Excerpts: President Trump: Snip
"When I refused to allow the Americans, a year and a half ago, to fight with the Kurds against Iraq, I said, “Wait a minute, this country, stupidly, just spent a fortune on fighting for, with, around Iraq.” Nobody knows how they spent it. But they spent — actually, we’re in the Middle East now for $8 trillion, if you can believe that stupidity. But, in Iraq, we’re in for probably $5.5 trillion. So they’re telling me, “Wait a minute, we just spent $5.5 trillion fighting in Iraq and with Iraq. And now we’re supposed to spend money to fight with the Kurds against Iraq.” I said, “No, thank you.”
NOTE: After the President spoke about Italy and opened a Question and ANswer session, the press goes after the President re Syria, Pelosi and other issues. Note the way the Italian President turns this reporter's question to the topic at hand.
"Q Mr. President, you’re scheduled to see House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today. How do you expect that meeting to go?
PRESIDENT MATTARELLA: (As interpreted.) Before the members of the press introduce topics that have already been discussed this morning, President Trump was talking about the possible implementation of tariffs on European products following the whole Airbus affair. Of course, that’s a topic that we will certainly be discussing this morning, and I do hope that we can come up with a cooperative-based approach and a frank discussion, so we can avoid retaliation between the two parties."
NOTE: There's this remark about the IG report:
President Trump: SNIP
The IG report is going to come out soon, and we’ll see what happens.
I think people — I know nothing about it, in terms of the report. I’m waiting for the report like everybody else. But I predict you will see things that you don’t even believe, the level of corruption — whether it’s Comey; whether it’s Strzok and his lover, Page; whether it’s so many other people — McCabe; whether it’s President Obama himself. Let’s see whether or not it’s President Obama. Let’s see whether or not they put that in."
