President Trump is spreading holiday cheer by … bragging about how he’s ready to unwrap whatever North Korea’s “Christmas gift” would be.
During a teleconference with members of the military Tuesday, Trump boasted that the “Christmas gift” that North Korea threatened — which Pyongyang officials said is contingent on whether the U.S. eases up on sanctions by the end of the year — will be dealt with “very successfully.”
“We’ll find out what the surprise is and we’ll deal with it very successfully. Let’s see what happens,” Trump said. “Everybody’s got surprises for me — I handle them as they come along.”
Trump then sarcastically suggested that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could send him a “beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test.”
“Maybe it’s a present where he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test,” Trump said. “Right? And they get a vase, and they get a nice present from me. You don’t know.”
‘Watch Trump’s remarks below:
Trump says he'll handle whatever "Christmas gift" North Korea has for U.S. pic.twitter.com/G4p9QGs8GY
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) December 24, 2019
Beyond parody. There won’t be a single Trump Supporter who defends this. They’ll only attack anyone who mentions it, because they’re all smarter than he is and can’t admit they only support him out of spite.
Out of spite.
Correct. Pointing to an unfinished American task facing us.
Pentagon: Sir, it’s a Juche Bird.
Trump: Oh, that sounds very nice. Is that a vase?
You got played like the easiest mark who ever took a shot at three-card monte, Stable Genius, and now our alliance system in the region is crippled in a way that might take decades to fix if it’s fixable at all. Your handler Vlad is delighted. The entire world knows what happened. But treat this as something to strut about.
"Trump then sarcastically suggested that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could send him a “beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test.”
Something as tasteful and restrained as the man himself.
