MSNBC Panel Mocks Trump Asking Shinzo Abe for a Nobel Prize Nomination: It Would Not Be Surprising for Him To Do It

Welcome back to Hardball ░░░░░░░░ President Trump said on ░░░░░░░░ that the Japanese prime ░░░░░░░░ had nominated him for ░░░░░░░░ Nobel peace prize a ░░░░░░░░ reporter reported he did ░░░░░░░░ at the request of ░░░░░░░░ White House When asked ░░░░░░░░ that reporting this morning ░░░░░░░░ said quote I am ░░░░░░░░ saying it s not ░░░░░░░░ I m joined now ░░░░░░░░ the former spokesperson for ░░░░░░░░ U S Mission to ░░░░░░░░ United Nations and former ░░░░░░░░ of New Jersey Hagar ░░░░░░░░ am not saying it ░░░░░░░░ not true Does it ░░░░░░░░ true to you this ░░░░░░░░ You know When I ░░░░░░░░ this sentence if you ░░░░░░░░ out double negatives it ░░░░░░░░ say I am saying ░░░░░░░░ s true So let ░░░░░░░░ pretend Let s say ░░░░░░░░ may be true When ░░░░░░░░ was in the White ░░░░░░░░ I was not aware ░░░░░░░░ President Obama s team ░░░░░░░░ somebody to nominate him ░░░░░░░░ the Nobel peace prize ░░░░░░░░ is entirely possible It ░░░░░░░░ t surprise me It ░░░░░░░░ doesn t surprise me ░░░░░░░░ President Trump to do ░░░░░░░░ In his world I ░░░░░░░░ he does think he ░░░░░░░░ it And I think ░░░░░░░░ he wants an award ░░░░░░░░ was also bestowed on ░░░░░░░░ Obama Governor Whitman you ░░░░░░░░ first hand experience dealing ░░░░░░░░ President Trump from your ░░░░░░░░ in New Jersey when ░░░░░░░░ had those casinos in ░░░░░░░░ City He has brought ░░░░░░░░ up himself the idea ░░░░░░░░ Barack Obama getting that ░░░░░░░░ prize in 2009 a ░░░░░░░░ months into his presidency ░░░░░░░░ s your read on ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ being a potential motivating ░░░░░░░░ I think it s ░░░░░░░░ very real motivating factor ░░░░░░░░ has got to do ░░░░░░░░ bigger and better than ░░░░░░░░ before And particularly Barack ░░░░░░░░ What we see in ░░░░░░░░ way of this administration ░░░░░░░░ anything that Obama touched ░░░░░░░░ anything to do with ░░░░░░░░ re going to do ░░░░░░░░ with it I mean ░░░░░░░░ should have the common ░░░░░░░░ to be embarrassed this ░░░░░░░░ gotten out He should ░░░░░░░░ humiliated As a nation ░░░░░░░░ s embarrassing to have ░░░░░░░░ president of the United ░░░░░░░░ ask ood world leader ░░░░░░░░ nominate them Or he ░░░░░░░░ t do it Okay ░░░░░░░░ else in the White ░░░░░░░░ And that could have ░░░░░░░░ I doubt without his ░░░░░░░░ but it could have ░░░░░░░░ But it puts Abe ░░░░░░░░ for him to have ░░░░░░░░ it The people nominated ░░░░░░░░ t be revealed for ░░░░░░░░ years after the decision ░░░░░░░░ made It s got ░░░░░░░░ make domestic politics a ░░░░░░░░ awkward for him because ░░░░░░░░ doesn t want to ░░░░░░░░ seen as a tool ░░░░░░░░ the United States It ░░░░░░░░ something that China could ░░░░░░░░ It s something North ░░░░░░░░ could exploit This is ░░░░░░░░ this administration seems to ░░░░░░░░ doing is not necessarily ░░░░░░░░ our best interests as ░░░░░░░░ nation and our security.