NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Thursday criticized viewers of the Nov. 7 episode who didn't agree with his assertion that President-elect Donald Trump “must come together.”
Viewer comments on November 7th episode Speaking on YouTube's “The Chris Cuomo Project,'' he argued that President Trump doesn't need unity and that unity is not a “priority'' to the president-elect, who is “very comfortable'' with “division.'' Cuomo Thursday episodeviewers responded by claiming ignorance and explaining why they think Trump would seek unity. (Related: Presidents Trump and Elon Musk reportedly met with President Zelenskiy about future aid to Ukraine)
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“That's because they don't understand leadership and governance and antagonism and campaigning.'' The expression “You campaign in poetry, you govern in prose'' is used because “What, who would do that?'' Did you say that?” …You’re not a student of the game, are you? They value negativity as a substitute for insight into how they feel,” Cuomo said. “It's you, okay? “You don't know me, do you?” I don't want to know you. I'm teaching you how to present, as the doctors say. This is how you do a presentation. “That's not me.” I don't care who you are. That's how you present, that's how you came to me, okay? ”
“And Donald Trump won't stay with what got him here because it won't get him where he wants to be – what is that?” Great. Donald Trump understands that he is not considered great in history. He isn't. He is an asterisk, a scandal, a decline in norms,” he continued. “That's who he is and not what he wants to be. How do I know I'm right and not you? Well, one thing is, I know him, but you I don’t know.”
The NewsNation host also claimed that President Trump had a “significant initiative” called “DJT” at some point during his first term. [Donald John Trump] He said he aimed for “100'' and “100%'' popularity, but gave up on that goal.
“The best fit for him is someone who wants to expand and grow, not the spirit animal of the most outraged people on the far right,” Cuomo added. “Because if you do that, you won't need them anymore. He's not going to get elected anyway — he's got enough fans, you know.”
Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 2 percentage points in the popular vote, with about 76 million votes cast as of Thursday morning. According to To the Associated Press.
“It's time to forget the divisions of the past four years. It's time to come together, and we're going to try,” President Trump said at his Nov. 6 victory. speech. “Success brings us together. We've seen it. We've seen it. We saw it in the first semester when we had more and more success. People started coming together. Success unites us.
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