February 23, 2019
HE LAUGHED:
Trump's Trade Chief Lectures His Boss and Gets an Earful in Return (Jennifer Jacobs and Justin Sink, February 22, 2019, Bloomberg)
Trump told gathered reporters that the memorandums would "be very short term. I don't like MOUs because they don't mean anything. To me, they don't mean anything."Lighthizer then jumped in to defend the strategy, with Trump looking on. "An MOU is a binding agreement between two people," he said. "It's detailed. It covers everything in great detail. It's a legal term. It's a contract."But the president, unswayed, fired back at Lighthizer. "By the way I disagree," Trump said.The top Chinese negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, laughed out loud.
The one prediction about Donald's presidency that has absolutely come true is that he's a laughingstock.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 23, 2019 9:35 AM