The panel on CNN's "Table for Five" laughed off Donald Trump's habit of making bold –– and distracting –– proposals when things are not going well for him and noted they all seem to be designed to raise his profile among all presidents.
Speaking with host Abby Phillip, longtime D.C. insider Chuck Todd noted that the president was doing all he could earlier in the week after he created a firestorm by telling an NBC host he wasn't sure if he was supposed to follow the Constitution.
That, in turn, led the embattled president to propose re-opening the Alcatraz prison despite the fact that is has been falling into disrepair for decades.
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Pointing out that the NBC interview with host Kirsten Welker "didn't go well," Todd added, "Suddenly, instead of that being the thing, 'Oh, let me throw up this Alcatraz thing.'"
"I do think sometimes –– I’m with you guys –– it’s just, what do they call it, flak? You know, to distract the fighter jets, what are you shooting at? We cannot take the bait and I completely agree. But he’s obsessed with being in history. He wants, maybe he really is afraid that he is not going to be more than one page in the history book."
He then pointed out, "And I promise you, guess what buddy? You probably maybe will be two because you’re impeached twice," before adding, "No president ever lives as long in the history books as they think they will."
"You’re so right about that, because maybe it’s all these things at once, right? Trump wants to be a historical figure. And in his mind, it’s acquiring territory. It’s renaming things," host Phillip contributed. "He really would love to be on the Mount Rushmore. I think he’s maybe realized that that’s like a little bit tough of a sell. But this is important to him."
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