Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said Monday that President Donald Trump made a “spectacle” of his response to a ballistic missile test by North Korea by holding an impromptu strategy session in the middle of his Mar-a-Lago Club’s dining area.
Coons told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he was “very worried” about the Trump administration’s response to the missile test.
“There is certainly enough evidence here to suggest that in a meeting with a head of state of a close ally in a very difficult circumstance, President Trump was frankly partly showing off for his country club guests and making this somewhat of a spectacle,” he said. “These sorts of important briefings between heads of state should be happening in a classified setting, not over cocktails and appetizers.”
Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided how to respond to North Korea’s missile test on Saturday night in full view of members at Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a report by CNN.
One observer even posted photographs of the discussion on Facebook. He wrote in one caption that it was “fascinating to watch the flurry of activity” as Trump and Abe conferred.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tweeted Monday that there was “no excuse” for Trump’s actions, which she compared to “dinner theater.”
There’s no excuse for letting an international crisis play out in front of a bunch of country club members like dinner theater. #FireFlynn
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 13, 2017
