MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said President Donald Trump was fundamentally “ill-suited” for his job, and that would prevent him from ever reaching a deal to fund his border wall.
The “Morning Joe” host said the president was obsessed with winning every negotiation, which ensured he would lose every fight with the U.S. Congress.
“Why Donald Trump is so ill-suited for this job, if you talked to any president that was worth their weight in salt, at least, if you talk to any lawyer who’s a mediator,” Scarborough said, “they will tell you the best deals are the deals where everybody walks away from the table unhappy, which means that everybody negotiated, everybody gave up something that they didn’t want to give up and everybody moved the country ahead a little bit.”
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Scarborough said the president insists on winning every deal.
“For Donald Trump it’s always a zero sum game,” Scarborough said. “He always has to win and everybody else always has to lose. You come to Washington with that mindset, I can tell you, you’re going to be the biggest loser.”
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NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday ridiculed President Donald Trump after he was laughed at by world leaders during a NATO Summit in London.
The skit featured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emanuel Macron as the cool kids at the NATO cafeteria, while U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempts to join their cliche.
Trump asked to sit at their table, but they suggested he sit with Latvia.
They said the seat was for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was then invited to join the cool kids table.
The skit included Johnson taping an "impeach me" sign to Trump's back.
San Francisco was battered by a heavy winter storm on Saturday that caused localized flooding throughout the city.
"A low pressure system off the Northern California coast Saturday hurled bans of strong downpours into the Bay Area, triggering a flood warning for San Francisco," KPIX-TV reported.
"San Francisco Muni officials tweeted that train service between West Portal to Embarcadero Station had been shut down due to flooding. Several streets were flooded in San Francisco’s western neighborhood including knee-high water at 15th Ave and Wawona," the station noted.