Brian Williams looks downright depressed right now.

[madaboutharry]

He can't believe this idiot is president. He has Steve Schmidt, Stephanie Rhule, and Eugene Robinson talking about the delusional man in the White House.

[BlueCaliDem]

1. I just heard Stephanie Ruhl say that the Dow is up because of Trumputin.

[madaboutharry]

2. She didn't really say that.

She said after business leaders meet with him and talked about how well the meeting went the Dow hit 20,000.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. It came across as if she wanted to give Trumputin credit for it, but it's still President Obama's

economy, and he had nothing to do with it.

[LisaL]

6. Sure didn't come across that way to me.

[BlueCaliDem]

13. That's because you're politically astute. I always try to view the news from an a-political person's

p.o.v., and her remarks did come across as if the Dow jumping is a win for Trumputin and that he should be crowing about it instead of his personal pet peeves.

[JenniferJuniper]

9. She was pretty emphatic that it was a "win" for Trump

and that he should be making a big deal of it. "Big business loves deregulation." (I don't like her constant smirk either)

I'm pretty sure big business loves stability too. And once it's clear that this madman can't be trusted with anything and that his idiotic policies are bound to wreck the economy, I can't imagine what's going to happen once the chickens come home to roost.

[BlueCaliDem]

12. That's how it came across to me, although she was being very subtle about it.

A non-political viewer would automatically assume that Trumputin is the reason the Dow jumped, not the economy that President Obama and Democrats built.

She slapped Trumputin's name on another president's hard work, and that bothered me.

[TrekLuver]

8. No she said it was because of him and it's a "win" for him...another win is meeting with the

business leaders and that is what he should be talking about instead of this other crap.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

11. She smiled for no good reason. contrast her smile with Schmidt/Williams grim expressions.

L Ron von Trump will probably be shown the discussion and request an interview with her. Her smile was as annoying as what she had to say. Guarantee he'll pick up on that and she will be possibly the new press secretary.

[Hekate]

17. In response to this whole subthread: I just watched that segment. She was making a point about....

...Trump's insanity, which she called vanity and insecurity. "He could be taking a victory lap," she said, "he could be taking credit (for the Dow), but instead he is obsessing about crowd size."

We can dispute whether she's right about the Dow, but she definitely sees Trump for the infantile narcissist that he is.

Stephanie also really slapped back at Bannon's demand that the Press STFU, saying she'd been working with her kids on their social studies regarding the separation of powers, and there comes Bannon....

I've never seen her before on any of the shows I watch, but I can only assume that smile is her "TV face," and not a show of pleasure at the topic.

That is all.

[HipChick]

3. Steve is so deadpan

he could not have possibly imagined anything worst than Palin..

[Hekate]

14. I feel for the man; I really do.

[Skittles]

4. no one with critical thinking skills can believe this delusional, egomaniacal buffoon is president

it boggles the mind

[sheshe2]

7. Well

Where the hell were they before now. They were a total fail.

[JenniferJuniper]

10. Trump was entertainment; boosted ratings

The media is just as complicit as Putin.

[Hekate]

15. Schmidt was not silent. I think it was after one of the debates with Hill, he talked about...

...the Constitution and Trump's threat to it. He choked up.

[TexasBushwhacker]

16. At one point, Steve Schmidt thought Clinton would get 400 EVs. N/t