Trying to bullshit the mild mannered leader of one of our closest allies in a meeting is one thing.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

But why are we supposed to be okay if the Madman attempts to bullshit the leader of a rogue nuclear power in their highly publicized meeting?

[marybourg]

1. The one leads to the other.

Neither are OK.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Exactly.

Except the consequences of the latter is even worse than the former.

And the former deteriorates our ability to stand up to the latter.

It's cyclical.

[poboy2]

3. "Trying to bullshit the mild mannered leader of one of our closest allies in a meeting is one thing"

..publically bragging about it and crowing your own ignorance about the subject in doing so is quite another.

He actually bragged about being fucking ignorant.

[poboy2]

7. Howard Fineman made this point last night.

But it may be even WORSE. Turns out the entire story may be made up!
Canada has no idea what he could be talking about.

What a psycho!

[Iggo]

4. He's a bullshitter.

It's not who he's bullshitting. It's who's doing the bullshitting.

He's a bullshitter.

[poboy2]

6. Fish gotta swim. Bullshitters gotta bullshit.

[MineralMan]

5. When shit will do for brains, all you can think about is shit.

That's Trump's essential problem. He is unable to think about anything else, so there you have it.