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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump thinks Kim Jong Un and his dad are the same long-reigning "gentleman."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-well-see-north-korea-strike?utm_content=buffer7a611&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=...."Trump also made two references in the interview to this gentleman in North Korea, who he said had outplayed both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. The late North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died in 2011. His son, Kim Jong Un, is the countrys current ruler.
But, you know, theyve been talking with this gentleman for a long time, Trump said. You read Clintons book, he said, Oh, we made such a great peace deal, and it was a joke. You look at different things over the years with President Obama. Everybody has been outplayed, theyve all been outplayed by this gentleman. And well see what happens. But I just dont telegraph my moves.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)I think he reads only at basic level of just mouthing words without any understanding of what he is reading about.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)I don't think we'll ever plumb th depths of this man's ignorance.
applegrove
(118,022 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 18, 2017, 12:03 AM - Edit history (1)
the people he is going to destroy with, now, his tax reform. If he can possibly get a 'win', he'll back it. To stop him from starting a war with NK we just have to make it obvious it will not be a win.
JHan
(10,173 posts)😏😏😏😏😏😒😒👎🏾
dchill
(38,324 posts)rgbecker
(4,806 posts)If they can keep the retired slave Douglas alive certainly the North Koreans can make sure Kim Jong Un is simply Kim Jong Il with a different hair cut. It's all just to fuck with Donnie's mind.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)this.
and that is what makes all of his hyperbole dangerous.
Trump is a puppet.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)whoever told him to say that is as stupid as Trump is!
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)That really puts it in perspective
milestogo
(16,829 posts)but it changes gender, breed, age, and name. Doesn't fool me though. I've been training this dog for 50 years. Its a 350 year old dog. Quite remarkable.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Besides his appalling ignorance (and what was Fox's Ainsley Earhardt doing while President Trump was parading his ignorance?) that bullshit about telegraphing his moves is just that: Bullshit. This isn't some dumbass reality show with teasers and big reveals that never come off, this is running the U.S. government.
Just one f'rinstance: Trump said he'd produce the evidence that Obama wire tapped him by March 29. A quick check of the calendar shows that it is now April 17. Where's the evidence, and why can't any of the millionaires who control our political discourse think to ask him about that? You know, a follow-up? Hold him to his word? Show him for the lying sack of crap he is? Don't the American people deserve at least that?
underpants
(182,279 posts)Yes "calls Russia" was meant as a joke on his "called Mexico".
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Channelling twitler
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)It was heavily publicized.
Trump's mind is clearly going now.
progree
(10,864 posts)and how he was so young, and can he get the generals in line, will his uncle or somesuch be the real power behind the throne, etc.
niyad
(112,435 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)but he was never THIS dumb.
There's definitely something wrong with him - - something that goes beyond simple idiocy and narcissism (as if those traits weren't bad enough lol). Dementia, Alzheimers, etc. JMO.
niyad
(112,435 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)MedusaX
(1,129 posts)Apparently Fox Reporter is equally as ignorant?
Or just does not care enough to clarify by asking a simple question?
Who the f*ck is chaperoning him on these interviews???
Surely Spice-Boy can find some dolls to help
Spice-splain the Kim Dynasty leadership sequence to Drumpf*ck....
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)watrwefitinfor
(1,399 posts)TeamPooka
(24,156 posts)DFW
(54,056 posts)i.e. somewhat less than impressive.
It wouldn't matter if he were nothing more than debt-ridden reality TV buffoon.
That is, a debt-ridden reality TV buffoon who is NOT in the Oval Office.
niyad
(112,435 posts)next week.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)than Trump is.
God/dess but he's an ignorant ass.
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)A world-class ignoramus.
renate
(13,776 posts)The news is all about North Korea and the existential threat it poses to the world, and THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES doesn't know that Kim Jong Un isn't Kim Jong Il?
This while slashing the State Department budget to not just the bone but the marrow.
This is terrifying.