President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused journalists of being “untrusting” after one of them asked if national security officials would be in the room during Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Well it’s probably easier because you people are so untrusting, so it’s probably better,” Trump responded. “Would you like to be in the room? Okay? Would you like to be? I can imagine you would be.”
“I think it’s probably easier if we have people in the room because you people don’t trust anything,” he complained.
Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin at the G20 meeting in Japan near the end of June. He and the White House have been notoriously secretive about his meetings with the Russian president in the past, and several meetings have happened between the two men with nobody else present besides their translators.
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Trump snaps at reporter when asked if there'll be other people in the room during his upcoming meeting with Putin: "You people are so untrusting. Would you like to be in the room? I can imagine you would be" pic.twitter.com/ZCIGDO7kyl
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You are the most untrustworthy human on two legs. THAT’S the reason you get asked.
The Press: Yes, we would like to be in the room to witness and report on the not-colluding.
The reporter could have asked- will you have a bottle of lube for the meeting with Putin?
Trust, but verify? I think some commie said that.