that the u.s. deny it was involved. there is a lot in this book. one of the interesting pieces of it is that the current that runs through it, similar to other officials, john bolton, former national security advisor came to mind, made the case that president trump was motivated by his own political standing. he said that president trump should not be serving in public office. dramatic difference from the esperthat people knew when he was serving as defense secretary. he considered resigning, but didn t do that, because president trump was surrounded by yes men, and one of his nicknames was yes-per. he was considered to be one of the yes men around the
almost humorous moment. so when we have that staged show, you know, of the council meetings, the yes men as you pointed out, at the foreign intelligence committee, you know, the cooperation with these two breakaway republics, putin will stop them and say no, no, no. a lot of people took that as a slip of the tongue. this would be the next step in the process. these territories possibly seized from ukraine could be in the future incorporated by putin into the russian state. but i think another important point is you ve seen this sort of spectacle, this show of the security council meeting. not a single objection, not a single argument. we had a so-called parliament two days ago essentially declaring war in ukraine passed by 400 to zero. we haven t had a free election
jong-un. kim jong-un, who i have gotten to know extremely well, first lady has gotten to know kim jong-un and i think she d agree with me, he is a man with a country that has tremendous potential. you know that s more than a suggestion. by the way, that s so revealing, that moment is revealing that is a guy who inherited $400 million from his father. surrounded himself with yes men his entire life. he was able to create his own alternative reality and all of the yes men around him and all of his caddies, all of his workers, would agree with him and go, yeah, boss, yes, boss. it s like saying china cult. okay? you never never dawned on donald trump that the chinese would actually fact check that statement. never even dawned on donald trump while he was lying about the great legalship
let s say here at the outset, no one really thought it was real, but it was enough to get your attention until you looked a little closer. fake copies of the washington post were passed around outside the white house and other parts of washington. the papers were dated may 1st, 2019. among the headlines, un-presidented. trump hastily departs white house ending crisis. and celebrations break out worldwide as trump era ends and president pence begins clipped duck term. one must say that carefully. the real washington post put out a statement that said, there are fake print editions, no kidding, of the washington post being distributed around downtown washington, d.c. and we are aware of a website trying to mimic the post s . they are not post-products and we are looking into this. then the real washington post got down to business, did some great reporting on what was behind the fake papers. a group that describes itself as a trickster activist collective called the yes men s
bichlbaum said he was one of the founders of the yes men and the paper was intended to provide grassroots tips for how to went on to say the group printed 25,000 copies. he estimated about 10,000 of the papers were distributed. all at a cost believed to be in the neighborhood of 40 grand, give or take. coming up for us, americans coming to the aid of federal workers. our federal workers with zero income while washington fights and our government remains shut down.