Matthews Claims Trump Came Off ‘Like a Kiss Butt’ to Kim

Matthews Claims Trump Came Off ‘Like a Kiss Butt’ to Kim (NewsBusters)

If you weren’t sure whether a certain phrase in the headline was a word, it’s a no but MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews tried on Tuesday night to make it one. Describing President Trump’s attempts at currying favor with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, Matthews told one of his panels that Trump didn’t come off like someone skilled in “political communiques,” but instead “like a kiss butt” and “it’s outrageous the way he talks.”

Besides that mind-numbing comment, Matthews asserted to the approval of panelists Jon Wolfsthal from the Obama administration and Vivian Salama from The Wall Street Journal that the President “doesn't like anybody elected” democratically but likes those who rule with iron fists.