During interview with @BretBaier, Trump says he hopes to get US troops out of South Korea as soon as possible, indicates he's not happy with fact that "we don't get paid fully for that military" presence there.
Trump on President Xi of China: "He's an incredible guy. You know, essentially president for life. That's pretty good."
Trump downplays Kim Jung Un's totalitarian dictatorship.
BAIER: "He has done some really bad things."
TRUMP: "Yeah, but so have a lot of other people have done some really bad things. I mean, I could go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things were done."
BAIER: "He has done some really bad things."
TRUMP: "Yeah, but so have a lot of other people have done some really bad things. I mean, I could go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things were done."
Trump claims, preposterously, that parents of Korean War veterans came up to him during the 2016 campaign and said, "when you can, we'd love our son to be brought back home -- you know, the remains."
The Korean War ended in 1953.
The Korean War ended in 1953.
Trump downplays his public feuds with G7 heads of state: "It really wasn't rocky when I left, it was great."
Trump on why he wants Russia back in G7: "If Putin were sitting next to me & we were having dinner, I could say, 'would you do me a favor? Would you get out of Syria? Would you get out of Ukraine? Just come on.'... I could ask him to do things that are good for the world."
TRUMP on the midterm elections: "I've done more in 500 days than any president has ever done in their first 500 days. There's nobody close, and that's a lot of people saying that. People that would rather not say it are saying it."
Trump’s bizarre story about parents of Korean War vets illustrates just how effortlessly he lies thinkprogress.org/trump-parents-…
Trump claims parents of Korean War veterans lobbied him during the 2016 campaign. There's just one problem. thinkprogress.org/trump-parents-…
