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Chai Komanduri on Trump: ‘It’s Like Watching Elmer Fudd Try To Be Dictator of America’
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MSNBC / MS NOW

Name: MSNBC / MS NOW

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The Beat With Ari Melber

Name: The Beat With Ari Melber

URL: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-live-ari-melber

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Ari Melber

Name: Ari Melber

Employment: MSNBC

Position: Co-host

, Chaitanya Komanduri

Name: Chaitanya Komanduri

Employment: MSNBC

Position: Political Strategist

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01/16/2026 10:54 pm
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RUSH TRANSCRIPT MELBER It ░░░░░░░░ Friday There s a ░░░░░░░░ going on We have ░░░░░░░░ great panel right now ░░░░░░░░ Carlson of course longtime ░░░░░░░░ observer editor at large ░░░░░░░░ semafor And Jay komanduri ░░░░░░░░ strategist Obama campaign veteran ░░░░░░░░ a film buff which ░░░░░░░░ sometimes relevant Great to ░░░░░░░░ you both I mentioned ░░░░░░░░ seriousness We all know ░░░░░░░░ a heavy couple of ░░░░░░░░ it s been but ░░░░░░░░ also mentioned the teddy ░░░░░░░░ Che They don t ░░░░░░░░ want Trump teddy bears ░░░░░░░░ And the disapproval spiking ░░░░░░░░ close to 60 not ░░░░░░░░ on the term being ░░░░░░░░ failure but even on ░░░░░░░░ formerly strong issues like ░░░░░░░░ Can you tie it ░░░░░░░░ together for us KOMANDURI ░░░░░░░░ I mean I think ░░░░░░░░ came in this year ░░░░░░░░ people think I m ░░░░░░░░ I m going to ░░░░░░░░ everything I can to ░░░░░░░░ strong I m going ░░░░░░░░ execute the authoritarian playbook ░░░░░░░░ into Venezuela bully the ░░░░░░░░ threaten Greenland all to ░░░░░░░░ me look strong The ░░░░░░░░ is is that he ░░░░░░░░ so incoherent and incompetent ░░░░░░░░ executing this authoritarian playbook ░░░░░░░░ s like watching elmer ░░░░░░░░ try to be dictator ░░░░░░░░ America like he Absolutely ░░░░░░░░ and Stephen Miller have ░░░░░░░░ no ability to attract ░░░░░░░░ support for what they ░░░░░░░░ doing And I think ░░░░░░░░ of it is is ░░░░░░░░ they ve forgotten something ░░░░░░░░ important about authoritarians which ░░░░░░░░ that they make the ░░░░░░░░ run on time The ░░░░░░░░ strategy is that the ░░░░░░░░ are as late as ░░░░░░░░ but we re just ░░░░░░░░ to lie about it ░░░░░░░░ we re somehow going ░░░░░░░░ expect the American people ░░░░░░░░ like that And the ░░░░░░░░ is they don’t.”
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