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Animist nbc analyst. welcome to you all. jeff, where to begin. what was that -- in your view, what about that about today? >> what we know about the president is he feels the need to have his successes invalidated. successes both real and imagined. this was an instance where he read a lot of coverage, a lot of mixed reviews overseas and decided he wanted to tell the speech, tell the story the way he wanted it told. as the day wore on and as we got close door the 3:30 start timef the speech, it b...

He wanted it told. as the day wore on and as we got close door the 3:30 start timef the speech, it became clear he was going to give the speech he hinted at on twitter. and you mentioned the moment there where he had to reach for the bottle of water. i think that is one indication of just how slapped together this whole event one. it was a gaff in stagecraft. because a number of white house staffers had the day off, having spent the last 12 days in asia with the president. so with someone neglec...

Jeff, where to begin. what was that -- in your view, what about that about today? >> what we know about the president is he feels the need to have his successes invalidated. successes both real and imagined. this was an instance where he read a lot of coverage, a lot of mixed reviews overseas and decided he wanted to tell the speech, tell the story the way he wanted it told. as the day wore on and as we got close door the 3:30 start timef the speech, it became clear he was going to give the spee...