'He's losing it': Morning Joe analysts point to startling new signs of Trump's decline
February 01, 2024
As part of a panel discussion on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," one political analyst pointed out that Donald Trump is taking on damage now that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) is making her case that he is growing "senile," while another added there does seem to be evidence "he is losing it."
Reflecting on Haley ramping up her much more personal attacks on the former president, analyst Elise Jordan told co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, "She has been able to make headway with that message. That, no, Donald Trump is not just crazy, he actually is senile too."
"She's been making headway with that message, and she's gotten in some pretty good hits," she added. "Over the past — you know, since New Hampshire happened — what good hits has Donald Trump gotten in on Nikki Haley? He hasn't been able to attack her effectively. He hasn't been able to define her in the way he was with Ron DeSantis."
That led co-host Scarborough to contribute, "He's in a position he's not usually in where he is not striking back as aggressively. He's got two women that have just, let's face it, they pounded him in the pocketbook, pounded him politically. So he's keeping his mouth shut on E. Jean Carroll who just won $83 million from him. Really, for the most part, not going after Nikki Haley as aggressively as he would want to because he's got his campaign people going, 'Please, please, the less you say, like the easier our job is, Donald. Just keep your mouth shut.'"
"I think that it is certainly that," replied MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton. "But I also think that it goes with the fact that he's losing it. Because let's not forget, he ran against a woman in '16 named Hillary Clinton, and he had no problem. He's losing it."
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"I mean, you've known him for a long time. So when you say he's losing it, like, you know it," Scarborough interjected.
"He's losing it. His instinct is to fight back, punch back, and he would think, back in those days, that he was thinking clearer, if you want to ever call what he thought was clear," Sharpton continued. "But he'd fight back and say, 'They hit me. I can hit back.'"
"It reminded me, I was blessed in my younger days to know Muhammad Ali. Ali told me one day toward the end of his career, 'I saw the openings, and I just couldn't get the punch there. I couldn't,' he said, 'I knew where to go, Sharpton, but I couldn't get the punch there,'" he continued before adding, "The openings are there for Trump. He can't get there, his mind is not there anymore. They need to take him out of the ring before he gets knocked out."
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