President Trump, trying to dig out from political holes of his own making, held forth for 71 minutes Monday during what was ostensibly a Cabinet meeting, but ended up being a familiar torrent of grievance, defensiveness and expansive statements about his view of his own powers. “You don’t think I get enough promotion? “We have a good relationship with the Kurds,” Trump said. “If they didn’t go through 2½ days of hell, I don’t think they would have done it. I don’t think you could have made a deal,” he added.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 17:27 UTC