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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:39 AM Nov 2017

Conway: North Korea's Kim Jong Un insulted Trump first

Source: The Hill




BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/12/17 09:37 AM EST

White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that a tweet in which President Trump called Kim Jong Un “short and fat” was just a response to an earlier insult by the North Korean leader.

“What’s helpful in full context is a 13-day trip where the president is very focused on global security, and combating terrorism and most importantly containing a nuclearized North Korea,” Conway said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked if the tweet is helpful.

“And you think name calling is helpful? Calling somebody short and fat?” host Martha Raddatz asked.

“I think that was the president just responding the way he does to somebody who insulted him first,” Conway said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/359983-conway-kim-jong-un-insulted-trump-first

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Conway: North Korea's Kim Jong Un insulted Trump first (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
Mommy! Sally hit me! brooklynite Nov 2017 #1
Exactly.n/t MBS Nov 2017 #30
"He started it!" How many times have you heard that fropm a child? L. Coyote Nov 2017 #38
She seems to know the rules Turbineguy Nov 2017 #2
Yep, she's out and playing on the playground this morning. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #5
She looks beat. Scarsdale Nov 2017 #19
And never mind that tRump is twice Kim's age Maeve Nov 2017 #3
Kim Jong-un is the same age as Drumpf's son Eric BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #12
The United States of America is run by Iliyah Nov 2017 #4
"Mom, he started it!" no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #6
The Trump Presidential Response Roy Rolling Nov 2017 #7
Waaaaah! Waaaah!!! BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #8
Omfg. Chemisse Nov 2017 #9
What a bunch of freaking babies - "he did it first!" Come on, grow up! George II Nov 2017 #10
Trumps Crybaby Tour Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #11
Putin has to be absolutely laughing his ass off at this groundloop Nov 2017 #13
Hey Vanilla Queen.................this is your asshole, the malignant narcissist sexual predator turbinetree Nov 2017 #14
What age person uses this as a defense for bad behavior? nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #15
So Lard Ass Trump Calls Un "Fat" - That Sure Showed Him DallasNE Nov 2017 #16
Talk about being easily manipulated underpants Nov 2017 #17
Damn Solly Mack Nov 2017 #18
OMG, i it a rule that everyone in this administration have the mentality of a 10 year old? lark Nov 2017 #20
So "Little Rocket Man" PatSeg Nov 2017 #21
Another Snowflake Liberalagogo Nov 2017 #22
Conway and the Clampett Clan in the WH Firestorm49 Nov 2017 #23
BOTH of you -- go to your rooms ! eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #24
Settle it on the playground... dhill926 Nov 2017 #25
Such mature people. Getting into a name calling contest. Kaleva Nov 2017 #26
This reminds me of me and my sister when we were growing up: "Mom, he started it first!" (eom) StevieM Nov 2017 #27
I think when this is all over defacto7 Nov 2017 #28
same script as apprentice. winners are -always-who brings in the 'most' for Daddy. Sunlei Nov 2017 #32
That short, fat, young dude forced the president to learn a new word. Sunlei Nov 2017 #29
Neener Neener solara Nov 2017 #31
Kim Jong Un Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #33
Are these people eight years old? jmowreader Nov 2017 #34
Conway, the cheerleader, star struck by the biggest bully. lunatica Nov 2017 #35
From Metternich's classic work "Policy For Third-Graders" . . . hatrack Nov 2017 #36
Dumbass Fucking Moron thinks bully pulpit is literal... Thor_MN Nov 2017 #37
Kellyanne Conjob rsexaminer Nov 2017 #39

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
19. She looks beat.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:38 AM
Nov 2017

Looks like a used up Vegas hooker. Big bags under her eyes, hair stringy. Not a professional looking person at all.

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
3. And never mind that tRump is twice Kim's age
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:44 AM
Nov 2017

or that he forgets to sign things at the photo-ops specifically called to watch him sign things...or that he has trouble reading his speeches and says even dumber things off-script...or that....

BumRushDaShow

(128,840 posts)
12. Kim Jong-un is the same age as Drumpf's son Eric
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:54 AM
Nov 2017

(depending on what source you use - the various "ages" are still in that range)

Apparently no one brought the adult daycare staff with them on this trip.

Roy Rolling

(6,911 posts)
7. The Trump Presidential Response
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:47 AM
Nov 2017

The POTUS missed a great opportunity to be "presidential" with the appropriate response: "I know you are, but what am I?".

He's the only person in medical history to have heel spurs in his brain.

Chemisse

(30,809 posts)
9. Omfg.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:50 AM
Nov 2017

I knew he wouldn't be able to constrain himself for very long. Kim Jong Um only had to take one little poke and Trump is back in the 'bully-on-the-playground' mode.

groundloop

(11,518 posts)
13. Putin has to be absolutely laughing his ass off at this
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:55 AM
Nov 2017

He certainly knew which candidate to back in order to do the most damage to the US. Our standing in the world is shit right now.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
14. Hey Vanilla Queen.................this is your asshole, the malignant narcissist sexual predator
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:09 AM
Nov 2017


Your leader is not only dangerous, but you being allowed to go on news show to reinforce the malignant narcissism coming from him and you, speaks volumes on how deranged he really is, and you reinforcing that derangement.

You fucking guy said that putin told him that his (putin) criminal enterprise didn't meddle in an election, and your malignant narcissistic asshole believed him instead of our intelligence agencies---------------------he should be impeached and committed, to a looney bin




He is not my president.........................


DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
16. So Lard Ass Trump Calls Un "Fat" - That Sure Showed Him
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:30 AM
Nov 2017

And notice how Conway never answered the question about whether name calling by Trump is helpful.

lark

(23,091 posts)
20. OMG, i it a rule that everyone in this administration have the mentality of a 10 year old?
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:40 AM
Nov 2017

Mommy, he looked at me wrong so I had to hit him! Waah, it's not my fault, it's his!

PatSeg

(47,397 posts)
21. So "Little Rocket Man"
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:42 AM
Nov 2017

wasn't meant to be an insult?

It is so easy picturing Trump as an eight-year-old, as he still behaves like one, "I'm rubber, you're glue". Obviously his babysitter left him alone with his phone again.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
28. I think when this is all over
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 01:27 PM
Nov 2017

People will be so sick of Drumph and his playschool pals that reality TV will die a crashing death. Our government is one big fake reality TV show no one wants to watch

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
32. same script as apprentice. winners are -always-who brings in the 'most' for Daddy.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 01:56 PM
Nov 2017
our president is a pimp

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
29. That short, fat, young dude forced the president to learn a new word.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 01:46 PM
Nov 2017

do·tard


/ˈdōdərd/


noun

noun: dotard; plural noun: dotards




an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
33. Kim Jong Un
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 03:32 PM
Nov 2017

knows what buttons to push to get Trump to throw a tantrum. I hope that whoever writes the nuclear codes gives Trump fake ones.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
34. Are these people eight years old?
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 03:44 PM
Nov 2017

When I was a little kid, I attended Heyburn Elementary in St. Maries, ID. Every classroom had six or seven balls in the cloakroom, but there was this one special one. It was red and a little smaller than a soccer ball...and Rob Rieger and Mike Bailey would always fight over who got to take the ball outside. I don’t know why. Rob and Mike always played together.

Rob grew up to be a doctor and Mike wound up as a teacher after scouting for a couple NFL teams.

It seems like Trump is Rob and Kim is Mike and the world is that red ball...but it’s too late for them to mend their ways and get respectable jobs.

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