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spanone

(135,880 posts) Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:17 PM Apr 2017

Transcript of AP interview with Trump

transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace. Where the audio recording of the interview is unclear, ellipses or a notation that the recording was unintelligible are used.

AP: I do want to talk to you about the 100 days.

TRUMP: Good.

AP: I want to ask a few questions on some topics that are happening toward the end of the interview.

TRUMP: Did you see Aya (Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker who had been detained in the country for nearly three years) ...

AP: Can you tell me a little bit about how that came about?

TRUMP: No, just — you know, I asked the government to let her out. ...

entire interview: https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83

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Transcript of AP interview with Trump (Original Post) spanone Apr 2017 OP

What the hell is wrong with him? beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #1

as i remember, there was NO chemistry. he's truly demented. spanone Apr 2017 #3

I didn't see any either. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #4

You're not going to get much traffic on this because it's so mind boggling Warpy Apr 2017 #2

Jawdropped. Raine1967 Apr 2017 #5

That transcript is sucking vast amounts of intelligence out of the universe. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #6

I tried, but I couldn't make it all the way through. Arkansas Granny Apr 2017 #7

the moron-in-chief spanone Apr 2017 #9

He is treated so unfairly and very badly, but he has GREAT chemistry with everyone and their dog dalton99a Apr 2017 #8

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

1. What the hell is wrong with him?

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:24 PM

Apr 2017

TRUMP: Yeah, it's funny: One of the best chemistries I had was with (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel.

(Crosstalk) AP: Really?

TRUMP: Chancellor Merkel.

TRUMP: And I guess somebody shouted out, "Shake her hand, shake her hand," you know. But I never heard it. But I had already shaken her hand four times. You know, because we were together for a long time.

AP: Did you expect you would have good chemistry with her?

TRUMP: No. Because, um, I'm at odds on, you know, the NATO payments and I'm at odds on immigration. We had unbelievable chemistry. And people have given me credit for having great chemistry with all of the leaders, including el-Sissi. ...

TRUMP: So it was a great thing to see that happen.

This is even more cringe-worthy on transcript.

spanone

(135,880 posts)

3. as i remember, there was NO chemistry. he's truly demented.

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:28 PM

Apr 2017

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

4. I didn't see any either.

Reply to spanone (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:35 PM

Apr 2017

In fact she looked as uncomfortable with Trump as she did with Bush. Like she'd rather be anywhere else.

It's like he can't believe that there are people - especially women - who aren't attracted to him.

Ugh.

Warpy

(111,352 posts)

2. You're not going to get much traffic on this because it's so mind boggling

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:28 PM

Apr 2017

and it's painful to read through, a total simpleton with megalomania who thinks he's outsmarting every world leader on the planet and only has to say "gimme" to get.

We have at least two years of this to get through.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

5. Jawdropped.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:36 PM

Apr 2017

A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace. Where the audio recording of the interview is unclear, ellipses or a notation that the recording was unintelligible are used.

FTR: "..." <-- 55 times.

AP: You did put out though, as a candidate, you put out a 100-day plan. Do you feel like you should be held accountable to that plan?

TRUMP: Somebody, yeah, somebody put out the concept of a hundred-day plan. But yeah. Well, I'm mostly there on most items. Go over the items, and I'll talk to you ...

yikes.