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Youre the biographer here. does this line up to the trump you know and is this typical to people who are close to the presidents orbit, they get pulled in? >> i think they do, but you also bring your own lens to this experience. and i think that a lot of people drawn to donald trump want to be pulled. when i met him, i thought that he was an incredibly shabby figure. he actually made trump tower look worse to me than it looked walking in, because, you know, his -- he deny seem to have the grasp ...

People who are close to the presidents orbit, they get pulled in? >> i think they do, but you also bring your own lens to this experience. and i think that a lot of people drawn to donald trump want to be pulled. when i met him, i thought that he was an incredibly shabby figure. he actually made trump tower look worse to me than it looked walking in, because, you know, his -- he deny seem to have the grasp of any facts. he didnt have life experience. he wasnt interested in art, food, literature....

Was struck by your peace. i dont think, i know i never read a piece about the center of this. i dont know what your politics are and i wont ask you. you described this as a religious community almost. >> there a really strong faith-based component. you become absolutely sure that you are right. and nothing is going to sway you from it. you set your course and you figured it out. >> tucker: it doesnt seem from your description like there were a lot of other inputs coming in the cell. like it was ...

I dont think, i know i never read a piece about the center of this. i dont know what your politics are and i wont ask you. you described this as a religious community almost. >> there a really strong faith-based component. you become absolutely sure that you are right. and nothing is going to sway you from it. you set your course and you figured it out. >> tucker: it doesnt seem from your description like there were a lot of other inputs coming in the cell. like it was self-referential. you talk...

What really needs to happen -- spew welcome the present just say i want to go back to the 80s? where the economy was roaring and we were doing great. couldnt that be what he is saying? >> either way it is self referential. jesse: not we can go back when everything was great? >> i think its a patriarchy that no one questions. jesse: is he saying there was a patriarchy that no one questioned? >> i think there isnt any debate anymore whether it is real. i think even the disbelievers now believers. ...

What really needs to happen -- spew welcome the present just say i want to go back to the 80s? where the economy was roaring and we were doing great. couldnt that be what he is saying? >> either way it is self referential. jesse: not we can go back when everything was great? >> i think its a patriarchy that no one questions. jesse: is he saying there was a patriarchy that no one questioned? >> i think there isnt any debate anymore whether it is real. i think even the disbelievers now believers. ...

What really needs to happen -- spew welcome the present just say i want to go back to the 80s? where the economy was roaring and we were doing great. couldnt that be what he is saying? >> either way it is self referential. jesse: not we can go back when everything was great? >> i think its a patriarchy that no one questions. jesse: is he saying there was a patriarchy that no one questioned? >> i think there isnt any debate anymore whether it is real. i think even the disbelievers now believers. ...

Meaning their brains are a little different but then as he alluded to early trauma, being very, very mistreated can make that worse so to speak, that you can become more entitled, more self-referential and more likely to repeat the kind of thing that was done to you. is that an excuse? no, its not. did he know right from wrong? he knew what he was doing was wrong. he just didnt care. he just wanted to do what he wanted to do and felt entitled to it. so in that sense you can make sense of it but ...

About the danger of a church thats self referential. which means that if were just kind of focusing on the institution, just keeping the trains running on time, doing the same old thicng, then the church isnt fulfilling its mission in the world. and as bishop and now already as pope, his understanding of the process of eadvantagization is we have to live will the gospel and share the goods spell. its simple. its simple, its very real, something you cant argue with. and i think thats a characteri...

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