'He's freaking out' David Axelrod mocks Trump

SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT POLITICS IS SO MUCH A GAME OF LUCK. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A GAME OF SKILL, BUT IT'S ALSO GAME OF LUCK. AND BY THAT I MEAN WHEN YOU RUN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND WHERE THE MOMENT IS. SURE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN YOUR PARTY, WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE THEMES FROM LAST NIGHT HERE? THAT KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN, THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE PUSHING WITH THE FLAGS AND THE WAVING AND THE PATRIOTISM, HAVING A SHERIFF ONSTAGE TALKING ABOUT VETERANS THOSE ARE NOT SO MUCH ON THE VETERANS PART, BUT ON THE LAW AND ORDER PART THOSE ARE THEMES THAT I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HEARING ABOUT IN THE ROBUST WAY WE DID HERE IN 2020 AND THAT WAS A CYCLE WHERE WHEN SHE FIRST RAN YEAH. >> WELL, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE FOR HER BECAUSE IN 2020 AND SHE WASN'T SUCCESSFUL IN 2020. AND I DON'T THINK SHE WAS A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE IN 2020 THEY SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO 2020, ACTUALLY BECAUSE BECAUSE THIS IS WHO SHE IS, I THINK THE WAY SHE'S RUNNING NOW AND SHE'S SHE SPENT HER CAREER AS A PROSECUTOR, AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. I THINK SHE IS A CENTER DEMOCRAT. I THINK SHE IS A SHE HAS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THE ISSUE OF CRIME AND IN MANY WAYS, THE THEMES THAT YOU HEAR HERE REFLECT WHO SHE IS AND I DON'T THINK SHE RAN ON, YOU KNOW, SHE SHE SHE BASICALLY SHOVED A BUNCH OF HER LIFE OR HER ADVISORS DID AWAY FOUR YEARS AGO. ONE THING ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS DANA, IS AUTHENTICITY IS THE COIN OF THE REALM. >> IF YOU'RE NOT ORGANIC WITH THE WORD YEARS SPEAKING, IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY INVESTED IN THE WORDS, YOU'RE SPEAKING, THEY DON'T REFLECT WHO YOU REALLY ARE. PEOPLE ULTIMATELY FIND OUT. AND SO RIGHT NOW, SHE SEEMS LIKE A CANDIDATE WHO IS IN SYNC WITH HER MESSAGE AND HER MESSAGE BY THE WAY, IS NOT IN 2008 WHEN BARAK OBAMA RAN. THERE WERE A LOT OF THE SAME THEMES HERE WE HAD A LOT OF FLAGS AND WE WRAPPED OURSELVES IN THEM BECAUSE HE SAW HIMSELF AS PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY, AMERICAN VALUES, YOU HEARD A LOT OF THAT HERE. AND I'M GOING TO HIJACK YOUR THING FOR A SECOND HERE AND TELL YOU A SAFE ZONE. AND THEN I SAID LAST NIGHT, BUT I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. I WAS SO MOVED BY BY GUS WALZ AND HIS EXHIBITION OF LOVE FOR HIS FATHER. AND I WAS SO REPULSED BY THE REACTION TO IT ON THE RIGHT LAST NIGHT, I SAW HIM SITTING THERE WITH HIS DAD AS ALL THESE FLAGS WERE WAVING AND IT STRUCK ME THAT THIS CONVENTION WAS VERY MUCH ABOUT A BIG INCLUSIVE AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE HAS A PLACE, WHETHER YOU HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES OR WHATEVER. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS WAS A A GENUINE, AUTHENTIC THIS WASN'T AN ACT. THIS WAS A GENUINE CELEBRATION OF AMERICA, THE WAY DEMOCRATS SEE AMERICA AND THE WAY I THINK MOST AMERICANS SEE AMERICA, OKAY, SO PRETEND THAT IT IS WAY BACK IN 2008, NOT THE TIME, BUT YOUR POSITION? YES. AND YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF TAKING THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND PUSHING IT FORWARD TO NOVEMBER WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY LONG RUNWAY BETWEEN NOW AND I THINK SHE DOWN SOME REALLY IMPORTANT THEMES LAST NIGHT, MIDDLE-CLASS ECONOMICS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO KEEP AT THAT REASSERT, ASSERTING AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG DEFENSE, YOUR COMMITMENT TO DEALING WITH THE BORDER ISSUE IN A ROBUST AND WENT ABOUT DEALING WITH TRUMP. WELL, THE BIG QUESTION IS ON SEPTEMBER 10, FIRST OF ALL, SHE'S DRIVING DONALD TRUMP NUTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE HE JUDGES JUDGES THE WHOLE WORLD AS A CASTING DIRECTOR. AND WHAT HE SAW LAST NIGHT WAS SOMEONE WHO LOOKS STRONG AND LOOK LIKE A PRESIDENT. AND IT'S SCARY THERE'S HIM AND HE'S KIND OF FREAKING OUT AND HE'S ACTING OUT AS A RESULT OF IT WHICH THEY GO, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S ACTING OUT AND THAT'S BAD FOR HIM. BUT WHAT'S THE DANGER FOR? >> WELL, ON A STAGE WITH HER LOOK, HE'S ACTED OUT BEFORE AND HE'S DONE WELL WITH THEM ON A STAGE WITH HER THOUGH IF SHE IS SERINE ON THAT STAGE AND UNBOTHERED BY HIS ANTICS, AND THAT USES HUMOR TO DUST HIM OFF AND SAYS TO THE COUNTRY, WE CAN TURN THE PAGE ON THIS. THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY WINNING FORMULA. AND WE'LL SEE IF SHE CAN DO IT. IT'S HARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S A BIG DISTRACTION BUT SHE'S ALSO PRETTY TOUGH MINDED AND SHE'S A PERSON WHO SPENT HER LIFE IN A COURTROOM SHE'S USED TO DEALING WITH THINGS THAT POP UP UNEXPECTEDLY. YEAH. >> NO QUESTION, DAVID. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO BE HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN. >> YEAH, MY HOMETOWN. I'M SO PROUD OF IT. I THINK IT SHOWED UP VERY WELL. OKAY. VERY WELL, I AGREE THANKS. >> AND UP NEXT, A LESSON IN