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RUSH TRANSCRIPT Wallace That ░░░░░░░░ where we start the ░░░░░░░░ Some of our favorite ░░░░░░░░ and friends co founder ░░░░░░░░ executive director of protect ░░░░░░░░ ian bastien is back ░░░░░░░░ us Also joining us ░░░░░░░░ U S ambassador to ░░░░░░░░ MSNBC international affairs analyst ░░░░░░░░ McFaul He s the ░░░░░░░░ of a brand new ░░░░░░░░ autocrats versus Democrats and ░░░░░░░░ political columnist for MSNBC ░░░░░░░░ affairs analyst John Heilemann ░░░░░░░░ still with us at ░░░░░░░░ table Ian I I ░░░░░░░░ this times editorial the ░░░░░░░░ way I watched alyssa ░░░░░░░░ s speech with my ░░░░░░░░ in my stomach These ░░░░░░░░ conversations you and I ░░░░░░░░ had for more than ░░░░░░░░ year And tragically you ░░░░░░░░ right about everything What ░░░░░░░░ you make of the ░░░░░░░░ s awareness Not just ░░░░░░░░ the pro democracy side ░░░░░░░░ beyond about all these ░░░░░░░░ at the times and ░░░░░░░░ slotkin are trying to ░░░░░░░░ the public connect BASSIN ░░░░░░░░ As you mentioned we ░░░░░░░░ been talking about this ░░░░░░░░ and I for eight ░░░░░░░░ or so because it ░░░░░░░░ pretty clear the symptoms ░░░░░░░░ were beginning to infect ░░░░░░░░ body politic And every ░░░░░░░░ with experience diagnosing this ░░░░░░░░ found every symptom in ░░░░░░░░ country under Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ be a check mark ░░░░░░░░ the disease of creeping ░░░░░░░░ He s doing all ░░░░░░░░ things no matter what ░░░░░░░░ you use But the ░░░░░░░░ I think in Elissa ░░░░░░░░ alluded to this is ░░░░░░░░ the tipping point comes ░░░░░░░░ we re really in ░░░░░░░░ race where Trump is ░░░░░░░░ trying to put himself ░░░░░░░░ a position where he ░░░░░░░░ immune to the normal ░░░░░░░░ of accountability in this ░░░░░░░░ when the people don ░░░░░░░░ like the direction the ░░░░░░░░ is going in which ░░░░░░░░ elections We know the ░░░░░░░░ time he s ever ░░░░░░░░ an election here He ░░░░░░░░ to gracefully exit the ░░░░░░░░ We know he will ░░░░░░░░ to hold on to ░░░░░░░░ but the race is ░░░░░░░░ he will lock himself ░░░░░░░░ before he becomes so ░░░░░░░░ that he can t ░░░░░░░░ himself in And if ░░░░░░░░ look at what happened ░░░░░░░░ example last year in ░░░░░░░░ Korea where the South ░░░░░░░░ president tried to declare ░░░░░░░░ law but was only ░░░░░░░░ about 18 popularity it ░░░░░░░░ t work because when ░░░░░░░░ re at 18 popularity ░░░░░░░░ s very hard to ░░░░░░░░ declare martial law And ░░░░░░░░ this is the race ░░░░░░░░ Trump s in He ░░░░░░░░ right now becoming ever ░░░░░░░░ unpopular by the day ░░░░░░░░ approval polls At this ░░░░░░░░ he s 20 points ░░░░░░░░ He s at his ░░░░░░░░ point of public approval ░░░░░░░░ any point really in ░░░░░░░░ two presidencies The public ░░░░░░░░ identifies more with the ░░░░░░░░ party the Democratic Party ░░░░░░░░ the Republican Party at ░░░░░░░░ rates than any time ░░░░░░░░ the midterms of 2018 ░░░░░░░░ think Gallup has it ░░░░░░░░ plus nine Democrats What ░░░░░░░░ is doing is wildly ░░░░░░░░ and the race is ░░░░░░░░ that unpopularity will sink ░░░░░░░░ low before he s ░░░░░░░░ to consolidate power that ░░░░░░░░ will be impossible for ░░░░░░░░ to do so And ░░░░░░░░ is a question about ░░░░░░░░ and whether we can ░░░░░░░░ sure that that unpopularity ░░░░░░░░ before he locks himself ░░░░░░░░