Trump suggests Cohen hearing contributed to failure of North Korea summit

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk in the garden at the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Democrats' decision to interview his longtime fixer, lawyer Michael Cohen, on the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have led to the North Korea summit ending with no deal.

 

"For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the 'walk.'" Trump said on Twitter, referring to his decision to walk away from what he previously said was a bad deal with Kim.

 

"Never done when a president is overseas. Shame!"

 

Last week in Hanoi Trump and Kim met for the second time to try to negotiate a deal that would surrender some of North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal in return for sanctions relief.

 

At the same time in Washington, Trump's former aide Cohen was testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee, accusing Trump of ordering his personal attorney to make threats for him about 500 times over the last 10 years.

 

When asked about Cohen's testimony at a press conference on Thursday in Hanoi after Trump had abruptly decided to end the summit with Kim early, the president called the allegations "incorrect" and criticised the decision to have the hearing while he was away.

 

"I tried to watch as much as I could," Trump said. "I wasn’t able to watch too much because I’ve been a little bit busy, but I think having a fake hearing like that and having it in the middle of this very important summit is really a terrible thing."

 

(Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-03-04

Unbelievable!

And now the blaming others for your failure ha ha Donald you are quite the piece of work lol

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

Unbelievable!

I can believe it. The reason Trump walked was that he was so rattled he could not focus on the business at hand combined with the fact this was all for show anyway.

Just now, keemapoot said:

I can believe it. The reason Trump walked was that he was so rattled he could not focus on the business at hand combined with the fact this was all for show anyway.

Another part of their failure was NO PLANNING went into this nuclear summit. In my heart of hearts I know they threw this thing together in three weeks to try and draw the spotlight off the Cohen testimony. Boy, did THAT backfire on them!

Just now, quandow said:

Another part of their failure was NO PLANNING went into this nuclear summit. In my heart of hearts I know they threw this thing together in three weeks to try and draw the spotlight off the Cohen testimony. Boy, did THAT backfire on them!

Sure, we all know the thousands of hours of work that normally go into these summits, by scores of qualified state department and diplomatic corps staffers and advisers. Trump derided that whole process, calling it the swamp, chopped the state department down to skeletal levels, and surrounded himself with yes-men of middling pedigree without proper research and analytical support staff.  Disaster.

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Trump had abruptly decided to end the summit with Kim early

So you ended the summit early without achieving anything and its the Democrats fault , you realy prove how stupid you are day after day with your bullshit stories its their fault not mine why would the leader of another country want to deal with you a compulsive liar etc etc and bound for the criminal courts .

Yesterday I read an interesting article what might happen if Trump loses the next election, or if he is impeached. Will he go silently? Will his supporters accept that? According to that article there could be big trouble ahead if Trump loses. Because if their is one thing he absolutely hates is losing.

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

Yesterday I read an interesting article what might happen if Trump loses the next election, or if he is impeached. Will he go silently? Will his supporters accept that? According to that article there could be big trouble ahead if Trump loses. Because if their is one thing he absolutely hates is losing.

The larger problem with Trump is his vindictiveness and ability to incite anger in his base. As we saw with Cohen, Trump was purposely inciting his base into real hatred and anger and Cohen feared for his life in that one of those rednecks would take him out. Trump knows this and was hoping someone would do his dirty work for him. I suppose Cohen is now under protective custody.

 

So, the issue I see with this most unpatriotic of Presidents, is that he will use a scorched earth approach with that easily manipulated base, and will set loose all sorts of destruction upon any of the likely events of his forced resignation, impeachment, or when the big one drops, the NY Southern District criminal cases start dropping against his clan and him.

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yesterday I read an interesting article what might happen if Trump loses the next election, or if he is impeached. Will he go silently? Will his supporters accept that? According to that article there could be big trouble ahead if Trump loses. Because if their is one thing he absolutely hates is losing.

If he is impeached, IMO yuge trouble for any identifiable liberals. Trump supporters will not sit by quietly if they think THEY have been given the <deleted> by the Dems.

If he simply loses the election, I don't think much more than Obama got.

I certainly doubt there will be many if any U Tube clips of Trump supporters crying 5555555555555555555.

very hard for people with big EGO to accept any wrong doing, much easier to say...."is not me it's him/them"  he claims to be the best deal maker and the trip to Vietnam just supported that 555

36 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yesterday I read an interesting article what might happen if Trump loses the next election, or if he is impeached. Will he go silently? Will his supporters accept that? According to that article there could be big trouble ahead if Trump loses. Because if their is one thing he absolutely hates is losing.

 

Well, it be good if those supporter came out from behind the anonymity of random internet forums. I really dont think there's that much support there TBH. Mostly some riding the wave of a middling economy, which hasn't been seen in a while and others that justlike to hate. There's about the same number on the other side of the political spectrum.

 

Can you post the article, or is it from some fringe site?

Edited March 4, 20197 yr by lannarebirth

46 minutes ago, keith101 said:

So you ended the summit early without achieving anything and its the Democrats fault , you realy prove how stupid you are day after day with your bullshit stories its their fault not mine why would the leader of another country want to deal with you a compulsive liar etc etc and bound for the criminal courts .

Who's more stupid? Trump with his patent falsehoods, the GOP that defends those falsehoods, or his base that believes those falsehoods?

7 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

Can you post the article, or is it from some fringe site?

Here is the link.

I think that is a very good source for accurate information. But I am sure Trump supporters will put it in the "fringe site" category.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/03/donald-trump-2020-defeat-michael-cohen

Enjoy!

 

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Here is the link.

I think that is a very good source for accurate information. But I am sure Trump supporters will put it in the "fringe site" category.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/03/donald-trump-2020-defeat-michael-cohen

Enjoy!

 

Do people actually believe that Trump will get the military to support him to remain in power?

His supporters MAY commit a bit of ultraviolence, if he is impeached, but to imagine that the police and military would connive in a coup is just barking, in my opinion.

Trump might be unhappy, but in reality there is nothing, IMO, that he can actually do about it, other than leave.

This is just a British newspaper doing a bit of stirring, as they are wont to do.

Replace “Cohen” with “bone spurs” and we’re back to the days of bogus excuses for draft-dodging.

26 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Here is the link.

I think that is a very good source for accurate information. But I am sure Trump supporters will put it in the "fringe site" category.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/03/donald-trump-2020-defeat-michael-cohen

Enjoy!

 

Thanks for that. I like Robert Reich the author. He's sincere and is generally truthful if a bit of a hand wringer and a little hyperbolic. He's pretty far to the left on the American political spectrum, but he is genuine which counts for a lot with me. I think he's overstating what may happen but I wouldn't be surprised if there are demonstrations similar to those that accompanied Trump's victory. Maybe the odd nutjob, but aren't there always? 

Edited March 4, 20197 yr by lannarebirth

A troll post containing an offensive reference to Trump supporters has been removed. 

“Hey everybody! Instead of paying attention to the guy who was convicted for lying on my behalf —pay attention instead to my failed nuclear summit. Just know that it failed because of him” is the absurd place where the world’s premier power is right now.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

“Never done when a president is overseas. Shame!”

 

Jesse McLaren (@McJesse)

3/4/19, 9:02 AM

⁦‪To be fair questioning the lawyer who paid off the president’s pornstar mistress has never been done when he was IN the country either.

2 minutes ago, Thakkar said:

 

Jesse McLaren (@McJesse)

3/4/19, 9:02 AM

⁦‪To be fair questioning the lawyer who paid off the president’s pornstar mistress has never been done when he was IN the country either.

 

I think calling Trump's, well remunerated, one off pornstar poke a "mistress" cheapens the title. Kamala Harris must be outraged.

If Cohen derailed the meeting between Trump and mass murderer Kim, then Cohen deserves a medal.  

I don't know what happened, but I am grateful that the USA did not give in to Kim's demands.

Is there any day when Trump does not talk nonsense? Everything revolves around him in his misty brain twists. The office and duties of a US President, he has until today not understood.

52 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Do people actually believe that Trump will get the military to support him to remain in power?

His supporters MAY commit a bit of ultraviolence, if he is impeached, but to imagine that the police and military would connive in a coup is just barking, in my opinion.

Trump might be unhappy, but in reality there is nothing, IMO, that he can actually do about it, other than leave.

This is just a British newspaper doing a bit of stirring, as they are wont to do.

The article doesn't say or imply that the military will support Trump to stay in power.

43 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

Thanks for that. I like Robert Reich the author. He's sincere and is generally truthful if a bit of a hand wringer and a little hyperbolic. He's pretty far to the left on the American political spectrum, but he is genuine which counts for a lot with me. I think he's overstating what may happen but I wouldn't be surprised if there are demonstrations similar to those that accompanied Trump's victory. Maybe the odd nutjob, but aren't there always? 

I also don't believe the worst case scenario will happen. But then again I also never thought Trump could possibly be elected POTUS.

I think the interesting thing is that some of the mentioned bad things might happen if Donald loses - and that is bad enough.

Trump says the talks failed because Kim asked for all sanctions to be lifted.

Trump says the talks failed because of the Cohen interrogation.

 

Therefore, either:

Trump would have lifted all sanctions had the interrogation not happened.

Trump lied about the sanctions demand (which the North Koreans are saying wasn't what they were asking for).

 

The art of the deal...  If the deal involves dropping the cards, being called out for dealing from the bottom of the pack, and general incompetence in all matters card distribution wise.

LOL. I think my wife's pregnancy could have been prevented if I had hemorrhoids!

 

Kim has only just left Vietnam, Trump was merely a sideshow for Kim, the Vietnamese and Xie to have a chuckle over.

20 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Kim has only just left Vietnam, Trump was merely a sideshow for Kim, the Vietnamese and Xie to have a chuckle over.

They're not the only ones chuckling. I bet his blood pressure skyrocketed when the words 'Trump' and 'Loser' appeared in the same headline (but that will be Fake Nooz of course!).

 

It was only going to be a short time before the lame excuses appeared.

Edited March 4, 20197 yr by Psimbo