░░░░░░░░ Alcatraz since Clint Eastwood ░░░░░░░░ you said he think ░░░░░░░░ are real Okay well ░░░░░░░░ s a limiting factor ░░░░░░░░ terms of what can ░░░░░░░░ at an authoritarian government ░░░░░░░░ and Applause So he ░░░░░░░░ no better The other ░░░░░░░░ that was different in ░░░░░░░░ firs term you might ░░░░░░░░ he was inaugurated in ░░░░░░░░ first term and the ░░░░░░░░ after was the Women ░░░░░░░░ March Right at inauguration ░░░░░░░░ was the Women s ░░░░░░░░ one of the hugest ░░░░░░░░ civil disobedience demonstrations all ░░░░░░░░ the world that there ░░░░░░░░ ever been This time ░░░░░░░░ different There wasn t ░░░░░░░░ huge protest but in ░░░░░░░░ s first 100 days ░░░░░░░░ time people protest in ░░░░░░░░ swear like all 50 ░░░░░░░░ every day And it ░░░░░░░░ stops Cheering and Applause ░░░░░░░░ some of those protests ░░░░░░░░ big but in every ░░░░░░░░ I mean every day ░░░░░░░░ m covering protests in ░░░░░░░░ and Boise and Lima ░░░░░░░░ and places you never ░░░░░░░░ have to watch local ░░░░░░░░ clips to figure out ░░░░░░░░ to pronounce the name ░░░░░░░░ the town where there ░░░░░░░░ the demonstration And the ░░░░░░░░ against Trump have not ░░░░░░░░ and they are every ░░░░░░░░ day and there isn ░░░░░░░░ a Republican member of ░░░░░░░░ anywhere in the country ░░░░░░░░ any congressional district who ░░░░░░░░ show his or her ░░░░░░░░ without getting yelled at ░░░░░░░░ his or her constituents ░░░░░░░░ what Trump is doing ░░░░░░░░ and Applause And that ░░░░░░░░ different. That is different.”