Obama Official Susan Rice Slams Trump for 'Totally Gross' Hug

OCTOBER 19, 2019 12:54PM ET
The former national security advisor blasted the president for an unwanted hug back in 2015

By PETER WADE

After President Barack Obama’s former National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, President Donald Trump went after her on Twitter. So Trump was either watching the program, which airs at 10:00 PM ET, live or was informed that while Rice was plugging her new book, she was also critical of his recent decisions in Syria.

Just as the program ended, Trump took to Twitter and blasted Rice, writing, “Susan Rice, who was a disaster to President Obama as National Security Advisor, is now telling us her opinion on what to do in Syria. Remember RED LINE IN THE SAND? That was Obama. Millions killed! No thanks Susan, you were a disaster.”

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Rice, as she showed during the Maher interview, was sharp and ready to retort the president’s criticism. Only minutes after Trump’s tweet, Rice took to Twitter herself and slammed the president for not only his hypocrisy but also for an unwanted hug during the 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner that she called “totally gross.”

“Then why did you come up and hug me at 2015 WHCD when I’d never met you (which was totally gross) and whisper in my ear that I had been ‘very unfairly treated’ over Benghazi and ‘was doing a great job for the country’?” Rice wrote.

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