'Morning Joe': Its 'Failure Friday' for Trump White House

[DonViejo]

BY AIDA CHAVEZ - 07/28/17 08:55 AM EDT

“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski is declaring it "Failure Friday" for President Trump, saying that if you want to know what failure looks like, “just take a look at the last 36 hours of the Trump presidency.”

Brzezinski on Friday said that after the “skinny” ObamaCare repeal bill failed late Thursday night, the GOP “faces a reckoning with an embarrassing failure in Congress and a failing presidency.”

“President Trump tried to lay blame for the healthcare failure at the feet of three Republicans and the Democrats but in the end he wasn’t able to keep his party unified and failed to deliver on a key campaign promise for his base,” she said. “The president has failed in his attempts to bully the attorney general into resigning — Jeff Sessions vowing to stay on as long as Trump sees that as appropriate. The president did succeed, in unifying practically all of Washington against treatment of the attorney general.”

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) cast the crucial surprise vote that killed the Senate GOP ObamaCare repeal bill early Friday morning and, at least temporarily, ended the GOP's hopes of killing former President Obama’s signature legislation.

Brzezinski also said Trump "failed to change the conversation" surrounding his failures with his tweets banning transgender individuals from serving in the military, with the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman saying the Pentagon will not make any changes to its transgender policy until Trump clarifies what he meant.

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[SummerSnow]

1. #failurefriday

[Funtatlaguy]

2. I really enjoy that show on days when Joe is gone.

When Mika is the solo host, she seems like the old Mika before she fell in (cough, cough) love.

[global1]

3. We Should Start A Tally Of Those That Have Stood Up To The Bully....

as standing up to the bully is the only way to combat his bullying ways.

Comey
Murkowski
Collins
McCain
Lindsey
Sessions
Mueller
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
I'll even include - Sean Spicer here. He resigned rather than subject himself to more bullying by Trump.
Some Repug Governors from around the states.

These are the ones that initially come to mind. There will be others and soon we will see more and more stand up to the bullying of Trump. It will become easier for them - because some had the courage to be the first to stand up to this guy.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. I credit Melania

and her cyber bullying campaign.
Dozvaydonya, Madame First Comrade.

[Zambero]

4. Trump never spoke to the "merits" of any of the repeal bills

It was all about "keeping your promise" to the base. Just repeal Obamacare, regardless of what the negative consequences are for millions. Unlike his predecessor, he never bothered to involve himself in the policy details of the legislation he wanted to sign. True to form, Trump was all thumbs on Twitter, and given his short attention span and incurious nature, that was as far as he was going to take it. His partisans in Congress realize this even though many won't come out and admit it. But at the end of the day, it made the difference between winning and losing. Make no mistake about it, Trump is a bona fide loser, and not the artful deal-maker that his base had hoped for.