President Trump’s interview on Meet The Press

Last Friday, President Trump sat down with Chuck Todd for a comprehensive interview. Here it is in its entirety.

You can read the transcript of the broadcast HERE.

I think POTUS did a good job in hostile territory, but the media in general is hostile territory. Just as an example, the President repeats his policy on Iran several times, and after each statement, Todd attempts to ignore and restate it:

CHUCK TODD:

Is it one-on-one talks, you and the Ayatollah, or you and the President?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

It doesn’t matter to me. Here’s what I want, anything that gets you to the result. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. It’s not about the straits. You know, a lot of people covered it incorrectly. They’re never mentioned. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. They’d use it. And they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.

CHUCK TODD:

Did you send a message —

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

And it’s not about the oil.

CHUCK TODD:

— last night? You know, Reuters is reporting that you sent a message to the Iranians saying, “I don’t want war. I want to talk.”

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

Wrong. It’s wrong. I did not send that message. I did not send that message. I don’t know who —

CHUCK TODD:

Ok.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

I don’t know who would have said that.

CHUCK TODD:

Send a message right now to the Ayatollah.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

I mean it’s fake news.

CHUCK TODD:

Then send a message right now to the Ayatollah.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

Wouldn’t be much different than that message.

CHUCK TODD:

Which is?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

I’m not looking for war and if there is, it’ll be obliteration like you’ve never seen before. But I’m not looking to do that. But you can’t have a nuclear weapon. You want to talk? Good. Otherwise you can have a bad economy for the next —

CHUCK TODD:

No pre-conditions?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

— three years. Not as far as I’m concerned. No pre-conditions.

CHUCK TODD:

And you’ll talk anywhere?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

Here it is. Look, you can’t have nuclear weapons. And if you want to talk about it, good. Otherwise you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come.

And so it continued. The economy. The wall. Obamacare. Yada yada yada.

 

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2 Responses to President Trump’s interview on Meet The Press

  1. lovely's avatar lovely says:

    I love listening to President Trump speak to the press as if they are stupid children.

    “I joke and I say, watch I’ll drive Chuck Todd crazy.”__President Trump

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  2. Glen's avatar Glen says:

    War is a win-win situation for Iran. They are awaiting the Mahdi, who will lead them to victory and to establish a world-wide Caliphate. The Madhi will only return during a time of war and chaos. If they start a war and win, they will sit at the left hand of Allah in Paradise. If they lose the war and get obliterated, they are martyrs and will immediately sit at the left hand of Allah.

    Trump says disproportionate force, this may be a shocker to some people, but that is how you win wars.
    I am not commenting on strike that was called off.

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