This is unfrigginbelieveable!
In a Press Conference with Sauli Niinistö, the Finnish Presidnet, TRump just dropped a load of unreal comments!
The first comment was about climate change directed to President Niinistö. [I took a quick break (sometimes nature calls) and when I returned, TRump was going off about the Arpaio.]
Trump was asked about the Arpaio pardon and did a prepared litany of all the “very bad people” pardoned by Clinton and Obama while proclaiming how popular Arpaio was/is in Arizona!
When this comes available, I’ll add it…
The first question to the Finish President was about whether or not the U.S. would partner regarding Climate Change — uncomfortable!
He just tried to “bully” the Finnish PM about picking another reporter to answer a question, asked him if he was picking the “same one” again, then instead of letting the PM answer, Trump overrode him since the question was about the role of FInland and Russia — Trump didn’t let the PM answer the question — instead he was stating that one day he hoped the U.S. would have a good relationship with Russia — that would be very good for the U.S.
Her follow up question was “what if the relationship with Finland and Russia deteriorated, what would happen — Trump again, didn’t let the Finnish PM speak — he bullied forward — the next reporter directed the same question to the Finnish PM — he FINALLY got to speak! He said that “we did discuss this with Russia — he said he didn’t feel ? about advice from anybody” — but he said Finland essentially made their own decisions.
This isn’t going well at all!
OUCH! A reporter just asked if cutting FEMA’s budget was appropriate in the light of Hurricane Harvey — Trump said emergency funding and rebuilding funding were something blahdeblah…
TRump was also asked if Hurricane Harvey would make him reconsider a “government shutdown”. His response? “They are unrelated.”
Then Trump was asked about Mexicans paying the wall — then he went off on how NAFTA was one of the worst trade deals in the world and how Finland would never have signed off on that deal. The PM laughed out loud.
Trump is on a roll about how bad Mexico is — drugs, wall, they will pay — he said, “WE MAY PAY FOR IT THROUGH THE UNITED STATES BUT MEXICO WILL PAY!”
He is now claiming we will pay for the wall but Mexico will “reimburse” us for the wall. He also claimed that drugs were the reason, about the very bad NAFTA deal, then later on in the presser delusionally states that “we have a very good relationship with Mexico”— um. no.
Canada wasn’t spared the vitriol, either!
There is so much in this presser, as the MSNBC hosts are saying, Trump is apparently enjoying “crisis mode” by Harvey.
Unfortunately, Peggy Noonan is on the panel and thinks “Trump did himself some good… seemed calm, didn’t seem ‘wiggy’, seemed stable...” Is that all Noonan has got! REALLY!
WTF! Trump said he announced the pardon during the hurricane because he said “the ratings would be good”!