April 26, 2019: Imaginary Friend Calls President Trump "the Greatest Hostage Negotiator" in U.S. History

 

4/26/19: We learn, because the free press is still doing its job, that when North Korea released hostage Otto Warmbier in 2017, they handed U.S. negotiators a bill for $2 million to cover his “medical care.” According to the Washington Post the Americans agreed to pay after consultations with President Trump. Warmbier died a few days after he was returned to U.S. custody. 

This story makes Trump mad because it makes him look weak. He says he never paid the bill. His National Security Advisor, John Bolton, later admits we agreed to pay. Now, perhaps because the agreement is out in the open, we’re going to renege. North Korea gets zero dollars, despite our promise to pay; and after 28 months of Trump in office, his pal Kim Jong-un has surrendered exactly zero nuclear weapons.

 

Since Trump hates to look weak and stupid, and the Warmbier story makes him look both, he has no choice but to tweet-brag about his greatness. That means we are treated to this gem: “‘President Donald J. Trump is the greatest hostage negotiator that I know of in the history of the United States. 20 hostages, many in impossible circumstances, have been released in last two years. No money was paid.’ Cheif Hostage Negotiator, USA!” 

This tweet is interesting because: 

A)    The president misspells “chief.” 

B)     The U.S. has no “Cheif Hostage Negotiator.” 

C)    No one comes forward to claim they said what Trump says was said.

By the time Warmbier was released he had been tortured
and suffered a massive brain injury. 

This is by no means the first time Trump has manufactured quotes to make himself sound good. My favorite may be the imaginary Boy Scout leader who told Trump he had given the greatest speech ever at a Boy Scout Jamboree. 

What we know now is that lying is as natural to this president as respiration. The Washington Post reports that as of today, Trump has made 10,000 “false or misleading statements” since taking office. 

By the end of his term, 20,000 could be in reach.

BLOGGER’S NOTE: For more on Trump and North Korea, see his “humorous” quoting of Kim Jong-un in order to attack Vice President Biden (5/25/19), and his tone-deaf praise for the dictator (6/30/19).