Don Lemon on Trump’s Claims on Tear-Gassed Children, Climate Change, Khashoggi Murder, Crimea: It’s a Daily War on Reality

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Much more ░░░░░░░░ that to come in ░░░░░░░░ moment We ve got ░░░░░░░░ lot to talk about ░░░░░░░░ It s very interesting ░░░░░░░░ of this is happening ░░░░░░░░ President Trump day after ░░░░░░░░ waging a war on ░░░░░░░░ Let s be honest ░░░░░░░░ s talk about his ░░░░░░░░ with reality Confronted with ░░░░░░░░ that don t fit ░░░░░░░░ view of the world ░░░░░░░░ strategy is this It ░░░░░░░░ simple Deny deny deny ░░░░░░░░ Let s just start ░░░░░░░░ today Falsely claiming that ░░░░░░░░ children were not tear ░░░░░░░░ at the border this ░░░░░░░░ We didn t Facts ░░░░░░░░ matter right And the ░░░░░░░░ is children were tear ░░░░░░░░ You can see that ░░░░░░░░ yourself in this picture ░░░░░░░░ it is This is ░░░░░░░░ president who not only ░░░░░░░░ reality denies what we ░░░░░░░░ seen with our own ░░░░░░░░ he denies what members ░░░░░░░░ his own administration tell ░░░░░░░░ Think about that There ░░░░░░░░ the big climate change ░░░░░░░░ the White House tried ░░░░░░░░ bury by releasing it ░░░░░░░░ the day after Thanksgiving ░░░░░░░░ report produced by a ░░░░░░░░ of 13 federal agencies ░░░░░░░░ 656 pages full of ░░░░░░░░ of science and really ░░░░░░░░ predictions about what could ░░░░░░░░ as temperatures continue to ░░░░░░░░ Food could be scarcer ░░░░░░░░ U S economy could ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of billions of ░░░░░░░░ And thousands more Americans ░░░░░░░░ frankly could die We ░░░░░░░░ already seeing evidence that ░░░░░░░░ country is being hurt ░░░░░░░░ climate change Farmers in ░░░░░░░░ could lose 2 5 ░░░░░░░░ in the wake of ░░░░░░░░ Michael But when burying ░░░░░░░░ report didn t work ░░░░░░░░ Trump or president T ░░░░░░░░ he has nicknamed himself ░░░░░░░░ weekend simply says he ░░░░░░░░ t believe it even ░░░░░░░░ it s his own ░░░░░░░░ s report Yeah I ░░░░░░░░ t believe it You ░░░░░░░░ t believe it No ░░░░░░░░ I don t believe ░░░░░░░░ This is a president ░░░░░░░░ is not only anti ░░░░░░░░ he s anti intelligence ░░░░░░░░ own CIA has concluded ░░░░░░░░ Saudi crown prince Mohammed ░░░░░░░░ Salman personally ordered the ░░░░░░░░ of journalist Jamal khashoggi ░░░░░░░░ president T Continues to ░░░░░░░░ the Saudis and the ░░░░░░░░ prince saying maybe he ░░░░░░░░ and maybe he didn ░░░░░░░░ And he s made ░░░░░░░░ very clear why he ░░░░░░░░ so willing to defend ░░░░░░░░ Saudis It s all ░░░░░░░░ the Benjamins Are you ░░░░░░░░ that not pressuring Saudi ░░░░░░░░ more could send a ░░░░░░░░ to woshltd leaders that ░░░░░░░░ can do as they ░░░░░░░░ and America could be ░░░░░░░░ in their eyes No ░░░░░░░░ at all Saudi Arabia ░░░░░░░░ been a longtime strategic ░░░░░░░░ They re investing hundreds ░░░░░░░░ billions of dollars in ░░░░░░░░ I mean hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ And of course this ░░░░░░░░ has consistently ignored the ░░░░░░░░ conclusion of his own ░░░░░░░░ community that Russia interfered ░░░░░░░░ the 2016 election Tonight ░░░░░░░░ Mississippi at it again ░░░░░░░░ calling the Russia investigation ░░░░░░░░ witch hunt We have ░░░░░░░░ lot of bad people ░░░░░░░░ have a lot of ░░░░░░░░ stuff like the Russian ░░░░░░░░ hunt garbage So this ░░░░░░░░ not true No matter ░░░░░░░░ many times he says ░░░░░░░░ the fact is this ░░░░░░░░ people have been sentenced ░░░░░░░░ prison in the Russia ░░░░░░░░ Ask them if they ░░░░░░░░ it s phony One ░░░░░░░░ them George Papadopoulos just ░░░░░░░░ his sentence today 35 ░░░░░░░░ and entities have been ░░░░░░░░ with a total of ░░░░░░░░ criminal counts 191 criminal ░░░░░░░░ So witch hunt Not ░░░░░░░░ much So maybe it ░░░░░░░░ t be a surprise ░░░░░░░░ this president seems awfully ░░░░░░░░ to let the Russians ░░░░░░░░ the hook for opening ░░░░░░░░ on and seizing three ░░░░░░░░ vessels near crimea an ░░░░░░░░ the president s own ░░░░░░░░ to the U N ░░░░░░░░ Haley says the international ░░░░░░░░ must condemn But the ░░░░░░░░ himself was about as ░░░░░░░░ mouthed as he could ░░░░░░░░ be Why can t ░░░░░░░░ tough guy be tough ░░░░░░░░ Russia We don t ░░░░░░░░ what s happening and ░░░░░░░░ it will get straightened ░░░░░░░░ On the same day ░░░░░░░░ president bragged about manufacturing ░░░░░░░░ The previous administration they ░░░░░░░░ manufacturing s never coming ░░░░░░░░ It s gone You ░░░░░░░░ need a magic wand ░░░░░░░░ we found the magic ░░░░░░░░ and that s actually ░░░░░░░░ s actually going to ░░░░░░░░ increasing by a lot ░░░░░░░░ the next short while ░░░░░░░░ we have a lot ░░░░░░░░ companies moving in That ░░░░░░░░ the same day he ░░░░░░░░ about manufacturing jobs It ░░░░░░░░ bad news for GM ░░░░░░░░ The company announcing it ░░░░░░░░ cut 15 of its ░░░░░░░░ and close five North ░░░░░░░░ plants Yet this president ░░░░░░░░ nothing but bluster for ░░░░░░░░ Mary barra I was ░░░░░░░░ tough I spoke with ░░░░░░░░ when I heard they ░░░░░░░░ closing and I said ░░░░░░░░ know this country has ░░░░░░░░ a lot for General ░░░░░░░░ Empty tough talk Ignoring ░░░░░░░░ facts even when they ░░░░░░░░ from his own administration ░░░░░░░░ seems that people only ░░░░░░░░ the truth about this ░░░░░░░░ when they ve got ░░░░░░░░ foot out the door.