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for more on this, i am joined by molly jong-fast, special correspondent for vanity fair and host of the past politics cast. she is also an msnbc political analyst. i am also joined by my nyu colleague ruth ben-ghiat who is a professor of history. she is also the author of the lucid newsletter that tracks threats to democracy. she is also the author of the very well-received but strongmen. molly, first question to you. nbc jonathan allen made an intriguing point about yesterday's bump stock decision, quote, former president donald trump did not really want to buy bump stocks. when he did, he knew that the supreme court was likely to overturn his action. what are your thoughts on that and the dynamic between the trump administration and the supreme court during his first term and what might it be like if he has a second term? >> i think that gives trumped way too much credit that he would ban, that he would be thinking three steps ahead -- i don't think so. certainly someone in trump's administration maybe had that thinking. this supreme court, we know they almost always do the most conse

joining me now is molly jong- fast and jennifer rubin. both women are msnbc political analysts. i don't know where to start. we just played a select few of those clips. i think you do have to play them from time to time to remind people that the he comes out and talks about 29,000 chinese soldiers and cell phones and the judge. he's not a normal person. >> the question is, is there selective amnesia when it comes to trump. are we truly the united states of amnesia as gore vidal used to say. to some extent, if you believe these polls, there's a certain amount of amnesia. i was glad they covered some of that press conference the next day and the day after. but it was interesting and so many lies were blatant. the idea that there is an army of chinese soldiers coming from mexico. it's important to unpack the lies. but you have to constantly fact check him otherwise this information goes on and on and his supporters repeat it. they have been desperately trying to spin this verdict in all different ways. they say it helps them and then the speaker of the house, number two to the pres

joining me now is molly jong fast, special correspondent for vanity fair, and elie mystal.? >> i say covid. all of them. if this had been an adviser to democrats, we would be talking about reverend morris all day every day. why are we not? >> all day every day, and it would be part of the qanon, proof that qanon was real. it would be a conspiracy. it would be we know this is proof that hillary clinton -- no, trump gets away with stuff. republicans have worked the refs so hard in the mainstream media that they just don't get the same scrutiny that democrats do. >> yeah. >> white people made obama kick jeremiah wright to the curb. they demanded jeremiah wright be kicked out. >> essentially for quoting dr. king about america going to hell. >> where is that happening with trump? it never happened. trump is a man who could not name the ten commandments if you spotted him five. yet nobody is going to ask him about it. it's not going to come on the debate, not on the conservative right wing media these days. they don't care. >> the other piece is on the ten commandments thing spec

. >> all really important points, maya wiley and molly jong fast, thanks to both of you. mentioned education and the control of history. we have a report coming up on these its to actually clol and distort history in your children's public school looms. new details on that, whether the people on your screen should be teachers or not. >>> also, a fact check on a maga smear back fires. stay with us. a maga smear back fires stay with us help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share nee

now, special correspondent at "vanity fair" and host of the "fast politics" podcast, our friend molly jong-fastatened to use the power of government to go after his political opponents. he did so while he was in office. since his guilty verdict, that rhetoric has only increased. he has singled out political opponents, people in the media he doesn't like. should it -- how seriously should we all take this? >> i mean, i think you should take everything donald trump says seriously, literally, technically, all the ways, right? because we saw in the first administration that he did try, in fact, he pushed, he bullied his admin to try to go after hillary clinton. i mean, they couldn't find anything. look, we even saw the republicans in the house, he encouraged them to impeach joe biden. while that impeachment fell apart when their star witness ended up in jail, they tried. they would have kept going could they have, like, really put together a case. so i think, yes, for sure, trump is very involved in vengeance, but i think what is important to remember is will hurd said it best when he was running.

molly jong-fast, we'll be reading your incredible, new piece online now for msnbc.ch for coming up this morning and sharing. >>> so we have a lot more to get to this hour. we're already eight minutes into the second hour of "morning joe." at his rally in las vegas yesterday, donald trump once again suggested he would pardon the january 6th insurrectionists in a second term, whom he called hostages and victims and warriors. he also accused the capitol police, who were brutalized during the attack, of setting up the rioters to be arrested. >> we're going to do a lot of things. we're going to look strongly at j-6, those people. there has never been people treated more horrifically than j-6 hostages. the j-6 warriors, they were warriors, but they were, more than anything else, victims of what happened. all they were doing is protesting a rigged election. that's what they were doing. then the police say, "go in, go in, go in, go on in, everyone. go on in." what a setup that was. what a horrible, horrible thing. >> as for what actually happened on january 6th, on footage

off a stain that is this indelible, trump world is going to have a much harder time," writes molly jong-fast. molly, i'll let you expand on this a little bit, on your piece. obviously, we heard reflexive reaction from most republicans, not surprising at all given a lot of them were at the courthouse during the trial to support him, saying that this was a miscarriage of justice and the criminal justice system is broken and the country is terrible and all those things, because one time it cut against them. how do you expect this to play, though, for the rest of the campaign? >> it reminded me a little of the "access hollywood" tape. there was a moment of panic. when the "access hollywood" tape broke, there was silence, and everyone was like, are we sticking around with this guy? republicans are now in too deep to do anything but keep this going. donald trump is the platform of their 2024 campaigns down the ticket, so i don't think they'll cut and run from him. in fact, we saw lots of defending. but we saw a kind of very weird defending, right? they'd defend some things but not other things. yo

msnbc political analyst molly jong-fast. thank you for joining us this morning. we really appreciate it. >>> thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this friday morning and all week long. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> leaders from all around the world visited normandy today, including president biden, canadian prime minister justin trudeau, and the king of world war ii, tom hanks. once again, these vets did an incredible service to their nation. they made joe biden look young. president turned on the classic biden charm, telling one of the veterans, "god willing, we'll see you at the 110th anniversary." that's awesome. the 880th anniversary is today, and the youngest one of those guys is 96th. by the 110th, they'll be -- that's awesome. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, june 7th. in just a few moments, president biden continuing his trip in france, will meet with ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris, as he continues to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. following that speech today, another bac