Matthews: ‘Everything’ Obama’s Doing ‘Now Is to Become a World Leader’ Like Mandela

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
"I think [the president] wants to show that he’s got something going against terrorism where it doesn’t seem to be that he does right now. We don’t really understand our strategy. But the global thing with this president is he has moved on If you look at his agenda this year, as you said, he’s gone outside of Congress by Executive Order or with the help of the Supreme Court. Global issues, that’s where he’s been facing attention. Placing his soul, if you will. He wants climate change that looks like a big win for him. He wanted to open relations with Cuba, a big win there. And he certainly wants a trade agreement, he still needs Congress to approve it, but he got the initialing to the agreements Everything Barack Obama is doing right now is to become a world leader over the next 20, 30 years To be a man like [Nelson] Mandela, a leader in the world who touches base in New York occasionally, comes home occasionally, but is basically a world figure. At this very time, what’s the major appeal of Donald Trump and to some extent Cruz and the others? Nationalism. Economic nationalism. We. Who’s looking out for us, as Americans on immigration, on trade, on war, on everything?” So the president is out of step with the basic appeal of the right right now. Which is nationalism. He’s playing the role of international figure which is delightful to Europe and the rest of the world as we can see. It’s not selling at home."