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In retrospect, President Donald Trump's interview with CBS News' Margaret Brennan was the most entertaining part of the Super Bowl.

Trump was his usual self -- making a series of fact-challenged (and fact-free) claims, musing on his own greatness and playing the role he was born to play: Being Donald Trump.
 
CBS released the full transcript of Trump's interview -- and I went through it. Below, the most noteworthy of lines.
 
1. "Well, I don't -- I don't take anything off the table. I don't like to take things off the table."
Trump is referring here to his refusal to rule out another government shutdown if no deal on wall funding is reached by February 15. (Which it almost certainly won't be.) But Trump's statement also kind of doubles for his life mantra -- everything is on the table, always. And away we go!
 
2. "And this really is an invasion of our country by human traffickers."
Ask yourself this: If Trump really views the stream of undocumented immigrants into the country as "an invasion" and a national emergency along the lines of a major natural disaster, then why would he give Congress three weeks to figure out some solution? If we are truly being "invaded," shouldn't we be acting now out of fear for our lives? So why hasn't Trump acted yet? [whispers] Because this isn't an actual national emergency.

 

3. "You need a wall. And anybody that says you don't, they're just playing games."
If Trump sticks to this view, then there will be no deal in Congress on keeping the government open. Which means Trump is likely to declare a national emergency. It's just not that complicated.

 

 

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