‘God Help Us’: Chris Matthews Struggles To Answer Whether Trump Believes He’s a ‘Good Guy’

Zachary Leeman Nov 11th, 2025, 7:57 pm

Chris Matthews compared President Donald Trump to Michael Corleone when asked to break down whether Trump thinks he’s a “good guy.”

Matthews joined Ari Melber on Tuesday’s The Beat , where he was promoting his new book, .

“Does Trump think he’s a good guy?” Melber asked Matthews at one point.

“God help us,” Matthews said, “because he doesn’t understand the truth.”

“I mean, you ask him about [Russian President Vladimir] Putin killing people and he says, well, you know, we kill people too,” Melber responded.

“What is he? Is he Michael Corleone?” Matthews asked, referring to Al Pacino’s mafia boss character from trilogy, directed by Franci

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