It was meant to be a relatively brief photo op to celebrate a relatively modest trade agreement with the Chinese. But President Trump has never been one to honor “brief” when combined with “photo op,” much less risk accusations of modesty. So as four Chinese government ministers and senior trade officials stood like blank-faced statues beside him in the gilded East Room, Trump began talking. Everybody in this room watches,” Trump said, recounting the times Dobbs praised Trump as the greatest president ever, “even better than Reagan.” Or Lincoln. When Trump ran out of people in the room to cite, he began talking about those who weren’t there.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 22:07 UTC