Trump yells into the phone like a crazy man

Trump yells into the phone like a crazy man

by digby



You'll note that he never denied being a Russian agent...

Here's the HuffPost write up of the interview.

President Donald Trump slammed The New York Times in a Fox News interview Saturday, calling its report that the FBI investigated him because of fears he may have been secretly working on behalf of the Kremlin as the “most insulting article” ever written about him.

He also called the Times in his phone interview with Jeanine Pirro a “disaster of a newspaper.” He usually refers to it as the “failing New York Times.” The newspaper reported Friday that the FBI launched its probe after Trump fired FBI director James Comey — whom Trump called a “liar” in the interview.

When Pirro asked Trump “are you now or have you ever worked for Russia,” Trump didn’t directly answer the question, but said: “I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked.”

Trump also criticized the Washington Post for its report Saturday that the president went to “extraordinary lengths” to repeatedly conceal details of his private meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He insisted to Pirro that he’s not hiding anything, and indicated he would be willing to share details of the talks.

“I’m not keeping anything under wraps. I couldn’t care less,” Trump said. “We had a great conversation,” he said, referring to his two-hour meeting with Putin in Helsinki in 2017.

He noted: “We were talking about Israel, and securing Israel and lots of other things. ... We talked about very positive things because look, we are beating everybody,” he added before veering into praise for the U.S. economy. He offered no other details about his meetings with Putin.

The rest of Trump’s interview sounded largely like a campaign speech — and included another push for his southern border wall. He touted Republican wins in the Senate in the midterm elections. “We won the Senate ... for the most part I campaigned for the Senate. Almost everywhere I went we won. But i’m only one person,” he said.

He also lashed the Democrats for their refusal to allocate $5.7 billion for his wall. He insisted, without evidence, that the amount is “way less than other other presidents” have requested.

“We need a wall, very simple,” he said. He also reiterated his belief that he has an “absolute right” to declare a national emergency and order the wall to be built. But he said he’d rather see the Democrats “act responsibly.” He also repeated that federal workers are happy to forego paychecks for the wall.

Trump lamented the fact that “I haven’t actually left the White House for months,” except for a quick trip to Iraq. He failed to mention trips for golf, campaign rallies, the G20 summit and visits to California fire scenes, among other events. “I’m a worker,” Trump said.

Asked by Pirro what makes him such a great fighter, he responded: “Good genes.”


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