Trump sounds tired and confused talking about North Korea
by digby
He’s very angry about the Mueller investigation and he’s totally confused about the North Korea situation. But he was very loquacious, obviously wanting to pontificate but speaking nonsense as usual.
Some highlights:
Trump characterizes meeting w/Wray & Rosenstein as "routine," but says if FBI "had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace"
"That would be 1 of biggest insults anybody has ever seen & it would be illegal…it would make every political event ever look like small potatoes" pic.twitter.com/CGw5xtrHXk— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2018
After talking about reports of "spies in my campaign," Trump dismisses a reporter's question asking if he has confidence in US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein because Moon Jae-in "doesn't want to hear these questions." pic.twitter.com/32tE07jkx8— Brian Ries (@moneyries) May 22, 2018
Trump says he believes in a two-state solution for Korea pic.twitter.com/ITbIja0a7y— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2018
Trump, sounding tired, goes on a weird rant: "You see, any time time I talk to China about trade, I'm thinking about the border b/c that border is a very important element in what we are doing. It has been cut off largely but it's been opened up a bit lately. I don't like that." pic.twitter.com/bZHNlNUyVm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2018
Trump closes the pooly spray by defending his widely-criticized tweet in support of the Chinese telecom company ZTE, but is completely oblivious to reality that concerns about the company center on national security issues, not trade. pic.twitter.com/kMOyQ2aQHv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2018
Trump says he believes in a two-state solution for Korea pic.twitter.com/ITbIja0a7y— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2018
I read that he’s focusing on the pageantry of the summit not the details.
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