"He wrote me beautiful letters. We fell in love. Oh, would you like to see? How much? How much?"

[Miles Archer]

Trump tried to shake down reporters to show his letter from Kim Jong-Un: ‘How much’ cash will you give me?



At Trump’s contentions cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he praised a letter he said he’d received from the North Korean leader, The New York Times reported.

“Those few people that I’ve shown this letter to, they’ve never written letters like that,” Trump claimed. “This is a great letter.”

This was not the first time Trump has celebrated their correspondence. At a campaign rally in September, the commander-in-chief revealed how the letters had affected him.

“He wrote me beautiful letters,” Trump told the crowd. “And they’re great letters.”

“We fell in love,” Trump added.

Trump even asked reporters what they would give him to see one of the letters.

“Oh, would you like to see what was in that letter,” Trump said.

“How much?” he asked. “How much?”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-tried-shake-reporters-show-letter-kim-jong-un-much-cash-will-give/

[mahina]

1. Please be satire. For the thousandth time.

[spooky3]

2. What a fool. Nt

[CatMor]

3. He is a raving maniac .....

I'm totally embarrassed having him as president of this once great country.

[KT2000]

4. this can't be real

Insane - period.

[rgbecker]

5. Ah.....Public record?

Just Saying.

[Codeine]

6. What a complete fucking whackjob. nt

[mr_lebowski]

7. Not to defend this moron, but Raw Story is sometimes just as stupid frankly ...

"How Much" in this context is much more logically interpreted as "How Much Do You Want To See It?", not "How Much Money Will You Give Me To See It?".

There's really no need for our side to be as stupid as this idiot.

[jcgoldie]

8. except in Trump's case its perfectly reasonable to think he's talking about money.

Either way his comments are just as stupid.

[mr_lebowski]

9. It's one thing to speculate that may have been the meaning ...

It's another to report it as FACT that this IS what he meant.

RS does this kinda thing a LOT, and it gets old. Blatant Click Bait ...

[Achilleaze]

10. This draft-dodging a-hole is what republicans consider "a noble leader"

sad.

[irisblue]

11. NYT Story, by Mark Lander and Maggie Habermann

source>>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/trump-kim-jong-un-letters.html

snip>>"Typically, according to people who have witnessed such displays, Mr. Trump calls to an assistant sitting just outside the Oval Office to bring him “the letters,” which he then fans out across the Resolute Desk so the people facing him can get a glimpse. They are translated into English and filled with flowery references to Mr. Trump as “Your Excellency.”


snip>>The White House has yet to release any of Mr. Kim’s missives to Mr. Trump, though the president did post on Twitter a brief letter he received from Mr. Kim in July. Mr. Trump has said he would like to make more of Mr. Kim’s letters public but that the North Korean leader asked him to keep them private. In the meantime, the president plays peekaboo with inquiring reporters.

snip>>“Oh, would you like to see what was in that letter. Wouldn’t you like it?” Mr. Trump joked last June when they pleaded for details of one letter. “How much? How much?”


It 's hard to tell if the reported "How Much" is a literal request for cash or a tease, IMO.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. He's sick. Seriously fucked up. Thanks Deplorables.