Posted on 04/12/2017 7:24:53 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Trump told Xi of Syria strikes over 'beautiful piece of chocolate cake'
President reveals missiles were launched as he and Chinese counterpart had dessert after dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate
Tom Phillips in Beijing
Wednesday 12 April 2017 16.09 BST
Donald Trump informed the Chinese president that he had launched missile strikes on Syria as the pair ate “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you have ever seen”, the US president has claimed.
In an interview with Fox Business, Trump offered his first account of how he had broken the news to Xi Jinping as they dined at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida at the start of a two-day bridge-building summit last Thursday.
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“He paused for 10 seconds and then he asked the interpreter to please say it again – I didn’t think that was a good sign.”
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(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
A gut punch delivered.
Sometimes ya just gotta eat dessert first!
The Donald needs to learn to be a little more discreet when talking face to face meetings with about foreign leaders.
Why???
Indigestion?
I want a beautiful piece of chocolate cake.
Someone likened it - which it was - to a pair of mob bosses meeting over dinner while one makes a point by having scheduled a hit on a third party at the same time.
Trump is a baddass.
Trump’s timing is impeccable!!!!!!
I’ve been thinking about chocolate cake all day after hearing about this exchange.
I’ll bet the cake at Mar-A-Lago is truly amazing
Still totally against lobbing missiles or otherwise getting involved in Syria, but that’s a very “gangster” way to make a point to Xi.
Dangit!!! I was just warming up to Trump, only to learn he likes chocolate cake.
Gross...
Only vanilla, Angel food or lemon.
Can’t stand chocolate...
What, he can’t have his cake and eat it too?
That’s actually funny....
Forgot the /s tag
Only vanilla, Angel food or lemon.
Can’t stand chocolate...
Hold on now.
Chocolate cake. Good. Vanilla cake. Good. Lemon cake. Good.
Angel food. Good for insulating walls. ;-)
I dunno...mention anything to me over a piece of chocolate cake and the odds are good you’ll get an “OK, that’s nice” between munches.
Hope Xi doesn’t own any race horses. I like horses, even if they are Chinese equines.
Please add Caww to your ping list.
That’s because you’ve never had a piece of a beautiful Mar a Lago chocolate cake...
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