Posted on 06/07/2018 3:07:08 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
The meeting was about hurricane preparations, but President Donald Trump unleashed a storm of his own, commandeering the gathering and droning on about his negotiating skills to cut the cost for a new Air Force One, his upcoming summit with the North Korean leader and the California governor race, according to a report on Thursday.
Trump let loose with a torrent of comments during a 40-minute, closed-door briefing session at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters on Wednesday.
“It’s an interesting journey. It’s called the land of the unknown — who knows? We’ll maybe make a deal. Maybe not. As I say to everybody, are you going to make a deal?” Trump said about his June 12 meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong Un, the Washington Post reported. “Maybe and maybe not. Who knows?”
He interrupted Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to complain about how the US was getting ripped off on ships and planes because the “ordering process is so bad. … It’s not a competitive bid.”
He segued to boasting about how he worked out a deal with Boeing on Air Force One.
“We saved $1.6 billion on Air Force One,” he said. “Can you believe it? I got involved in the negotiations. The press refuses to report that, but that’s OK. . . . People were really surprised.”
Military officials haven’t been able to explain that figure, the newspaper reported.
Trump then blamed the military for buying unnecessary equipment, referring to new technology.
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Look at the “source”...the compost. Are we supposed to believe this $hit?
President Trump is exactly right.
Good, I agree with everything he said.
“President Trump is exactly right.”
I agree. President Trump is trying to cut costs and waste in government.
Yeah, and he beat up the First Lady so bad that she can't appear in public.
He is DEAD ON totally right as anyone who has ever had the misfortune to be involved with military “procurement” as it’s so politely mislabeled
For a poorly written and sourced article I’d expect more context than “Trump’s a dum-dum”
I’m sure Obama just bobbed his head during the FEMA meetings as people died.
Every week at the end of our meeting the owner says, the client what you have done for them.
So it’s wrong to save taxpayer money?
Every week at the end of our meeting the owner says, TELL the client what you have done for them
In many ways I’m in favor of letting the “Grunts” get what they want.
The New York Post is not the Washington oompost
It's hard to differentiate one bird-cage liner from another.
Since when does the POTUS, any POTUS have every private conversation he has leaked to the Press?
If we know what is being said in confidence by the POTUS, our Enemies know what is being said, and they don’t even have to use Espionage to find out.
What the hell is going on? Aren’t the people involved in these Meetings held to a standard of confidence and secrecy anymore? Is the security of America now less important than Politically benefitting the Left?
People should be Hanged for this garbage.
I’m so tired of these enemies who twist everything he says and does. The president can discuss what he wants when he wants.
NYP is worse than WP.
Blah, blah, blah.
Is this the meeting they’re talking about, the one where Trump de-balled poor Jeff Sessions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyX1QD1Ou3g
How can people that worship the stuttering, droning, ego-centric Obama narcissism possibly be concerned about how President Trump is in a meeting. We know where President Trump was born. We know he likes women. We know he is not hiding an affinity for a religion that he does not own up to in frank honesty. We know he is not a revolutionary marxist bent on our destruction and fundamental change.
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