Paul Begala: Trump Sounds Like a Jerk Not a Commander in Chief

‘He needs to be quiet’

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COOPER Paul, they were going the other direction when he said that.
BEGALA: Right. They were going 3500 miles in the other direction. He just -- he is our president. He is my president. I really want him to succeed. But he's not up to this. He needs to be quiet. Let General McMaster speak. Moving that armada, that carrier strike group is a huge message. One you don't have to trumpet in an interview on cable news or on your Twitter machine. The thing speaks for itself. I think he needs to increase pressure on North Korea and China. That's good. I'm glad my country is doing that. I'm glad my president is doing it. But he needs to shut up. Because he says these things all wrong. This is the problem America, that a minority of you voted for a guy, first time in history with no military and no governmental experience. We may pay a terrible price for that.
MILLER: I would disagree as I think it's important we send a message and sometimes that's going to be through the media, sometimes that's going to be when folks realize that there's a --
BEGALA: Not from some loud mouth lout in a ballroom. He just sounds like a jerk, not like the commander of the greatest military in human history.
MILLER: We will have to agree to disagree on that.

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