CNN aired previously unheard audio between former President Donald Trump and journalist Bob Woodward on “Anderson Cooper 360″ show Tuesday.
The two were discussing secret weapons systems that the U.S. military has developed and Trump’s approach to foreign policy.
CNN presented the audio recordings as a “gotcha” moment, as if Trump were leaking secret information… which proves the mainstream media will never understand Trump’s appeal.
Warning, this contains adult language.
“I have built a weapons system that nobody has ever had in this country before,” Trump told Woodward. “We have stuff you haven’t even seen or ever heard about. We have stuff that [Russian leader Vladimir] Putin and [Chinese leader Xi Jinping] have never heard about before.”
“Getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. All right?” Trump stated. “Especially because they have 1,332 nuclear f**king warheads.”
Trump also talked about how his foreign policy was different than his predecessors… and President Joe Biden.
“It’s funny that the relationships I have,” he said. “The tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them.”
“You know, explain that to me someday. OK, maybe it’s not a bad thing,” Trump said. “The easy ones are the ones I maybe don’t like as much or get along with as much.”
Trump reportedly told Woodward again and again that he was extremely tough, which made it hard on foreign leaders.
“There’s nobody that’s tougher than me,” he later stated. “Nobody’s tougher than me.”
Trump then circled back to his impeachment trial, which was ongoing at the time.
“You asked me about impeachment,” he said. “I’m under impeachment and you said, you know, you just act like you just won a f**king race. Nixon was in a corner with his thumb in his mouth. Bill Clinton took it very, very hard. I just do things, OK?”
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