Matthews: How Can Trump Heal a Divided Country When He’s ‘Stoked Those Divisions’?

Chris Matthews tonight couldn’t help but be amused by how President Trump, “the prince of division,” was talking about uniting America last night.

At one point during his Afghanistan speech, Trump said the following:

“Love for America requires love for all of its people. When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry, and no tolerance for hate. The young men and women we send to fight our wars abroad deserve to return to a country that is not at war with itself at home. We cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other.”

He declared that America must have “the courage to heal our divisions within.”

“But Candidate Trump,” Matthews said, “stoked those divisions. He ran not as a big-tent Republican, but as a man who divided and conquered.”

He rattled off a bunch of examples all the way from Trump’s birtherism to his comments last week about blame on “both sides” for Charlottesville.

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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