first of all, i won a lot in 2020. that s not and if you look at all the tapes, if you look at everything you happen to look at, you take a look at truth to vote where they have people stuffing the ballot boxes on tapes or mr. president wait a minute, let s go to recent. fbi, twitter, let s go to recent, 51 agents all corrupt stuff that s cheating on the election. you lost the 2020 election. donald trump simply can t let go of the big lie. that s just part of a wide ranging and sometimes contentious interview with fox news last night in which the former president offered a new reason for why he had boxes of classified material stashed away at his palm beach country club. we ll dig into all of that in just a moment. also ahead we re learning more about antony blinken s meeting yesterday with chinese president xi jinping including what the secretary of state says china is not ready to do. and plus a race against time in the atlantic ocean. as rescuers
he understands the role of attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states, and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. jeff sessions was a disaster as attorney general. he s not qualified. he is not mentally qualified to be attorney general. we hope bill barr going to be as good as we think because he is a great gentleman, a great man. by the way, when bill barr, who is a coward. you know, bill barr was a coward. he didn t do what he was supposed to do. i fired him, and he has great chairman. for the joint chiefs of staff, general milley will serve as my top military adviser. i have absolute confidence he will fulfill his duty with the same brilliance and fortitude he has shown throughout his long and very distinguished career. he was, frankly, incompetent. the last one i d want to attack with as my leader would be milley. general kelly has been a star. he s done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a g
of grievance which powers the trump movement in general. when he is attacked, no matter what the nature of the attack is, and he argues it is partisan, his hard core supporters believe that, and it is very, very difficult for his opponents to get a leg up, for both those reasons. it may play out differently in a general election. absolutely. but you couldn t be more right. it is nothing but strengthening him right now, at least in the polls. nobody picked the lock to figure out how to use these charges and these issues against him, right? pence hasn t done it. christie hasn t done it. you know, it s a dilemma for them. ongoing challenge. trump continues to block out the sun. that s what gop, his rivals, say. great stuff from playbook co-author and chief correspondent for politico, ryan lizza. we ll see you soon. thanks for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now.