The apparent “counterprogramming” of Michael Cohen’s expected damaging testimony concerns arms control and national security experts, who fear that Trump is trying to distract public attention from Cohen, even at the cost of U.S. interests. “I’m shocked ― shocked ― that this White House would contour its foreign policy around an unfolding domestic scandal,” joked Ned Price, a former CIA analyst and a National Security Council spokesman under then-President Barack Obama. Trump arrived in Hanoi in the evening hours of Tuesday local time, or Tuesday morning in the United States. White House officials always caution that preliminary schedules, particularly those for foreign trips, are subject to change, up until the last minute. The dinner with Kim, preceded by a short one-on-one meeting, was only disclosed by Sanders during a Monday night refueling stop by Air Force One on its flight to Vietnam.

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2019 23:48 UTC