you were there looking the man in the eye. was there mirth, frivolity, sarcasm? it is a real treat to ask the president, do you think secretary tillerson called you a moron? he waited a few seconds, gave a more general answer, and i then asked a specific question about what secretary tillerson really did call him. he went right into it. i laughed after it and he didn t laugh. so whether or not that s a joke or not, it s probably only in he went right into it. i laughed after it and he didn t laugh. so whether or not that s a joke or not, it s probably only in president trump s heart to really know. but i took it as a funny but he was not laughing. this is the writer sitting next to you today who reminded associated press readers the remark landed with a distinct
so rob acosta, we have mattis counseling the president and tillerson to stay together for the sake of the kids, in effect. on the corker front, my question to you is, anything other than a chorus of crickets following corker s interview among fellow republicans on capitol hill? there have always been critics for president trump. what is most telling from senator corker s break from the president is he was someone who tried to build a relationship with trump during the campaign. he was even considered for a slot in the white house. for him to walk away, that shows trump allies, at least one-time trump allies are starting to walk away. but some republicans, the major republicans we cover, they do remain quite quiet tonight because they still believe they need the president to get something done on tax cuts,
absolutely possible. and after my visit to north korea, i came to believe it may be more likely than we would like to think. there is part of the north korean psyche in that of kim jong-un and his father before him that craved validation. the verbiage from president trump, some of it on a daily basis, does that equal validation? i think that it sounds strange to say this, but i think there is actually some parallel at this point in that i think both president trump and kim jong-un are somewhat insecure and prone to immediately escalate. and when you have two leader who are both prone to escalate and both have nuclear weapons, then that creates an enormously dangerous dynamic, and rather
absolutely possible. and after my visit to north korea, i came to believe it may be more likely than we would like to think. there is part of the north korean psyche in that of kim jong-un and his father before him that craved validation. the verbiage from president trump, some of it on a daily basis, does that equal validation? i think that it sounds strange to say this, but i think there is actually some parallel at this point in that i think both president trump and kim jong-un are somewhat insecure and prone to immediately escalate. and when you have two leader who are both prone to escalate and both have nuclear weapons, then that creates an enormously dangerous dynamic, and rather than being intimidated each side is trying to intimidate the other and each side is
unprecedented, public scolding from his president. so bob acosta, we have mattis counseling the president and tillerson to stay together for the sake of the kids, in effect. on the corker front, my question to you is, anything other than a chorus of crickets following corker s interview among fellow republicans on capitol hill? there have always been critics for president trump. what corker is saying is he is someone who tried to build a relationship with trump during the campaign. he was even considered for a slot in the white house. for him to walk away, that shows trump allies, at least one-time trump allies are starting to walk away. but the major republicans we cover, they do remain quite quiet tonight because they still believe they need the president to get something done on tax