{"id":236524,"date":"2017-06-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=236524"},"modified":"2017-06-13T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:53:52","slug":"trump-holds-first-meeting-with-upbeat-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/06\/12\/trump-holds-first-meeting-with-upbeat-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Holds First Meeting with Upbeat Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: So they\u2019re having a cabinet meeting in the White House right now. Did you know that this is June the 12th, and this is the first full cabinet meeting that Donald Trump has held, has presided over? There have been cabinet meetings prior to this, but this is the first one when every cabinet secretary is there, meaning it took this long for the Senate to confirm them all — a Republican-controlled Senate! It took them six months to confirm Trump\u2019s cabinet! The Drive-Bys are out there worrying and whining and moaning about the slow pace of Trump filling positions.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not kidding. They\u2019re laying it off on Trump!<\/p>\n

\"\"The Senate is going slow in this because the longer they go, the longer the delay in approving Trump nominees, the longer Obama holdovers get to hang in there — and make no mistake: That is something the Washington establishment very much wants to happen. You know what they\u2019re doing — or what they did. The TV coverage of it is now ended, but every cabinet secretary… It was kind of like the first day of school. You introduce yourself; you tell everybody what you\u2019ve been doing through the summer, tell everybody who your plans are for the new school year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly what happened here. Every cabinet secretary introduced themselves to each other. Now, of course, the media\u2019s in there and those camera shutters were just clicking left and right. I could not understand what they were saying. I had to have somebody come in here and translate it for me. Microphones, there\u2019s too much echo. But I heard enough that the nominees were all saying how honored and blessed and excited they are to do their jobs. Some of them are recounting the progress that has taken place already, those that have been in place.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re reiterating all the things that Trump promised to do to make America great, and they\u2019re all talking about how they\u2019re on the way to doing just that in every department. And I\u2019m telling you: They were having fun, and they were laughing, and they were all praising Trump — and this was not sycophancy. (For those of you in Rio Linda: They were not kissing butt.) They were just straightforward, appreciative. They were complimentary, and they looked genuinely happy to be there. You should have seen the CNN graphic of this.<\/p>\n

“Trump Meets with Full Cabinet for First Time, Including AG Sessions.” Why would they throw that in there? Because they think Sessions is either gonna get fired or convicted, or he\u2019s going to be thrown out of there or quit. One of the two. CNN just can\u2019t help themselves. But I\u2019ll tell you, the upshot of this is (and don\u2019t doubt me on this) when the rest of the Washington establishment — when the media, when the Democrats, when Republicans that are not happy… When they look at this and they see these smiling faces, they get mad.<\/p>\n

\"\"When they see happiness, they get mad. When they see and hear cabinet secretaries thanking Trump and expressing their gratitude and their eagerness to do what they do, they get mad. “Doesn\u2019t Trump know that everybody is supposed to be close to quitting? Don\u2019t these cabinet secretaries know that it should be embarrassing to be in there with Trump? Don\u2019t these cabinet secretaries understand that they look like fools when they look like they are happy and honored to be there?” Make no mistake, the psychology of this…<\/p>\n

It\u2019s subtle. You won\u2019t see any news about it, but I\u2019m just telling you: This is the kind of thing that will drive the anti-Trump faction even more insane. They are looking for affirmation every day that their efforts to discredit, to delegitimize, to embarrass Trump are working. One of the sure signs that they are succeeding would be when Trump associates begin to bad mouth him or act like they\u2019re unhappy to be there or embarrassed.<\/p>\n

That would be a sign of the job getting done. But when they pour everything they\u2019ve got (and they\u2019re continuing to do so) into getting rid of Trump, into succeeding with their little coup here — when they pour everything they\u2019ve got into humiliating Trump and his family — and then see all of this happiness and all of this excitement and all of this optimistic expression of the future? It wears on them. I guarantee you it bums \u2019em out. It makes \u2019em mad.<\/p>\n

It is an in-their-face illustration that what they\u2019re trying is not working with close associates of Trump. Reince Priebus was there. He\u2019s supposed to be on the way out, according to popular Drive-By news fiction. Steve Bannon was there. He\u2019s supposed to have been gone months ago. How many times is Bannon gonna be fired? But he was in there, and everybody was laughing and having a good time.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I told you that Trump\u2019s cabinet meeting was gonna drive the left crazy. Just briefly to repeat: Trump had his first full cabinet meeting today. It was the first time every cabinet secretary could be there, because all of them had not been confirmed up until this meeting. And they went around the room introducing themselves and they talked of their pride and the honor it was to be in Trump\u2019s cabinet. They spoke very highly of him. They recounted the work they have done so far. They detailed the agenda that they are on, and they spoke optimistically and very positively about it.<\/p>\n

I told you that when the left sees this, they\u2019re gonna go bonkers for a host of reasons — primarily, though, is psychological reasons. You have to understand, folks: The left thinks they\u2019re succeeding. The media, left think they\u2019re succeeding in creating nationwide disgust and hatred for Donald Trump. That\u2019s why they\u2019re doing all this. They\u2019re trying to move public opinion. Public opinion will be necessary if Trump\u2019s ever to be impeached because impeachment\u2019s a political thing. They\u2019re trying to move political opinion.<\/p>\n

\"\"They\u2019re trying to shape it. They\u2019re trying to convince people they made a mistake. They want people to realize that Trump\u2019s a reprobate. They want him to be abandoned by the people that voted for him and the people that are on the fence. And when they saw what they saw today, they went bonkers, because it\u2019s evidence right smack-dab in their face that it isn\u2019t working, that they\u2019re not creating hatred for Trump. They\u2019re not agreeing disgust. Here\u2019s his cabinet. Of all people… You\u2019re a leftist, you\u2019re a media person, you\u2019re a Democrat watching this.<\/p>\n

Of all people, the cabinet ought to be the most disgusted with Trump because they\u2019re the closest to him and they\u2019re the ones that can see just what a horrible man he is — what a bully and what a pig and how illegitimate he is, how he cheated with the Russians. They should be on the inside \u2019cause they\u2019re closest — and here they are filled with respect and admiration, some even love. And they\u2019re all excited about the Trump agenda and those that have been working on it excitedly report.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I have been told — and I just printed it out. I have been told… Well, here\u2019s an example. This is a tweet from Christo Grozev<\/a>\u200f. I don\u2019t care who it is. “I grew up under communism. What I hear today from the Cabinet Meeting is spooking me. This is cult to [sic] personality of the saddest kind.” Do not doubt me on this. The more they have evidence that they are failing to create hatred for Trump along the lines of that that they feel, the more they\u2019re gonna ratchet it up and the more insane and irrational they are going to become.<\/p>\n

Remember, these are the people who have hubris and arrogance and conceit in one big bundle. They think they\u2019re the smartest. They think they\u2019re the best. They think they\u2019re the brightest and they think everybody should agree with them. And when they have this hatred for Trump, they think it should be universal, and they believe it will be universal because everybody will want to be like them and think like them. When they see evidence that they\u2019re not having any impact at all on changing public opinion it drives \u2019em nuts.<\/p>\n

So if you happen to be a Twitterer, I guarantee you you are going to see lots of tweets today from people upset at this cabinet meeting, because it\u2019s, as I say, evidence smack-dab in the face that the agenda, the narrative — the program of sheer, raw hatred — is not working. Axios, the website today: “Trump ‘on an Island All Alone\u2019 — The spotlight has been on President Trump\u2019s legal jeopardy. But inside the small circle of top Republicans who advise this White House, there\u2019s increasing concern that future political problems are stacking up.<\/p>\n

“One of the oldest (and most trusted) hands in America told a large group of CEOs in New York City on Friday: ‘Simply put, Trump has lost control of his presidency. He still has all the power of the office, but for someone who spent a portion of his life in real estate litigation, he shows once again he has not learned the first rule of legal combat: It is often better to say nothing and do nothing.'” That\u2019s not the way Trump has behaved. He\u2019s never stood mute.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s always been on the assault, on the attack. That\u2019s just the way he is. He doesn\u2019t see any need to change here, and he isn\u2019t. He\u2019s also not alone on an island. In their dreams! That\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to create: Trump isolated and all alone and going mad, and all he has around him are Ivanka and Jared and Steve Bannon, and they\u2019re just eating coconuts and they\u2019re sending messages. They\u2019re putting them in bottles and throwing them in the ocean and hope they get rescued that way. That\u2019s what they want Trump to be, but he\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

\"\"Let\u2019s go to audiotape of the cabinet meeting. We\u2019ll start here with Trump at the beginning of the meeting speaking of his agenda.<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: When I ran it was “Make America Great Again,” and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing. Believe me, we\u2019re doing it, and we\u2019re doing it at a much faster pace than anyone thought. I will say that never has there been a president, with few exceptions — in the case of FDR, he had a major depression to handle — who\u2019s passed more legislation, who\u2019s done more things than what we\u2019ve done. Between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated, many bills — I guess over 34 bills in Congress — signed. A Supreme Court justice who\u2019s going to be a great one, gonna be a great Supreme Court justice. And many other things, we\u2019ve achieved tremendous success. And I think we\u2019ve been about active as you can possibly be and at just about record-setting pace.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So Trump says they\u2019ve taken action, they\u2019re going to continue to take action, they\u2019re moving the agenda forward, and everybody is excited about it. We\u2019re ready to go. In the next bite, he says Mitch McConnell is going to pass health care.<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: Mitch McConnell is working very, very hard, as are the Republican senators. We will have zero backing from the Democrats, even though they should get in and do something. But we expect to get zero. If we had the greatest bill in the history of the world on health care, we wouldn\u2019t get one vote from the Democrats, because they\u2019re obstructionists. That\u2019s what they want to do. That\u2019s the game. They think that\u2019s their best political game. They\u2019re looking to \u201918. So far, we\u2019ve had two races and we both of those races. They spent millions and millions of dollars, congressional races. We have another one coming up, and we\u2019ve been doing very well. But they\u2019re obstructionists, and that\u2019s sad. But we are coming up with something that I believe will be very good with zero support from the obstructionist Democrats. Sad!<\/p>\n

RUSH: So he knows what they\u2019re up against. He\u2019s not planning on having that stop him. He\u2019s got means and methods to go around. This just infuriates the left. He is supposed to be suing for peace by now. He\u2019s supposed to be reaching out to them and asking them what he can do to get them to tone down. He\u2019s supposed to be compromising. He\u2019s supposed to be apologizing. He\u2019s not supposed to still be in their face. He\u2019s not supposed to be still working on that agenda. He\u2019s not supposed to be this optimistic. He\u2019s not supposed to be this sane. They want him to slowly but surely be driven crazy. They want to see signs of it. They\u2019re not seeing signs of it, and I\u2019m telling you, it is them going crazy. One more Trump here.<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: The economic numbers have been incredible. One just came out: Almost $4 trillion in worth has been created in the stock markets of our country. You just take a look at that. Seven hundred thousand jobs have been created in a very short period of time since the election — 700,000 jobs! If we would have said that on November 8th, nobody would have believed the number. If we would have said that almost $4 trillion in the stock markets has been created, everybody would have laughed at us. They would have said, “Oh, that\u2019s ridiculous.” But that\u2019s what it is. So we\u2019re very proud of it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So he just recounts the agenda, he recounts the successes, he details the progress. We\u2019ve got one cabinet secretary, this is Mike Pompeo. He\u2019s the CIA director. When it was his turn, he said this:<\/p>\n