What a week of bizarre statements and threats from our new president. Here are four of them discussed this morning on Meet the Press.
#1 "When you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it," said dt at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 2.
Translation:
When I threaten to invade Mexico,
When I hang up on the Prime Minister of Australia,
don't try to stop me. Trust me.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tough-phone-calls-2017-2
#2 "As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice," said dt's national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Translation:
Some kind of threat, an escalation of the tension between the US and Iran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/white-house-we-are-officially-putting-iran-on-notice/2017/02/01/47b56492-e8b3-11e6-903d-9b11ed7d8d2a_video.html
#3 "I do respect him," said dt regarding Putin during an interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News aired on Sunday, Feb. 5. But "Putin is a killer," countered O'Reilly. dt's response: "There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers. Well, you think our country is so innocent?"
Translation:
Putin has done nothing worse than the US has done.
Let's overlook his KGB record of state-sponsored killing of thousands, as well as his orders behind the murder of reporters, dissidents, and political rivals, including a poisoning this past week of a Putin critic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/04/oreilly-told-trump-that-putin-is-a-killer-trumps-reply-you-think-our-countrys-so-innocent/?utm_term=.6b5429892bc7
#4 "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned," said dt in a tweet at 5:12 am on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Translation:
Anyone in the judicial branch of government who disagrees with my travel ban does not have valid authority.
Analysis by New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller regarding Judge James Robart:
The federal judge who blocked President Trump’s immigration order is described by former colleagues and acquaintances as a “mainstream” Republican who went from a career as a highly respected corporate lawyer in Seattle to an appointment by President George W. Bush to the federal bench.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/us/james-robart-judge-trump-ban-seattle.html
#1 "When you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it," said dt at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 2.
Translation:
When I threaten to invade Mexico,
When I hang up on the Prime Minister of Australia,
don't try to stop me. Trust me.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tough-phone-calls-2017-2
#2 "As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice," said dt's national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Translation:
Some kind of threat, an escalation of the tension between the US and Iran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/white-house-we-are-officially-putting-iran-on-notice/2017/02/01/47b56492-e8b3-11e6-903d-9b11ed7d8d2a_video.html
#3 "I do respect him," said dt regarding Putin during an interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News aired on Sunday, Feb. 5. But "Putin is a killer," countered O'Reilly. dt's response: "There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers. Well, you think our country is so innocent?"
Translation:
Putin has done nothing worse than the US has done.
Let's overlook his KGB record of state-sponsored killing of thousands, as well as his orders behind the murder of reporters, dissidents, and political rivals, including a poisoning this past week of a Putin critic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/04/oreilly-told-trump-that-putin-is-a-killer-trumps-reply-you-think-our-countrys-so-innocent/?utm_term=.6b5429892bc7
#4 "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned," said dt in a tweet at 5:12 am on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Translation:
Anyone in the judicial branch of government who disagrees with my travel ban does not have valid authority.
Analysis by New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller regarding Judge James Robart:
The federal judge who blocked President Trump’s immigration order is described by former colleagues and acquaintances as a “mainstream” Republican who went from a career as a highly respected corporate lawyer in Seattle to an appointment by President George W. Bush to the federal bench.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/us/james-robart-judge-trump-ban-seattle.html
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