Chris Matthews Counts How Many Times Donald Trump Says 'Excuse Me' (VIDEO)

Chris Matthews noticed a kind of tic that Donald Trump seemed to develop in an interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie. On Tuesday's "Hardball," Matthews counted up the number of times Trump said "excuse me" as he tried to deflect a question. That number? 18. Matthews helpfully played each "excuse me" for his viewers.

"Wasn't that Steve Martin's old line?" Matthews joked.

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Comments

[bitterindependent]

10:38 PM on 04/26/2011

How Many Times Donald Trump Says 'Excuse Me'

hint......everytime he is about to tell a lie

[givemtheirwish]

12:42 AM on 04/25/2011

Loved when "thrill up my legs" highlighted just how little he understood about Bush II & Tony Blair.
Poor Chris, you're such an embarrassment............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVDxgii5iI&feature=player_embedded

[KickstandCat]

11:52 AM on 04/23/2011

It's sad to watch "the Donald" float in and out of lucidity.

[whatchamean]

03:01 PM on 04/22/2011

excuse me....Trump is the punch line to a national joke.

[SeaShell226]

02:34 PM on 04/22/2011

too thin skinned to become an elected official of any level...

[abolaf]

12:49 PM on 04/22/2011

If you don't think that Trump has absolutely destroyed everyone of those Obama-loving 'media' interviewers than you're in desperate need of Obama rose-colored catarct removal surgery. It's been a joyful thing to watch him smack everyone of their Obama softball 'talking' points out of the park. A thing of beauty.

[pbnyc59]

10:31 AM on 04/22/2011

Excuse me=shut the f up.

[yoli647]

10:42 PM on 04/21/2011

Donald is a joke!!!

[Turtlenewz]

08:39 PM on 04/21/2011

Check out the beginning Elliot Spitzers show this evening . Spitzer got his hands on depositions Trump gave in the past .Trump answers with one lie after another under oath

[matt gordon]

07:03 PM on 04/21/2011

Trump says he "did good" in school. *rolls eyes*

[himaui]

08:10 PM on 04/21/2011

was that at trump university?

[matt gordon]

06:57 PM on 04/21/2011

Trump: the cartoon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCN_uISlJ-k

[matt gordon]

06:53 PM on 04/21/2011

The short-fingered vulgarian is a bully.

[booktone]

05:49 PM on 04/21/2011

Okay, birthers, chew on this.....your new hero Trump is married to a Slovenian (Google it, I'll wait).
Are you going to stand by idly while a foreigner takes her place as First Lady of this great nation? I thought not! Investigate her, find out about her Communist sympathies, who did she associate with in her early years? Check her.....
Oh wait, she's white, so that's okay, right?

[logic-a-go-go]

09:11 PM on 04/21/2011

I saw the Slovenians on Dr. Who.

[Rogan]

07:46 AM on 04/22/2011

...and mysteriously, somehow, they spoke perfect English, with British accents... weird...

[chaapai]

05:41 PM on 04/21/2011

Can I talk now Larry? Is it my turn now?" ... Can I finish , Can I finish, Can I finish!- Ross Perot.

You know its getting bad when Trump has to channel Ross Perot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xT8jS3Y1aQ

See any similarities?

[YOKEL13]

05:26 PM on 04/21/2011

Is it just me, or does Donald get ooglier every day?