Admit it. When you read the title of this story you probably thought Chris Matthews was being sarcastic in his praise of Donald Trump. However when you view the video below of Matthews speaking at the Ideas Forum in Washington, D.C. yesterday, you can see he is absolutely sincere. Of course, to maintain his liberal bonafides he quickly tosses something in about supposed Trump nonsense but the rest of the clip sounds like it could be used in a Trump campaign commercial. In fact Matthews was so effusive in his praise of Trump in contrast to the political class that you might have to play the video twice to make sure you heard what you thought you heard the first time.
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This is the genius of Trump.
...I don't know who he got the advice from or where it came from or how he got into the immigration business but it is a way into the door into people's hearts and guts. And what he talks about he says, and if you listen to his speeches, the nonsense, because I put him on once in awhile and we cut in and out... He says either we have a country or we don't. That is a powerful line to most people.
....And that means fiscal policy, budget policy, immigration policy. Are we going to have someone looking out for us at the top who cares about this country... instead of this sloppiness the Democrats and the Republicans have been engaging in for years now. Continuing resolutions. How come they don't have appropriations approved by both sides? Why don't they get their budgets agreements done on time? Why can't the government do what it is supposed to do...look out for us? Why can't they have a reasonable system of progressive immigration policy where you apply to get into this country, short term or long term, and it's enforced and we're proud of it? Why don't we have an immigration system that we enforce and are proud of? How come we are incompetent? Because they don't really care...the politicians. What they really care about is the next re-election and Trump has nailed them on this.
Exit Question: How long before Matthews starts wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat?
