Andrew Ross Sorkin gushes over Trump's new America. gov website on live TV while Joe Kernen sits there stunned.
Sorkin is not a Trump fan, and he lets that be known. But the moment he said the word "credit," Kernen nearly fell out of his chair.
SORKIN: βI want to be clear. I am actually not critical of the president in this instance at all, because I actually think it was great to bring everybody together.β
βFor 29,000 websites, the ability to get a passport, the ability to get your medicare. I mean, the it was like being at a product. It was like being at an Apple product announcement. And when they went through what they did and the president was there in the morning and walked through what they were doing, and Marco Rubio was there, Scott Bessent was there, the whole cabinet was there. It was one of those moments where you actually thought the government was working for you, really? And Gebbia deserves an extraordinary amount of praise for it.β
KERNEN: βDo you feel great? Are you have the warmest fuzziest feeling right now listening.β
SORKIN: βAnd by the way, the president deserves credit for that."
KERNEN: "Oh my God!"
SORKIN: "Credit for putting you in that role. And Jeb and his team putting it all together.β
KERNEN: βSo now I'm getting hot flashes. Wow. So this is just amazing.β
CONTEXT (What happened): Trump launched America. gov, a single government site meant to replace 29,000 federal websites for things like passports and Medicare. It was built by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, and Sorkin was in the room for the demo.
Sorkin also credited the Trump accounts interface as "really easy to use" and "like using a real app."
@DavidMoss@scotsrule08 That was somehow one of the funniest videos I've seen in a while. They're just Uber drivers who encourage direct bookings and made a website.