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NOW. GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK. I'M CHRIS HAYES.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS, OF COURSE, THE OLDEST MAN EVER TO BE SWORN INTO OFFICE IN THIS COUNTRY'S LONG HISTORY. AND IT'S SHOWING TODAY. HE WENT ON A DISGUSTING TIRADE ABOUT SOMALI IMMIGRANTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE AMERICANS, THAT EVEN BY HIS OWN DEGRADED STANDARDS, WAS EGREGIOUSLY RACIST.
>> SOMALIA'S CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE WORST COUNTRY ON EARTH. I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. I WON'T BE THERE ANY TIME SOON, I HOPE. BUT WHAT SOMALIA AND WHAT THE SOMALIAN PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO MINNESOTA IS, IS NOT EVEN BELIEVABLE. IT'S NOT EVEN BELIEVABLE. AND A LOT OF IT STARTS WITH THE GOVERNOR. A LOT OF IT STARTS WITH BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN THAT ARE GOING TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY, CHERISH OUR COUNTRY. THEY WANT TO KISS OUR COUNTRY GOOD NIGHT.
>> THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THAT APPEARANCE THAT WAS BOTH STRANGE AND THINGS THAT WE'VE COME TO SORT OF SEE AS NORMAL. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TRUMP KEPT HIS HAND UNDER THE TABLE THERE. IN FACT, HE APPEARED TO BE GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO HIDE HIS RIGHT HAND. SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE SAME HAND THAT JUST YESTERDAY WAS COVERED WITH MAKEUP AND BAND AIDS, THE SAME HAND THAT HAS HAD LARGE BRUISES ON IT IN THE PAST. AS FOR THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS REMARKS, TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIGOT GOING BACK MANY DECADES. HE'S CLEARLY HAVING A HARDER TIME KEEPING RANTS LIKE THAT INSIDE. IN FACT, TODAY'S SPECTACLE COMES AFTER A SIMILAR TIRADE YESTERDAY. ALSO, HE'S REPEATING HIMSELF A LOT. THAT ONE WAS DURING A CABINET MEETING, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH AND THOSE PRETTY CLEARLY UNLAWFUL BOAT STRIKES. ALTHOUGH, ADMITTEDLY, TRUMP SEEMED TO SLEEP THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF IT.
IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE AN INDELIBLE IMAGE OF THIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. AT ONE POINT, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO WAS HEAPING PRAISE ON THE GREAT MAN FOR HIS SINGULAR LEADERSHIP AS THE MAN NEXT TO HIM. THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO BE NODDING OFF.
>> THIS WAR IS GOING ON AND THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO END IT. NOT BECAUSE, LISTEN, WE GOT A MILLION THINGS TO FOCUS ON IN THE WORLD AS A COUNTRY, BUT HE'S THE ONLY LEADER IN THE WORLD THAT CAN HELP END IT. AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY, EVEN AS WE SPEAK TO YOU NOW, STEVE WITKOFF IS IN MOSCOW TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO END THIS WAR TO SAVE LIVES OF EIGHT, 9000 PEOPLE. MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU WELL KNOW, ARE DYING EVERY WEEK.
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MORE AWAKE MAN, A MORE VIRILE MAN, A MAN OF MORE IMPLACABLE ENERGY THAN THIS MAN HERE? MR. PRESIDENT, TALKING ABOUT YOU? WASHINGTON POST COUNTED A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES WHERE TRUMP'S EYES WERE CLOSED OR HE OTHERWISE STRUGGLED TO STAY AWAKE.
AND SO, IN RESPONSE, THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE HOUSE BROUGHT OUT ITS DEFENDERS TO EXPLAIN WHY EVERYTHING IS FINE.
>> I READ THIS ARTICLE LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SLOWING DOWN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MENTAL CAPACITY. IT IS 100% FAKE THAT LIKE HE ONLY CALLED ME TWICE AT TWO IN THE MORNING LAST WEEK INSTEAD OF THREE TIMES.
>> YOU MAY SLEEP LESS THAN THE PRESIDENT, BRAD. AND THAT IS A REMARKABLE THING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE SLEEPS AT ALL.
>> FOX NEWS EVEN BROUGHT OUT THEIR SENIOR MEDICAL ANALYST TO TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT NAPS ARE.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA GOES CRAZY AND THE LEFT IS GOING CRAZY AFTER TOTALLY DEEP SIXING ANY CONCERN ABOUT BIDEN FOR FOUR YEARS. AND THEY WENT CRAZY BECAUSE AT ONE POINT TODAY WHEN RUBIO WAS TALKING, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD HIS EYES CLOSED FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT SEEMED LIKE A FEW SECONDS. AND BUT THEY WENT CRAZY. LIKE HE'S SLEEPING DURING MEETINGS. LIKE YOUR REACTION TONIGHT.
>> I THINK HE SEEMS EXTREMELY SHARP. AND I THINK THIS WHOLE THING IS A BAIT AND SWITCH. THIS IS A DISGRACE BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP PASSING COGNITIVE TESTS. AS YOU JUST SAID, HE PASSES ONE EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE MOMENT GOING IN AND OUT OF PRESS CONFERENCES. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, ACTUALLY. THOMAS EDISON BELIEVED IN THE TEN MINUTE NAP. BY THE WAY, WHAT WOULD THEY SAY? WE WOULDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW.
>> I'LL LEVEL WITH YOU HERE. I TOO AM A GREAT BELIEVER IN NAPS. I DO TRY TO AVOID THEM WHILE I'M ON AIR WITH YOU. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE 79 YEAR OLD PRESIDENT IS NO THOMAS EDISON. MAYBE IT'S JUST THE NORMAL PROCESS OF AGING. I MEAN, HE IS, YOU KNOW, 79. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING MORE I DON'T KNOW.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAD AN MRI A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHICH HE WEIRDLY KIND OF TANGENTIALLY INTRODUCED AND MENTIONED. IT WAS PART OF WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE INITIALLY SAID WAS HIS ANNUAL PHYSICAL. IN FACT, IT WAS HIS SECOND ANNUAL PHYSICAL OF THE YEAR. USUALLY THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR AT LEAST, THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. AGAIN, I'M NOT A DOCTOR. I DON'T THINK AN MRI IS GENERALLY PART OF A NORMAL CHECKUP. AND THEN WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, TRUMP HAS BEEN SUPER DODGY.
>> DID YOU GET AN MRI? CAN YOU TELL US WHAT.
>> I DID? I GOT AN MRI. IT WAS PERFECT. YEAH, I MEAN, I GAVE YOU I GAVE YOU THE FULL RESULTS. WE HAD AN MRI, MRI AND IN THE MACHINE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING. AND IT WAS PERFECT.
>> I, PRESIDENT TRUMP, GET AN MRI DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WALL STREET.
>> LOOK, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD INQUIRE WITH THE PHYSICIANS. I'LL CHECK BACK ON THAT. BUT AS THE PHYSICAL ITSELF STATED, CHRISTINE, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL WITNESS TO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE PRESIDENT IS IN OPTIMAL PHYSICAL HEALTH.
>> I HAD AN MRI AS PART OF MY STANDARD YEARLY OR EVERY. I THINK THEY DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS, BUT I HAVE THE PHYSICAL EVERY YEAR AND THE RESULT WAS OUTSTANDING. DID YOU KNOW? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ANALYZE, BUT WHATEVER THEY ANALYZE, THEY ANALYZE IT WELL. AND THEY SAID THAT I HAD AS GOOD A RESULT AS THEY'VE EVER SEEN. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT RELEASED, I'LL RELEASE IT. YES. PLEASE. CAN YOU TELL US.
>> WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT?
>> FOR WHAT? RELEASING.
>> NO. NO, NO. WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY WAS THE MRI LOOKING AT?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA. IT WAS JUST AN MRI. WHAT PART OF THE BODY? IT WASN'T THE BRAIN. BECAUSE I TOOK A COGNITIVE TEST AND I ACED IT. I GOT A PERFECT MARK, WHICH YOU WOULD BE INCAPABLE OF DOING. GOODBYE, EVERYBODY.
>> YOU TO THIS LEVEL OF DETAILED ASSESSMENT IS STANDARD FOR AN EXECUTIVE PHYSICAL AT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGE, AND CONFIRMS THAT HE REMAINS IN EXCELLENT OVERALL HEALTH.
NOW. HIS DOCTOR EVENTUALLY PUT OUT A VAGUE STATEMENT SAYING HE WAS LOOKING AT TRUMP'S HEART AND HE IS IN EXCELLENT HEALTH. TRUMP'S DOCTORS ALSO SAY HE'S THE SAME HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AS NFL QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES. SO YOU COULD MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL.
PRESIDENT'S DECLINE IS EVIDENT IN MORE THAN JUST ANECDOTAL OBSERVATIONS. NEW YORK TIMES RECENTLY PUBLISHED AN EXTENSIVE ACCOUNT OF HIS TRUNCATED SCHEDULE AND SHORTER WORK DAYS. AND AGAIN, EVEN JUST WATCHING THE GUY, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US HERE IS OUR JOB TO DO EVERY DAY. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HIS BEHAVIOR IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY ABERRANT, STRANGE AND SLEEPY. HE'S POSTING LATE INTO THE NIGHT AT ONE POINT ABOUT 150 TIMES IN ONE STRETCH, AMPLIFYING A POST CLAIMING THAT NANCY PELOSI'S STAFF HAD BEEN PLANNING THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION FOR MONTHS. SURE, RIGHT. HE'S LASHING OUT AT REPORTERS WHILE SEEMING TO BE A KIND OF SPECTATOR TO HIS OWN PRESIDENCY.
>> THERE'S NOTHING INCRIMINATING IN THE PFIZER.
>> WHY DO YOU BLAME THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION?
>> BECAUSE THEY LET HIM IN. ARE YOU STUPID? ARE YOU A STUPID PERSON?
>> THE GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME SAID THAT HE HAD CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HARM TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, ESSENTIALLY BY ALLOWING TERRORIST GROUPS LIKE HAMAS TO MOVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AROUND. WHY DID YOU PARDON HIM?
>> OKAY. ARE YOU READY? I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.
>> PARDON? A NOTORIOUS DRUG TRAFFICKER. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. ONE FERNANDO FERNANDEZ. I WAS ASKED BY.
>> THERE'S A MIC DROP MOMENT. OKAY. ARE YOU READY? NO IDEA WHO THE GUY IS.
NOW, AT SOME LEVEL, TRUMP'S DECLINE. IF IT'S HAPPENING, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS IS ONE OF THOSE WEIRD POSITIONS OF, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD IS TERRIBLE AND SUCH SMALL PORTIONS. BUT THE REASON ALL THIS MATTERS SO MUCH IS TWOFOLD. ONE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY RUNNING THE COUNTRY MINUTE TO MINUTE, LEAVING US TO WONDER WHO IS FILLING THE POWER VACUUM OF THE NAPPING PRESIDENT WHOSE AGENDAS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. RIGHT? AND TWO, TRUMP'S ENTIRE SOURCE OF POWER. THIS IS CRUCIAL. THE WAY THAT HE HAS KEPT HIS SECOND TERM AFLOAT IS THROUGH THIS DOMINEERING MONOPOLY ON HIS OWN PARTY, THIS KIND OF RUTHLESS DISCIPLINE HE'S IMPOSED ON HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS. AND THAT ONLY WORKS SO LONG AS PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PART