"As with everything the man does, the effect was disastrous and totally inappropriate. But rewatching the video, I saw from the president less an example of his usual bigotry and more an attempt at what looked like OK, kiddo cuteness that, catastrophically, and before I could nip it in the bud, had triggered a tiny sprig of sympathy. It didn't last two seconds, obviously."
"There was nothing affectionate in Trump's response to Mary Bruce, the chief Whitehouse correspondent for ABC News and hero of the hour, when she asked the Saudi crown prince about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi which, she suggested bravely, US intelligence agencies had concluded you orchestrated then informed the Saudi leader that 9/11 families are furious that you're here in the Oval Office,"
Donald Trump made a piggy admonishment of a female reporter on Air Force One that resembled an awkward attempt at affection or flirtation. The gesture appeared catastrophically ineffective and inappropriate, briefly triggering a tiny sprig of sympathy before failing. The following day Trump met Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office and displayed obsequious behavior toward the Saudi crown prince. A reporter, Mary Bruce, asked about Jamal Khashoggi and about the president's family's business ties to Saudi Arabia, prompting Trump's explosive rage. Trump's babyish verbal attacks on the reporter were described as unnerving and more sinister than adult-sounding speech.
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