Tone-deaf Trump, a blue wave, WH shake-up & more | Erin Burnett OutFront this week

tonedeaf President Trump tonight though. The  president making his final midterm pitch and. it was a message which had nothing  to do with Americans, Republicans, the economy. None of that. Absolutely none.  Today, I'm thrilled to announce the official. opening of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting  pool. It's actually the largest pool, the longest pool anywhere in the world by far.  And by the way, we we resurfaced the granite. This was sad because this was the grass and it  was totally vandalized. So that says 8647. You.

don't see it as clearly because we we sprayed  it. I looked at it two days before and I said, "What beautiful grass." You can even see where  the concrete gets the rebar behind. So this was. just really worn out. Tremendous algae problems.  And you have that picture with the algae. Yeah. Let me see that. The green, that's not grass.  That's algae that it took over the entire pool. The grass in front of the White House. If you take  a look at the new helellipad and all of the grass.

and surroundings, that's brand new and it's it's  beautiful. We're much even more proud of all the. statues that we've done all over Washington. We're  uh going for a final approval of the Triumphal. Arc Military Complex. We're doing a renovation of  the golf course which is in a horrible condition, very dangerous and horrible condition. The walls  are caving in. The whole thing is a mess. So Trump.

spent about 25 minutes talking about what you just  heard, the reflecting pool, granite, rebar, grass, algae, uh the golf course. He had props and he  didn't actually wrap it up even at the end by. mentioning the election, urging people to vote,  endorsing his candidates. Instead, he did this.

So, what we heard from Trump today was actually  very consistent with CNN's latest poll in which. 74% of voters said Trump does not have the right  priorities. And that of course has been dragging. down his party. And tonight, the final forecast  from two of the nation's top election forecasters. are out. Larry Sabado moving five Senate races  today in the Democratic direction. Just one. Iowa going towards the Republicans. And the Cook  Political Report's final prediction moves that.

Michigan Senate race from tossup to lean Dem.  Both Cook and Sabido forecast the House goes to. the Dems easily. They'll be here in just a moment.  But election day voters, right, they're going to. start going to the polls in less than 10 hours.  But election day voters are following on the heels. of 56 million Americans who have already voted.  56 million Americans. So we don't know what's. going to happen tomorrow. But we can tell you some  things about those early 56 million voters. And so. far it boils down to this. Overall, Democrats  have a 13point advantage in terms of voter uh.

identification across 25 states, which compares to  a four-point advantage just two years ago. Kristen. Holmes begins our coverage tonight out front the  outside the White House. And Kristen, what are you. hearing? You know, we hear Trump publicly. Okay.  Algae, golf courses, statues, the triumphal arc, all of that. What's he saying privately behind  closed doors about the election tomorrow? Yeah. I. mean, Erin, he has seen all the same things that  we at CNN have seen with reporters across the.

country. He's seen the polling, which obviously  does not look good for Republicans. He'd seen the. field of candidates. He's seen the landscape.  and privately to some allies and advisers he. has predicted the worst case scenario which is  that Democrats win both chambers of Congress and. in that has talked about what exactly that would  look like in terms of governing or investigations. or potential impeachment hearings. The other part  of this that was interesting is you almost heard.

Trump admitting that today during that speech in  front of the reflecting pool. Yes, he spent most. of the time talking about things that most  Americans don't care about and frankly will. probably never see. But he also did talk about the  midterms only to stress that almost every cycle a. president wins and then the next cycle the other  party wins and then saying we gave it our best. shot which sounds like almost a concession before  actually seeing the results. Now, I will tell you,

even though he has privately predicted this, when  I ask White House officials, how do you think he's. going to react if in fact Democrats do win both  chambers of Congress, they say it's anyone's. guess. It's going to be how Donald Trump uh feels  in that moment, even though he has been prepared, even though he has been predicting this. Now,  interestingly, the White House just added this. viewing party closed press tomorrow night starting  at 700 p.m. in the East Room. We'll see if they. end up opening to the press. I think a lot  of that's going to depend on how Republicans.

are actually doing. I mean, today he goes out  to this reflecting pool. That would be a site. that you'd go to if that was actually a successful  project because then you could say, "Look at this. beautiful reflecting pool behind us. We created  this and we got rid of taxes on tips and we, you know, secured the border and we've increased  the economy if he actually had." But instead, he goes and for 25 minutes talks about a debacle.  I have no idea what that was. And he certainly. has done nothing to try and help Republicans  for the last two years. I mean, Jonah, he said.

something else at the end of his speech. I saved  it for this. I wanted you to hear it cuz I Okay, 25 minutes of what you heard, right? Algae and  arcs and um interesting as an arc, not an arch. Um. and and the golf courses and everything. And then  he ends uh to towards the end with this. We have. a lot of great things planned for Washington. and  I could get into the nation but for that you don't. have enough time. So 25 minutes of golf courses  in the elk but not enough time to mention anything.

about the country. Yeah. I mean uh like uh you  can imagine the political consultants inside. the White House white knuckling it through this  you know chain smoking cigarettes and shooting. up black tart teroin thinking you know what's he  going to say? What's he going to say? You know, it's it's sort of like, you know, like you expect  them to do that that that thing from Jerry Maguire. where they just drop to their knees and say, "Help  me help you." Right? Because this like like I take.

Richard's point about, you know, if this had  been successful and all that. Let's just assume. it was successful. Like he thinks who's voting on  the rehab of the Lincoln Memorial Pool. I mean, like I live in Washington DC. I will actually make  the case that there have been improvements because. of Trump's doing this stuff. No one cares. Like  where in America is someone voting on this? How. does this affect affordability or all the stuff  Democrats want to talk about? Like he's talking. about great doing great stuff for the nation.  It's like his showman reveal like stay tuned.

because you know same bat time, same bat channel,  the second half is going to be awesome and I just. don't think it's working on anybody. The grass  looks really good. He says the grass looks good. Listen, I've been around presidential politics  for a long time. I've been with winners. I've been. with losers. And I got to tell you, he's done the  hardest thing there is to do in politics. He did. it twice. He won the White House. So, it means I  have to assume there's something that's happening. that's not just crazy. So, here's what I think is  going on. He's just counterprogramming the news.

As long as we're talking about whatever crazy  thing Donald Trump is talking about, then we're. not talking about $4 gas and we're not talking  about the fact that people can't go to the grocery. store and buy food and we're not talking about  the inflation rate or the mortgage rates that are. going over 7%. All those things are things that he  doesn't want us talking about, which creates space. for candidates in the states to actually have time  to maybe escape that narrative for a little bit. and try to run on something else, which is what  culture play is about. And it's about all of the.

touching talking about men's backsides, all that.  It's to get us to not talk about the economy. Paul. Trump did talk today about the biggest drop in in  oil in history, which has not happened. Um, just. to be clear, right? Um, we have the most expensive  election day gasoline on record tomorrow, the most expensive. Uh, so just that th those are  the realities. But, you know, to to Jamal's point, so he mentions a drop that didn't happen. We've  got the most expensive gas. Americans know that, right? people see that and and instead of talking  about gas prices, he talked about something else.

here. We're doing a renovation of the golf  course, which is in a horrible condition, very dangerous and horrible condition. And  we're doing a renovation of the golf course, and we're going to make it a world championship  course. It's going to be built to the highest. standard standards of golf, a worldass uh  golf course. But even if that's to distract,

people are seeing this. Yeah. Yeah. Right. And  tonedeaf maybe doesn't even capture it. No. Chaos. is our new normal. And it's been our normal with  him through both administrations. And I think he's. reminding everybody why they don't like him.  Every time he's out there talking about things. that are unfocused, no working people care about  his golf course or the reflecting pool except. for maybe people who run pool companies, right?  But if you wanted to craft a message that would. be explicitly ineffective with independence, it  would sound like that. But I think this is also. what we should brace for no matter what happens  tomorrow because he is going to be all gas no.

breaks and maybe even more so. You know, I think  he he maybe even accepting the loss and a corner. animal is a dangerous animal. Simultaneously,  he's talking about increasing attacks on Iran. I think we have to prepare for the unexpected  and don't have a failure of imagination cuz. Trump never does. I mean, the only thing he could  do to be less popular is say he's hitting Cuba and. he's talking about doing that too. I think we  have to take a step back too and remember the. world is watching and he looks deeply unserious  and unfocused and we're laser focused on our. election. But the Chinese love this, Putin loves  this. I mean, our enemies are celebrating his lack.

of focus and his lack of seriousness. And I would  just add that the chaos here to me is because he. doesn't have anybody surrounding him anymore in  this second term that is going to tell him the. actual truth. You had some of those people in the  first term. He got rid of most of them quickly, but at least they had experience in knowing how to  do this. Now he has absolutely nobody. Anybody who. would look at that event today and say, I planned  that, you know, I developed that. I think that was. a great display. That is not happening anywhere  because he is just running the show. There's.

nobody else there. And that's where you get to  the really dangerous point. You talk about corner. being a cornered animal when someone gets in a  corner. We do have the breaking news. The tsunami. getting even bigger. More midterm results coming  in tonight and Democrats have flipped. Eight more. Republican seats just today and we've got more  projections possibly coming in at any moment. this hour as we are watching that decision desk.  Eight additional seats that I mentioned now gives. Democrats 253. 253 and more to count. Okay, that's  a 97 seat majority compared to Republicans just at.

this moment. And as I said, more races in play.  In fact, 27 races still uh not yet called of as. of tonight. And Democrats are leading in five  of those districts that are currently held by. Republicans. And Republicans are no longer leading  in any district currently held by Democrats. So, Democrats are now on track for what may be the  biggest gains for the Democratic party since 1974, a party left for dead a couple years ago. 1974,  of course, was right after the Watergate scandal,

which walked Washington, after Richard Nixon was  forced to resign in one of the darkest periods of. America's history. Uh, up until that time, and  Democrats, remarkably, are now on track to hit. or even exceed, are you ready for this? 260 seats  in the House. 260 is possible. So, now let's go to. the Senate. Uh, also there the tsunami. Democrats  now have already earned 54 seats. Uh, even three. days ago, nobody thought we would be saying any  such thing, right? every single possible map was.

to try to get to 51 or 52. 54 already two seats up  in the air. It could go to 56. We'll see how those. go. But those are Alaska and Mississippi. And that  brings me to where I began, which is Mississippi, where we just got more results. Democrat Scott  Column leads the incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde. Smith right now by more than 1,800 votes. That  gap uh just getting a little bit bigger. Still. razor thin, but it's bigger, right? 24 hours  ago, we were uh in the low 40s. Uh so now. let's go to Alaska. Mary Pelola, the Democrat  there, leading Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent,

by more than 600 votes. Alaska still counting.  And that's what we continue to see 48 hours. after the first polls closed in what turned out  to be a monumental election. And this election. was a crushing rebuke of President Trump. We've  heard the word extinction from many Republicans. talking about their own party. And Democrats  are picking up more and more seats. Meanwhile, Republicans want heads to roll. I'm a business  guy and if uh in business all of a sudden you lose.

uh that much of your uh work to your competitor  uh you you're going to fire people. In fact, I think there should be some heads rolling  from the White House as well right now. Heads. rolling from the White House. And one of the  heads that more and more Republicans want to. see roll is the defense secretary Pete Hexath or  as he calls himself the secretary of war. Today, Hegsth responded to this, releasing a sixinute  screed rant online. He railed against diversity.

He touted what he says are his accomplishments and  he gave a warning to his critics. A disgruntled, defeated congressman along with all his  Democrat allies has also dropped sham. articles of impeachment against yours truly, just  like they tried against President Trump twice. You see, their policies don't work. So, their  obsession with political theater disguised as.

power drives them to try to destroy their  opponents. It's all about the politics of. personal destruction. Didn't work against  President Trump and it won't work with me. You can rest assured of that. Uh much more on  that to come, but I want to go over to the magic. wall. Harry Anton's uh out front with me there.  Harry obviously we just played he sets there but. the count the count that he is responding to a  situation which he did not see coming. I don't. think many of us saw it to this scale to this  scale. No. And and and here we are. So we're.

we're trending now to Watergate levels possibly  for for Democrats. I mean a possibility of 260. This is this is stunning. So what are you seeing?  It is it is absolutely nutter butter. Let's just. start with what we've called so far, right? 253  for the Democrats, only 156 for the Republicans, already a net gain pickup of 40 seats for the  Democrats. Now, you spoke about the fact that. we called some races today. Let's talk about those  races that we called today. And look at this. Look.

at this. You can come in on here and call races  in North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, Arizona. I want to go into North Carolina here  for a split second because this was a state that. Republicans redistrict to pick up seats from the  Democrats. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Did not work. I mean, my goodness gracious. Look at this. Look at this.  I didn't even know who these Democrats were for my. for goodness sake. Look at this. Here's a district  they redistricted. The Democrat wins there. Let's. go here. How about right down here? Addison  McDow, an incumbent, loses in this district.

We can go here. How about this one? Tim Moore. I I  again I never even heard of these Democrats before. this election and before all of a sudden election  night we were looking at them. Now more than that, let's sort of zone out on the map here and let's  just sort of get an understanding of what we are. really dealing with in this election. Okay, so  we're going to go in terms of the flips so far. And this to me really just does tell the story.  There are a few Republican districts that flip, but the Democratic districts that flip, just the  geographic diversity of it, we're talking from.

the Northeast, New York, Pennsylvania down to  the Southeast, right? Virginia, North Carolina, you go to the Midwest, it's Michigan, it's  Iowa, it's Texas, it's Colorado, it's Nevada, it's California, it's Montana, for goodness sake.  And you of course mentioned, Erin, that so far, obviously, we have only called 253 states. It can  go even bigger than that. It can go even bigger. than that because I want you to look at the ahead  column here. Look at this. Democrats currently.

leading in 261 districts. I think they're going  to probably end up right around the 260 mark which. of course would be a tremendous net gain well  into the 40s at this point which would mark the. biggest gain since Watergate as you were pointing  out. And more than that, what I want to note is. I'm going to bring out the pen here. Right now  in the national popular vote for the US House, Democrats lead by, get this, 12 points. 12 points  at this point. I think that number is going to go.

higher, probably closer to, let's say, 14 points.  And that would mark the biggest popular vote win. for Democrats since the bicesentennial  50 years ago. This is 1976. 1976. I mean, it is incredible because I'm just thinking back  to the eve of the election. Yeah. when the most. optimistic forecasters were saying somewhere  between 230 and 240 and if Democrats get a miracle. 240. Yeah. And you're now saying that somewhere  around 260 is within reach. This is absolutely.

within reach. This was a wave because it was wide  across the map and it was deep in terms of the. trend in which we see Republican people who voted  for Republicans just two years ago flipping across. the map voting for Democrats. Absolutely. Uh  stunning and as you said the count's still coming. in. are watching this because we do anticipate  more numbers coming in through this hour. So, we'll see if any of these these become firm calls  in the next few moments. Let's go to Kristen. Holmes at the White House. Kristen, if there was  any talk that that Trump might have had of saying, "Oh, well, it didn't go my way here, so I'm  going to say it was rigged or that." I mean,

it is the depth of this wave which made any such  thing impossible. What more are you learning about. the White House thinking on this stunning and  major loss? Well, Erin, they're still coming. up with their strategy to move forward. You have  to remember this. There were a lot of different. scenarios they planned for. They planned for a  scenario in which they lost the House and kept the. Senate. They even planned for a scenario in which  they both lost the Senate and the House. But what. they didn't plan for was losing it by this much.  These are insane margins. And so all of the things.

that they had been actually planning for, they  need to be adjusted. And I was told the day after. the election, they had a senior staff meeting  where they talked about what the White House paths. forward are. They talked about executive orders,  how to work with Democrats. if Democrats do want. to work with them, what would they actually  believe that they could compromise on? What are. things that they could present to Democrats? And I  also heard that there was talk about how they will. react if Democrats come in and they are planning  immediate expansive investigations. And that's.

going to be a more aggressive approach obviously  from this White House and one we've seen before. Now, in terms of how the White House is thinking  about moving forward and looking back, I'm still. told that there is so much animosity behind  the scenes, fingerpointing, a lot of it at Pete. Hegath, at the Secretary of Defense. And the big  question is whether or not Trump ends up cutting. him loose. He has said publicly, repeatedly, that  he is not going to fire him, that he thinks he's. doing a fantastic job, but it hasn't stopped him  from calling and talking to a number of people and.

saying, "How do you think he's doing?" and he  has been fielding calls. He said this earlier, but a lot of Republicans who say they don't  think that Hegsth should remain in the job. Now, if in fact Republicans do vote in the House to  impeach Hegsath next week, which is what we're. hearing could happen, then we're going to look  at this again because that could be a chance that. President Trump uses to cut him loose. Yeah. Yeah.  Absolutely. And then when you talk about Hegath,

that's something whatever the vote might be that  has a lot of bipartisan support. Kristen, thank. you very much. I appreciate you and everyone's  here with me. John, you know, just just sitting, you know, sitting over there with Harry. Yeah.  You know, thinking about on the eve, you know, the 235 240 seat in the house forecast that  everybody said, "Oh man, those people are. crazy." And now you're looking at 260 261 is  very conceivable. Uh getting close to that is. is quite probable and likely. I mean, uh this is  really stunning. It is a landslide. Um, it is a.

definitive rebuke of Donald Trump like we've never  seen. I mean, you got to go back to Watergate. as we've seen, but it's also, you know, a dozen  state legislatores. Um, it's deep into the South. and the Midwest. And so, the the whole Republican  coalition has been blown up because Trump pursued. policies that were not only made people's economic  situation worse, but were intentionally unpopular. He pursued an extremist agenda. And so, this  is a populist blowback. I mean, Ashley, also, you know, they didn't even I'm just thinking the  former speaker of the Texas House Republican was.

with me. He lives along the Louisiana border. He's  like, "Look at Louisiana." Oh, I mean, this looked. at Louisiana, they they only are winning by like  a pointish, Tennessee, Florida. Um, you look at. South Carolina, even the governor's race in South  Carolina, 90,000 votes, it was the difference with. minimal investment. It could have been so much  worse. But here's here here's what I'll say is I. think this it is should not be surprising for two  reasons. One, Dem should not have lost in 2024 if.

I'm honest. There was a miscalculation and we  can go back and relitigate all of that. But the. reality that Donald Trump ever was elected should  have never happened because of how dissatisfied. Americans were on the first term. But all you had  to do was open your ears and and uh look through. your eyes and just pay attention to what people  were saying. They were pleading pleading with. this administration, screaming from the rooftops,  I'm unhappy. I'm unhappy. I don't want a war. I.

You broke all these promises. This is what people  get to do in two years. They don't have to wait. four years to get rid of Donald Trump. They might  feel overly loyal to him, but they do not to these. uh people in the House and the Senate and and  governor's races and all of that. And here we are. Trump says tonight more firings could be coming as  he's publicly spinning his party's massive defeat. President Trump just speaking at the Kennedy Space  Center, which is his first major speech since the. election. But as you're about to hear, Trump is  not taking the blame. Despite the $3 trillion.

lost yesterday, you know, our country lost three  trillion all because of an election. I wonder. what that means. If we would have gained three  trillion, I probably would have been more unhappy. But you know what that means? That means that they  thought somebody else did well in election. By the. way, I was not on the ballot, just in case you  had any questions, cuz if we were on the ballot, we would have won. But we weren't. So he said I  wasn't on the ballot. If we were on the ballot,

um referring to himself, uh that Republicans would  have won. But I just want to remind everybody in. the context of what he just said there what  he said days before the election. You have. to do the one thing. Pretend I'm on the ballot.  Pretend I'm on the ballot. But in this election, I'm asking you to pretend I'm on the ballot just  one more time. So what I really want you to do. is pretend, please, that I'm on the ballot. What?  Well, it of course seemed like the American public.

uh did that. They did vote like he was on the  ballot and we are just getting in more results. from the historic midterms. Democrat Nancy Laor  flipping the seat that was once held by Nancy. Mace obviously. So that's going R to D. 99% of  the vote now in and Laor leads the Republican. Jenny Costa Honeyut by more than 3,000 votes.  Now, that gives Democrats 254 seats compared to. 163 for Republicans and puts Democrats on the  path to their excuse me, largest gains since.

Watergate. And at this hour, Democrats are still  leading in four districts currently being held by. Republicans. And today, with all of this fallout,  a major shakeup at the White House after the GOP. collapse. Trump elevating his controversial top  deputy Steven Miller to become his new chief of. staff. And it takes place right away. There's no  two weeks notice. Uh this is Monday. Steven Miller. is going to walk in and be the chief of staff  replacing Susie Wilds. As of tonight, that's. the highest ranking White House official to leave  Trump's White House in the wake of the colossal.

Republican collapse. A wipeout that sources tell  CNN has left Trump fuming. And maybe you could. even see from that speech today uncertain as to  how to deal with it. And despite saying he'd work. with Democrats after those losses by promoting  Miller, uh Trump is sending obviously the complete. opposite signal, calling Miller a great manager  and also saying that he gets it politically. But. voters overwhelmingly from uh across the United  States have rejected Trump's actions in office and.

and M. Miller in charge right it's continuity and  it's continuity on some of the most controversial. policies showing that perhaps Trump is prepared  to veer even harder to the right. Miller is the. architect behind the aggressive ICE raids and  mass deportations. After all, to all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of  your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on. you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct  you is committing a felony. You have immunity.

to perform your duties. Either we all side and get  behind President Trump to remove these terrorists. from our communities or we let a rogue radical  left judiciary shut down the machinery of our. national security apparatus. Of course, he's also  one of Trump's biggest cheerleaders when it comes. to the rest of his agenda. Julia Benbrook begins  our coverage out front live. She's at the Kennedy. Space Center. That's where President Trump  just spoke. And and Julia, what else are you. learning about this? I mean, obviously it it got  announced on a Friday. It takes place on a Monday,

right? This is abrupt to say the very least. What  are you learning about why Susie Wilds is out and. Steven Miller is in as chief of staff? It is going  to happen quickly and the one thing that is clear. is that Trump is frustrated and he has been  looking at strategy at things that went wrong. and Susie Wilds, the current chief of staff, is  taking at least part of the blame for that. Now, I did want to note that here at this event, you  know, in Florida, Republicans did come out on top.

in those big races. Ashley Moody in the Senate,  Byron Donald in the governor's race. They were. both here, but even they won by less significant  margins than they had hoped. So, Republicans are. really questioning all the things that that took  place here. Susie Wilds will be replaced by Deputy. Chief of Staff Steven Miller. Now, as you pointed  out, he is one of the more polarizing figures in. this administration. He played a key role in  orchestrating Trump's hardline immigration. agenda. According to a source familiar with the  matter, Wilds turned in her resignation last.

night. She will move to the political operation  in Trump's world, and that is all going to go into. effect on Monday. It seemed at first like Trump  was somewhat unfased by these sweeping losses. just kept saying, you know, I wasn't on the  ballot. That's really what took place here. But. we are learning that he was frustrated even during  that viewing party in the East Room. And that. frustration has only grown as he has continued to  watch the negative media coverage. And when he was.

on his way here today, he said that he thought  that he just needed a change. He praised Wilds, but he said he thought he just needed a change and  that he believes Miller gets it. He's circling the. wagons. He's shrinking the circle and he's getting  ready for war. I think he any any idea that he's. going to moderate here is unrealistic. You know,  he's not going to compromise with the Democrats. He's getting ready for a fight and he's put Hex  Seth into that circle. Uh I think he's he's going.

to be more extreme. He's going to be more radical.  He's going to be more unpredictable. You know, it was a blue wave, but it was powered by  independent water and that's really where he lost. the country. He lost independence almost 2 to1  to the Democrats and they want to see moderation. and they want to see him in check, but he's he's  ready to go. And I think it's really important to. underscore that in the next two months, he might  be at his most dangerous. A cornered animal is. a dangerous animal, especially when it comes to  national security. So, there's no limit to what he. could do with Iran, Cuba, here domestically. And I  think we're in for some very dangerous times after. this honeymoon period the Democrats have had. I  mean, I mean, Sarah, let me just remind people.

of some of the things. I mean, I talked about  Steven Miller as the architect of ICE, right? Um but he also has gone along with Trump on all of  um some of the lowest common denominator culture. war comments that he's made. Uh talking about  Robert Dairo, he called him a sad, bitter, broken. old man. Um he talked about James Tarico who just  won in Texas. Uh when he goes in for a blood test, blood doesn't come out. They say milk comes out.  He's clearly transitioning to a female. These are. all things Stephen Miller said and and I can go  on and on. Um but this is who is now the chief.

of staff. Yeah. And I worked with Steven Miller  in the first Trump administration and he is about. as extreme as they get. And one of the things that  I think has stuck out most to me during Trump 2.0. is in the aftermath of our government murdering  Alex Prey in cold blood in the street. What did. Steven Miller tweet out? That he was a domestic  terrorist. And that is the person that Trump. just appointed. And I have to say that I think  Steven Miller is a horrible human being to just.

in general. and a racist, a bigot. I could keep  going, but I won't waste our our air time with. that. But what I have to say, too, is that this is  just poor political instincts on the president's. part because Steven Miller is the chief person  responsible for blowing up his coalition, with. Latino voters, people who voted and sent him back  into the White House in 2024. That is what Steven. Miller is responsible for because he took one of  the GOP's best issues, border and immigration, and made it one of the biggest liabilities with  his cruel and inhumane mass deportations. Yep. So,

so Trump just gave an interview after this to 60  Minutes or he might have done it just before, but. we just got the the sound afterwards where he says  that more he's going to be more people are going. to be fired. Yeah. Okay. From the administration.  Here's how he put it. In a previous lifetime, you were rather famous for saying you're fired  quite often. After a big midterm defeat like this, do you expect to fire anyone from your team? Yeah,  you do. Little bit. Little bit. I love my cabinet. I think they're good, but I'll do be doing maybe  a few changes. I don't want to mention who.

Well, as tough as it was for Susie Wilds to lose  her job, she did better than Rice Prieous in 2017. when Donald Trump left him on the tarmac in Long  Island after he was fired unceremoniously. Um, and so at least she didn't travel all the way to  the trip today and then have to find her way home. Listen, Donald Trump has given America the big  middle finger. What he's decided is it doesn't. matter what you said on Tuesday. It doesn't matter  that you didn't you didn't you reject everything.

that we've done over the last 20 22 months. I'm  still going to do whatever it is I want to do. and everybody's just going to have to take it.  And I think maybe it doesn't hurt him, but for. every Republican who's thinking about running for  president in 2028, they're going to have to live. with the hole Donald Trump is Donald Trump is  digging for Republicans. Well, Paul started out. by saying that that Trump's ready for war with  this and referring to war with with Democrats. His initial comment rhyme was he's going to  work with them. But then you have uh Robert. Garcia who's expected to be the House oversight  chairman in a Democratic House uh who said that.

Miller should quote unquote lawyer up. That was in  all caps and that was hours after the election. I. don't know if that's related to what happened here  today, but Trump going ahead and choosing Steven. Miller as his chief of staff. Um that you you can  see the f the front lines of this war right there. Yeah. And it actually does change the equation  for the Democrats going after Steven Miller, trying to sell him to lawyer up. In other words,  that they're going to investigate him because as. chief of staff, he does come with potential legal  protections that he otherwise wouldn't have. And.

it's based on long-standing Justice Department  theories that they say that there's absolute. immunity. The chief of staff is the president's  alter ego. And as his alter ego, he does not have. to appear before Congress. He cannot be subpoenaed  before Congress. The Democrats can litigate that. There's some good case law for that, but that's  a clash in the courts. Do they really want to. do that? Do they want to give this to the US  Supreme Court which has a maximalist view of. presidential authority and could easily side with  the White House. So, it does put in something else. into the equation when they think about Steven  Müer, who would otherwise be a great witness for.