Trump Loses It in Disaster Briefing With GOP Over Invasion

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Moris Dieck 0:02
Herr Budjettiminister, kuinka neuvottelut sujuivat? Kiteytän lopputuloksen kahteen sanaan. Suk C. Voitteko hieman tarkentaa? Suk C, sau, va, mo, no. Mitä nyt hiihtämiseen tarvitaan? Mutta mitä? Sitä, että toimittaja on hyvä ja suk C siitä putkesporttiin. Sieltä saa kaikki hiihtovermeet nyt liikuttavan halvalla. Putkesport.fi.
Dave Gorman 0:23
What are you doing here? It's time to leave.
Jose Ramón Fernández 0:51
Donald Trump just had a disastrous briefing with Republicans in Congress on the invasion of Venezuela.
Ben Meiselas 1:14
Donald Trump held this disastrous briefing at the Kennedy Center. Just take a look at what Donald Trump looked like during this briefing. I mean, these are real photos, not AI. This is how he was behaving. This is completely and utterly humiliating for the United States. Donald Trump was explaining why he invaded Venezuela and said, you know, the thing about Maduro is that he tried to imitate my dance a little bit, and I didn't like the way Maduro was dancing. Now, the New York Times, the Journal, and others reported that one of the main reasons for this invasion was actually... This is what, as all these good sources are saying, that Donald Trump was upset at Maduro's dancing and that he thought that the dancing was trying to outshine Trump's dancing.
Ben Meiselas 2:05
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump 2:07
And, you know, he's a violent guy. He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance a little bit.
Ben Meiselas 2:16
But he's a violent guy. Then Donald Trump says to the Republicans in Congress, who are there at the Kennedy Center, that he will be meeting with all of the oil companies. And he says, you know what we're going to be discussing, right? Drill, baby, drill in Venezuela. Here, play this clip. By the way, 14 companies.
Donald Trump 2:33
I'm meeting with them all. I'm also meeting with oil companies. Let's go. You know what that's about. We've got a lot of oil to drill, which is going to bring down oil prices even further. But
Ben Meiselas 2:46
Now, one of the important things to point out is that Donald Trump is also discussing that the American taxpayers will subsidize this. It could be as much as $100 billion of taxpayer dollars subsidizing oil companies to go into Venezuela because the oil companies don't want to spend their own capital expenditures there. They don't think it's a wise investment. So the taxpayers, according to Donald Trump, may be footing the bill. Donald Trump then starts talking about cognitive exams and he goes, I'm the only president to pass the cognitive exam. Let's show you this clip right here.
Donald Trump 3:21
I believe in it. I'm the only one that took a cognitive test. I do, it's the worst.
Ben Meiselas 3:27
Donald Trump asks the Republicans sitting there, why don't the American people like what we're doing? He says, all of our policies are great. What the hell is going on in the mind of the public? Because we have all of the right policies. Trump says, first off, what the hell are your policies other than destroying the American economy, destroying the lives of 99.9% of Americans, getting into wars everywhere and behaving like another maniac. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump 3:55
But they say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterm.

What happened during Trump’s Kennedy Center briefing on the Venezuela invasion?

Donald Trump 3:59
So you're all brilliant people. Most of you are in this business longer than me. That makes me smarter than you, because look where I am, right? No, it doesn't. But I wish you could explain to me what the hell's going on with the mind of the public, because we have the right policy. They don't. They have a horrible policy. They do stick together. They're violent. They're vicious. You know, they're vicious people.
Ben Meiselas 4:25
Then Donald Trump says that he's upset at his staff more than the New York Times for reports about his deteriorating health and slowing down. He goes, why'd my staff only say that I did one thing in this day when I did lots of things in this day? So I'm more mad at my staff than the New York Times. Here, play this clip. My people gave out a report.
Donald Trump 4:50
He had lunch. They show a report, lunch with somebody. And they did a story, Donald Trump is slowing down. He only had lunch. And then he went back up and he said, that's malfeasance, right? No, it's terrible.

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