It was a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose.

He did not hate his opponents.

He wanted the best for them.

That's where I disagreed with Charlie.

I hate my opponent.

And I don't want the best for them. I'm sorry.

Hi again, everyone. It's not 5 o'clock in New York. To call that hatred a quirk or a bug

and the party of Donald Trump isn't remotely strong enough. His motivation, that's still underselling it. It is the central feature.

It is the governing philosophy, much more than a mindset. For Trump, in his second term, that hatred,

that retribution is the whole enchilada, the be all end all, the lifeblood, the rocket fuel,

the MO in a very dark period of American

history that he has ushered in. It has driven nearly every appointment, every underqualified

selection to lead an agency, every policy choice, every decision, and it connects nearly

every tragic consequence. You can almost trace it with

the finger up and down, an extraordinary new compendium of reporting in the New York Times.

Cataloging with the New York Times describes as, quote, one relentless year. You can see that

obsession with revenge and retribution in the way Donald Trump has targeted his perceived enemies, the way he trained the awesome powers of the United States Department of Justice on people who once sought to hold him accountable.

Jim Comey and Letitia James are among them.

You can see that obsession with revenge and retribution in the way he purged

the federal government of decades, centuries of experience from anyone that was involved in

investigating an attempted coup that he incited that took place on live TV. You can see it right

there on your screen, undeniable that it happened. You can see it in the way that Donald Trump targeted law firms at the very beginning of his presidencies, universities at the very beginning, and corporations who might dare to get in his way or criticize him.

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