President Trump talks with U.N. As the first situation has degraded, Trump and his team have adopted a newly aggressive approach. And as White House officials have struggled to play down the U.N. laughter, they’ve made patently ridiculous claims about it. “We should go through a process, because there shouldn’t even be a little doubt,” Trump said on Sept. 18. “Didn’t expect that reaction,” he said, “but that’s okay.” So Trump was both planning on the laughter and surprised by it?

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2018 16:12 UTC