AUTHOR ZALEB SALBI IS WITH US AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR WEEKLY
STANDARD JOHN PEDESTRIAN RIS AS
WELL.
WELL. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT?
>> SEEMED LIKE A BABY.
>> BIG BABY.
AND REALLY, REALLY ILL EQUIPPED
AND UNFIT TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY.
>> MORE THAN ONE OR TWO
REFERENCES ABOUT THE EMPEROR NOT
HAVING ANY CLOTHES, JOHN
HEILEMANN, PARADING AROUND.
>> BUT HE DOESN’T REALIZE IT.
>> LIKE A NAKED BABY.
>> A CLOTHED FREE BABY.
THAT’S HOW BABIES ARE, THEY
GENERALLY DON’T HAVE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF CLOTHING.
>> SO WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENT? WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE?
>> I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT THAT
WOULD NOT ENRAGE ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE ALREADY ENRAGED BY HIM.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEING A
JOURNALIST --
JOURNALIST -- >> TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S
LEVEL OF PREPARATION FOR THE
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW. HOW EQUIPPED DOES THE PRESIDENT
APPEAR TO BE 19, 20 MONTHS IN TO
BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, JUST OBJECTIVELY BASED
ON HIS ANSWERS?
>> THERE WAS NO WAY IN WHICH --
>> LET’S NOT GRADE HIM ON A
SCALE.
SCALE. WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS
STRAIGHT UP.
STRAIGHT UP. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SCORE IT
LIKE THEY DO AT HARVARD WHERE
EVERYBODY GETS AN A.
THIS IS UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
GRADUATION.
GRADUATION. YOU DON’T DO WELL, YOU ARE BACK
IN PIGGLY WIGGLY.
HOW DID HE DO?
>> I THOUGHT ON THE QUESTION OF
HOW WELL HE SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND
THE WORLD IN ITS OF ITS
DIMENSIONS AND COMPLEXITY I
WOULD GRADE HIM IN THE D RANGE.
>> THE D RANGE.
>> I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WHEN
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE QUESTION
THAT -- THE BURNING QUESTION FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE AS A JOURNALIST
IS HOW IS THE PRESIDENT GOING TO
REACT ON THE QUESTION OF THE
SAUDIS, AND THAT IS WHERE THIS
I’M NOT A BABY THING CAME UP.
IT’S LIKE I’M A MAN OF THE
WORLD.
WORLD. OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND THAT BAD
THINGS HAPPEN, BUT WHAT HE DID
NOT DEMONSTRATE IN THAT MOMENT,
I THINK THAT’S THE THING THAT
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO RIGHT NOW,
IS FOR MORAL LEADERSHIP ON THAT
QUESTION AND THAT WAS UTTERLY AN
ISN’T IN TERMS OF HOW HE
DISCUSSED THAT ISSUE.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE
INTERVIEW AND A LOT OF THINGS
THAT YOU COULD CRITICIZE HIM
FOR, BUT THAT’S THE BURNING
ISSUE OF OUR MOMENT AND ON THAT
ISSUE I THOUGHT HE DEMONSTRATED
NEITHER AN ENORMOUS CAPACITY
WITH THE FACTS BUT ALSO NOT THE
PROPER LEVEL OF OUTRAGE OVER THE
THING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> JOHN PODHORETZ.
>> IT WAS TRUMP COMING FULLY OUT
AND SAYING I AM RUNNING -- I
WOULDN’T SAY IMMORAL, BUT BEYOND
MORAL PRESIDENCY.
MORAL PRESIDENCY. >> VALUELESS.
>> VALUELESS. >> HE SAID I DON’T WANT TO SCREW
UP ARMS SALES, HE SAID, LOOK,
DON’T ASK ME TO CRITICIZE PUTIN
BECAUSE I RELY ON HIM TO DO A
LOT OF THINGS FOR ME.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
BY THE WAY.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE WAS UPSET
ABOUT JAMAL KHASHOGGI, BUT, YOU
KNOW, HE DIDN’T WANT TO UPSET
THE APPLE CART.
HE WASN’T GOING TO GO DEEP INTO
CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE IT WOULD
AFFECT JOBS.
AFFECT JOBS. THIS IS TRUMP’S LINE AS
PRESIDENT AND WILL BE HIS LINE
IN 2020, WHICH IS LET’S CUT ALL
THE CRAP.
THE CRAP. I’M HERE TO HELP AMERICANS DO
AMERICAN JOBS, I’M NOT GOING TO
GET THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED
IN THINGS BECAUSE I’M UPSET
MORALLY, I’VE GOT A DIFFERENT
HAND TO PLAY.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CRUX
OF THE ARGUMENT THAT HE IS GOING
TO MAKE FOR REELECTION.
ASSUMING THAT THE COUNTRY
DOESN’T FALL INTO CHAOS AT HOME
OR CATASTROPHE AT HOME, HE IS
GOING TO SAY, I’M HERE TO
DELIVER FOR YOU, SO DON’T THROW
ALL YOUR MORALISM AT ME.
I’M A NEW YORK REAL ESTATE GUY,
ALL THESE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
ARE SAVAGES, I’M A SAVAGE BACK
TO THEM AND THIS IS WHO WE ARE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> RICHARD HAASS, WE’VE HEARD
BUSINESS OWNERS, WE’VE HEARD
CEOs, WE’VE HEARD OTHERS TALK
ABOUT HOW OVER THE PAST DECADE
OR SO IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT TO
COMPETE WITH CHINA BECAUSE THERE
WERE ALWAYS -- WELL, WITH THE
UNITED STATES -- VALUES
ATTACHED.
ATTACHED. YES, WE WILL DO BUSINESS WITH
YOU, BUT YOU CAN’T PRODUCE TWICE
THE POLLUTION THAT THE UNITED
STATES AND THE EU PRODUCE.
YOU CAN’T JUST GO AROUND AND
MURDER JOURNALISTS ON ONE DAY
AND EXPECT US TO COME TO YOUR
CONFERENCES THE NEXT DAY.
WHEREAS, CHINA HAS BEEN
OPERATING IN A VALUELESS ZONE.
IT APPEARS NOW THAT WE ARE IN
THE REALM OF WHAT WE CRITICIZE
CHINA FOR BEING JUST TWO YEARS
AGO.
AGO. >> FOR A LONG TIME ONE OF THE
BIG DEBATES ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY
WAS AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM,
THAT SOMEHOW WE WERE DIFFERENT,
WE WERE GOING TO BE THE SHINING
CITY ON A HILL, WE WERE GOING TO
STAND FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, WE
WERE GOING TO DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. WE DIDN’T ALWAYS LIVE UP TO IT,
BUT THAT WAS THE IDEA.
SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE HAVE BASICALLY JETTISONED
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, WE ARE
NOW JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE
HAVE PRINCELINGS WORKING IN
POSITIONS OF POWER,
COMMERCIALISM IS THE GUIDING
LIGHT, THE LONE STAR SHALL WE
SAY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.
JOHN IS RIGHT, IT’S A MORAL TO
THE POINT OF BEING IMMORAL, BUT
NOW WE ARE -- WE’VE JOINED THE
PACK AND INSTEAD OF THEM COMING
TO US, WHICH WAS THE WHOLE IDEA
OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, WE
WERE GOING TO RAISE EVERYBODY’S
GAME TO OURS, GUESS WHAT, JOE,
WE HAVE NOW LOWERED OUR GAME TO
THEIRS.
THEIRS. >> ARE WE RESPECTED ABROAD?
>> WE LOST CREDIBILITY ABROAD.
EVERYBODY USED TO WATCH WHAT’S
THEIR REACTION, WHAT ARE THEY
GOING TO SAY, THEY CARED ABOUT
AMERICA’S REACTION AND NO ONE
CARES ANYMORE.
CARES ANYMORE. I WAS JUST IN TURKEY AND NO ONE
CARES ABOUT AMERICA’S OPINION
ANYMORE AT THE MOMENT.
WE DID LOSE MORAL GROUND.
>> THAT’S A BIG CHANGE.
HERE IS THE PRESIDENT IN THE
INTERVIEW ABOUT THE
TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE NORTH
KOREAN DICTATOR.
KOREAN DICTATOR. >> DO YOU TRUST HIM?
>> I DO TRUST HIM, YEAH, I TRUST
HIM.
HIM. THAT DOESN’T MEAN I CAN’T BE
PROVEN WRONG.
PROVEN WRONG. >> WHY WOULD YOU TRUST HIM?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WHY I DIDN’T
TRUST HIM I WOULDN’T SAY THAT TO
HIM.
HIM. I DO TRUST HIM, BUT WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT HAPPENS. >> IS IT TRUE THAT THEY HAVEN’T
GOTTEN RID OF A SINGLE WEAPON
AND THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE
BUILDING MORE MISSILES WITH
NUCLEAR --
NUCLEAR -- >> I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY’RE
CLOSING UP SITES.
>> BUT IS WHAT I SAID TRUE, THAT
THEY HAVEN’T --
>> NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I’VE ACTUALLY SAID THAT
AND --
AND -- >> THAT THEY’RE STILL BUILDING
MISSILES, MORE MISSILES?
>> WE DON’T REALLY KNOW.
WE REALLY DON’T KNOW.
BUT I ASSUME --
>> DO YOU SUSPECT THAT?
>> LET’S SAY THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> AND THEN WE FELL IN LOVE.
OKAY?
OKAY? NO, REALLY.
NO, REALLY. HE WROTE ME BEAUTIFUL LETTERS.
AND THEY’RE GREAT LETTERS.
WE FELL IN LOVE.
>> I WANT TO READ YOU HIS
RESUMÉ, OKAY?
RESUMÉ, OKAY? >> GO AHEAD.
>> HE PRESIDES OVER A CRUEL
KINGDOM OF REPRESSION, GHOUL
LAGS, STARVATION, REPORTS THAT
HE HAD HIS HALF-BROTHER
ASSASSINATED, SLAVE LABOR,
PUBLIC EXECUTIONS.
PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. THIS IS A GUY YOU LOVE.
>> I KNOW ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I’M NOT A BABY.
>> WHY DO YOU LOVE THAT GUY?
>> LOOK, LOOK, I LIKE -- I GET
ALONG WITH HIM, OKAY?
>> BUT YOU SAID I LOVE HIM.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. THAT’S JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH.
>> NO, IT’S LIKE AN EMBRACE.
>> WELL, LET IT BE AN EMBRACE.
LET IT BE WHATEVER IT IS --
>> BUT HE IS A BAD GUY.
>> LOOK, LET IT BE WHATEVER IT
IS.
IS. I GET ALONG WITH HIM REALLY
WELL, I HAVE A GOOD ENERGY WITH
HIM, I HAVE A GOOD CHEMISTRY
WITH HIM.
WITH HIM. LOOK AT THE HORRIBLE THREATS
THAT WERE MADE.
NO MORE THREATS.
NO MORE THREATS.
>> WHAT A BABY.
NOT A BABY.
>> WHAT A BABY.
>> WILLIE GEIST AND I LOVE TO
PLAY A GAME AND IF YOU ANSWER IT
CORRECTLY A DUCK WOULD COME
DOWN.
DOWN. WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT
WE WOULD ALWAYS SAY WHAT IF A
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT SAID WHAT
HE JUST SAID.
LET’S CHANGE THE GAME.
WHAT IF BARACK OBAMA HAD SAID
WHAT DONALD TRUMP JUST SAID
ABOUT KIM JONG-UN.
LITERALLY LOCUSTS WOULD DESCEND
FROM THE HEAVENS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. AND EAT THE FLESH FROM THE
BONES OF ALL THE REPUBLICAN
OPPONENTS.
OPPONENTS. IT WOULD BE MADNESS.
ABSOLUTE MADNESS.
ABSOLUTE MADNESS. HOW COULD CONSERVATIVES NOT BE
SHOCKED AND OFFENDED BY WHAT
HE’S DOING AFTER ALL WE HEARD
AND A LOT OF WHAT I SAID OVER
EIGHT YEARS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA
COW TOUG TO IRAN.
>> AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS
GONE.
GONE. YOU REMEMBER OBAMA CAME UNDER
ENORMOUS CRITICISM WHEN HE WAS
ASKED ABOUT AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM AND HE SAID,
WELL, AMERICA IS COMPENSATION
NL, GREECE THINKS GREASE IS
EXCEPTIONAL --
EXCEPTIONAL -- >> SEE --
>> SEE -- >> SHEAR IS MY POINT IS THAT
OBAMA CAME AT AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM FROM THE LEFT.
HE WAS LIKE THIS HAS MIRED US IN
WAR AND CAUSED CHAOS WITHOUT OUR
MEANING TO CAUSE CHAOS AND I
WANT TO PULL BACK FROM THIS.
TRUMP IS SAYING I’M GOING TO
DO -- I WILL SAY WHATEVER I HAVE
TO SAY AND I WILL DO WHATEVER I
HAVE TO DO AS LONG AS THE
RESULTS ARE FINE.
SO CONSERVATIVES WENT CRAZY
ABOUT OBAMA BECAUSE HE SEEMED TO
BE TALKING DOWN THE UNITED
STATES AND TRUMP IS SAYING, I
LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, I
LIVE IN A WORLD OF RESULTS AND
SO IF I BRING YOU THE RESULTS,
YELL AT ME ALL YOU LIKE FROM
YOUR, YOU KNOW -- FROM YOUR HYDE
PARK CORNER --
>> IVORY TOWER.
>> -- IVORY TOWER.
I’M A NEW YORK REAL ESTATE GUY.
I’M NOT A BABY.
>> YOU ARE ALL BABIES WITH THE
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE -- YOU ARE
ALL BABIES.
ALL BABIES. >> HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS, ALL OF THOSE RONALD
REAGAN QUOTES.
REAGAN QUOTES. >> THAT IS WHERE HE HAS
TRANSFORMED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
BECAUSE THAT VENEER, THE
VENEER --
VENEER -- >> OF COURSE.
>> YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE
DEFAULT TO IT LIKE LINDSEY
GRAHAM LAST WEEK IS SAYING WE’RE
GOING TO CUT OFF ARM SALES TO
SAUDI ARABIA, WE ARE NOT GOING
TO LET THIS HAPPEN, WHAT
HAPPENED TO KHASHOGGI IS A MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AND TRUMP
HAS REFLECTED THAT A LITTLE BIT
BUT YOU KNOW HE DOESN’T MEAN IT.
>> THEY HAVE SOLD OUT --
EPISCOPAL HAVE SOLD OUT ON
VALUES AT HOME, THE VERY THINGS
THAT THEY WERE SO SHOCKED AND
STUNNED AND DEEPLY SADDENED BY
WITH BILL CLINTON, THEY ARE NOW
COMPLETELY PASSING OFF AS
NOBODY’S BUSINESS, YOU CAN LOOK
AT FRANKLIN GRAHAM, AND OTHER
EVANGELICAL LEADERS, WHO HAVE,
YOU KNOW, SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR
THIS GUY POLITICALLY ON FOREIGN
POLICY ISSUES, THE IDEAS OF
RONALD REAGAN OUT THE WINDOW.
A CITY SHINING BRIGHTLY ON THE
HILL FOR ALL TO SEE, NOT ON YOUR
LIFE.
LIFE. TRUMP SAYS, JUST GIVE ME MONEY.
>> LET’S TAKE HIM BY HIS OWN
MERITS.
MERITS. JOHN IS POINTING OUT TRUMP SAID
JUST JUDGE ME BY THE RESULTS.
LET’S LOOK AT THE RESULTS IN
NORTH KOREA.
NORTH KOREA. WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
>> A LOT MORE NUKES.
>> THE ANSWER IS THEY CONTINUE
TO BUILD -- REMEMBER PAT
MOYNIHAN’S STATEMENT THAT WE’RE
DEFINING DEVIANCY DOWN?
WE’RE NOW DEFINING DIPLOMATIC
SUCCESS DOWN.
SUCCESS DOWN. NORTH KOREA WILL CLOSE THIS
SITE, DO THAT, BUT THERE IS ZERO
CHANCE THEIR DENUCLEARIZING AND
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS NOW SO INVESTED IN THE
APPARENT SUCCESS OF WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH THESE KOREAN
NEGOTIATIONS, DOES ANYONE HERE
SERIOUSLY THINK HE’S GOING TO
CALL THE NORTH YOOENS ON IT AND
IS GOING TO GIVE THEM A TEST
THEY MAY FAIL?
THAT’S THE DANGER RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE DEFINED SUCCESS SO FAR
DOWN THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE,
BUT, GUESS WHAT, WE’RE NEVER
GOING TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO
GET.
GET. >> IT’S SO MUCH WORSE, THOUGH,
THAN JUST SAYING AMERICA IS NOT
THE EXCEPTIONAL NATION ANYMORE.
IT’S SAYING AMERICA IS A
SUBSTANDARD NATION.
SUBSTANDARD NATION. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THE --
PRESIDE OVER THE SHINING CITY ON
A HILL TO NOT WRAP YOUR ARMS
AROUND UNAPOLOGETICALLY THE
MODERN DAY PAUL POT.
THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS THE
AVERAGE -- THE B PLUS NATIONS
THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO PROJECT
ENOUGH MORAL STANDARD TO NOT --
AGAIN, UNAPOLOGETICALLY SAY,
WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE GUY.
I LOVE PAUL POT.
YES, HE IS A GENOCIDEL DICTATOR,
BUT, YOU KNOW --
>> EVEN HE SAYS --
>> EDIE AMIN SENT ME NICE
LETTERS, BEAUTIFUL LETTERS.
WE ARE IN LOVE.
>> HE IS NOT EVEN CLAIMING THE
RESULTS BECAUSE WHEN LESLEY ASKS
THEM HAVE THEY SHUT DOWN THE
NUCLEAR PROGRAM HE SAYS PROBABLY
NOT.
NOT. THEY ARE NO LONGER DOING MISSILE
TEST THAT IS WE CAN SEE, BUT
WHEN HE IS ASKED -- SO WHAT ARE
THE RESULTS, MR. PRESIDENT?
WELL, WITH HE REALLY DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW.
HE COULD STILL HAVE A NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. >> ALL HE IS SAYING IS HE’S
BEING NICE TO ME.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THIS IS PERSONAL, I DON’T
REALLY -- TRUMP IS SAYING I
DON’T CARE ABOUT AMERICA, I
DON’T CARE ABOUT THE NUKES, HE’S
BEING NICE TO ME.
LIKE PUTIN, HE’S SHOWING RESPECT
TOWARD ME.
TOWARD ME. >> SO THERE ARE TWO DANGEROUS
THINGS IN HERE TO WATCH OUT FOR.
FIRST, THERE ARE STILL THE
PEOPLE OF NORTH KOREA THAT ARE
STILL BEING OPPRESSED, STILL IN
PRISON, STILL STARVED, ALL OF
THESE.
THESE. WHEN A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SAYS I LOVE THE MAN HE
HAS JUST GAVE HIM A BOOST OF
POWER, VITAMIN C BASICALLY IN
HIS POWER AND OPPRESSION.
IF WE CARE ABOUT THE NORTH
KOREAN PEOPLE WE HAVE TO WATCH
OUR WORDS AND DANG BADGE.
SECOND, HAVING GROWN UP AND
KNOWN A LOT OF DICTATORS
UNFORTUNATELY IN MY LIFE, THIS
IS -- WE HAVE TO WATCH WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MAKING IT ALL
ABOUT HIM, IT’S A ONE-MAN RULE
AND THAT’S VERY DANGEROUS.
I LOVE THIS MAN, THUS WE HAVE A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
GOOD RELATIONSHIP. I DON’T LIKE THIS MAN, WE DON’T
HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
IT’S A VERY PERSONAL DIPLOMACY,
IT’S NOT ABOUT SYSTEMS AND
CHECKS AND BALANCE AND THAT IS A
VERY, VERY DANGEROUS THING TO
WATCH OUT FOR.
>> THAT IS FOR SURE.
>> THIS, I THINK, IS A KEY
TEMPTATION THAT PRESIDENTS FALL
FOR -- HAVE FALLEN FOR
THROUGHOUT THE LAST 100 YEARS,
WHICH IS IT’S SO EASE YEAH TO
DEAL WITH A DICTATOR.
YOU GO TO A DICTATOR AND YOU
SAY, I NEED X.
HE IS LIKE YOU HAVE X.
YOU GO TO A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY
IT’S LIKE I’VE GOT THIS
CONSTITUENCY, I’VE GOT DAIRY
FARMER, RICE FARMERS, I CAN’T
JUST LOWER TARIFFS.
>> I HAVE TO TALK TO MY PARTY IN
BAVARIA.
BAVARIA. >> I MAY LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION.
EVERY PRESIDENT, DOESN’T MATTER
WHAT PRESIDENT OR WHAT IDEOLOGY,
AT SOME POINT LOVES TO DEAL WITH
THE SAUDIS BECAUSE YOU GO TO THE
SAUDIS AND YOU SAY, I NEED THIS
FAVOR OVER HERE AND THEY’RE
LIKE, DONE.
LIKE, DONE. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO YOU WONDER WHY IT IS -- WHY
DO WE SUPPORT THIS INCREDIBLY
OPPRESSIVE REGIME OVER TIME,
IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE A RELIABLE
ALLY IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN YOU
ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING THEY
SNAP THEIR FINGERS AND CAN DO
IT.
IT. EVERY TIME YOU DO IT ERODES YOUR
CREDIBILITY AS A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE GOOD AND TRUE AND BEAUTIFUL.
TRUMP IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
SAY I DON’T TEAR ABOUT THE GOOD
AND THE TRUE AND THE BEAUTIFUL.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT’S ALL
GARBAGE.
GARBAGE. LET’S LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD.
YOU KNOW, EUROPE IS NOT OUR
FRIEND.
FRIEND. WHAT’S AN ALLIES, AS HE SAID
LAST NIGHT --
>> EUROPEAN ALLY.
LET’S LISTEN TO THAT.
>> BIZARRELY EUROPEAN UNION WAS
FRAMED BIZARRELY IN ORDER TO
SCREW US IN TRADE DEALS.
THAT’S AN INSANE OPINION.
WE CREATED THE IDEA OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION.