said he didn’t care if sexual assault accusations about his SCOTUS pick were true?

Trump made the remark during a 60 Minutes interview after his SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed.

STAHL: Do you think you treated her with respect?

TRUMP: I think so, yeah, I did.

STAHL: But you seem to be saying that she lied.

TRUMP: I’m not going to get into it, because we won. It doesn’t matter. We won.

Trump was referencing the allegations that Dr. Christine Ford’s levied against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She said that a drunk Kavanaugh held her down on a bed grinding and groping her, pulled off her clothes, and covered her mouth when as she tried to scream. Ford, professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, also provided polygraph exam results regarding her allegations.

Trump had repeatedly dismissed Dr. Ford’s allegations.

The Wall Street Journal – Trump: Mockery of Christine Blasey Ford “Doesn’t Matter. We Won.” 
The Week – Trump says that if Christine Ford’s sexual assault allegations were ‘as bad as she says,’ she should have reported it immediately
Wikipedia – Christine Balsey Ford, Sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh

dismissed a United Nations report on climate change?

The report was created by a the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a panel of 91 scientists from 40 countries. Trump explained,

“It was given to me. And I want to look at who drew it. You know, which group drew it. I can give you reports that are fabulous, and I can give you reports that aren’t so good. But I will be looking at it, absolutely.”

Trump has referred to climate change as a “Chinese hoax” and claimed that windmills cause cancer. He also withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, an international coalition of nations seeking to combat climate change.

The US Department of Defense has called climate change a national security threat.

ABC News – State Dept casts doubt on UN climate report as Trump says: ‘I want to look at who drew it’
US Department of Defense – DoD Releases Report on Security Implications of Climate Change

called protesters of SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh “elevator screamers” that were paid by George Soros?

Trump made the remark on Twitter in October 2018. Trump also claimed they were paid by billionaire George Soros.

Talking Points Memo – Trump Calls Kavanaugh Protesters ‘Elevator Screamers’ Paid By Soros

claimed he had no business interests with Saudi Arabia or Russia, despite selling millions in property to Saudis and Russians?

The Washington Post – President Trump has a massive conflict of interest on Saudi Arabia
CNN – Trump in 2015: Saudis buy apartments from me
Newsweek – Trump sold a $40 million estate to a Russian oligarch for $100 million – and a Democratic Senator wants to know why

said tariffs he instituted and tweeted about didn’t exist?

During an interview with The Wall Street Journal, when asked about his tariffs, Trump said, “We don’t have any tariffs. I didn’t put tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? We don’t have tariffs anywhere.”

Hours before sitting down with the reporters, Trump tweeted about billions’ of dollars worth of tariffs.

The Wall Street Journal – Transcript of President Trump’s Interview With The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal – ‘Where Do We Have Tariffs?’ Trump Asks. Here’s a List
Reason – Do Trump’s Tariffs Actually Exist?

 

asked “a pretty Korean lady” intelligence analyst why she wasn’t part of North Korean negotiations?

The analyst was briefing Trump on Pakistan when he asked where her people were from and why she wasn’t involved with North Korea.

The remarks came a day after Trump made a reference to “shithole countries.”

Business Insider – Trump’s ‘pretty Korean lady’ comment draws swift backlash
The Guardian – Trump asked why ‘pretty Korean lady’ analyst wasn’t in North Korea negotiations

released intelligence on the Russia investigation at the request of Sean Hannity?

Trump declassified a variety of documents pertaining to the investigation of Russian election interference and his administration’s own possible obstruction of that investigation. It included reports on warrants, interviews, and personal text messages of FBI agents. The intelligence community immediately derided the move as unprecedented and dangerous.

Trump said he had not reviewed any of the documents in question, but made the decision because of Fox News commentators:

I have not reviewed them. I have been asked by many people in Congress as you know to release them. I have watched commentators that I respect begging the president of the United States to release them….I have been asked by so many people that I respect, please — the great Lou Dobbs, the great Sean Hannity, the wonderful great Jeanie Pirro.

The Hill – READ: President Trump’s exclusive interview with Hill.TV 
Wired – The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Extreme Declassifications
New York Magazine – Trump Ordered the Release of Sensitive Intelligence at Sean Hannity’s Request

was considered by his own lawyers to be too dumb to testify to Mueller without perjuring himself?

According to Bob Woodward’s book, Fear: Trump in the White House, Trump’s lawyers tried to convince Mueller that he couldn’t testify because he is “a pathological liar.” An excerpt reads,

Dowd then explained to Mueller and Quarles why he was trying to keep the president from testifying: “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. I told you he was a goddamn dumbbell. What are we dealing with this idiot for?'”

Dowd also dissuaded Trump from testifying:

Don’t testify. It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit…You are not a good witness. Mr. President, I’m afraid I just can’t help you.

The Washington Post – Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency
The Hill – Lawyer told Trump he’s going to jail if he testifies to Mueller: Woodward book
Vanity Fair – EX-TRUMP LAWYER TOLD MUELLER THAT TRUMP IS TOO DUMB TO TESTIFY
The Atlantic – Here Are the Most Extraordinary Quotes From Bob Woodward’s Book

was described by his top economic adviser as “an idiot surrounded by clowns” that is “less a person than a collection of terrible traits”?

Quoted by Michael Wolff in his 2018 book Fire and Fury, the email by Cohn reads as follows:

It’s worse than you can imagine. An idiot surrounded by clowns. Trump won’t read anything–not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers; nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored. And his staff is no better. Kushner is an entitled baby who knows nothing. Bannon is an arrogant prick who thinks he’s smarter than he is. Trump is less a person than a collection of terrible traits. No one will survive the first year but his family.

 

I hate the work, but feel I need to stay because I’m the only person there with a clue what he’s doing. The reason so few jobs have been filled is that they only accept people who pass ridiculous purity tests, even for midlevel policy-making jobs where the people will never see the light of day. I am in a constant state of shock and horror.

In Fear, the 2018 book by Bob Woodward, Cohn described two instances in which he removed documents from Trump’s desk so they wouldn’t be signed. The documents would have canceled trade agreements with South Korea and initiated a unilateral withdrawal from NAFTA.

Trump also asked Cohn to print more money in order to pay off US debt.

Gary Cohn at Regional Media Day (cropped).png
Gary Cohn. Wikipedia

Cohn served as the White House’s chief economic advisor from January 2017 to April 2018, when he resigned over Trump’s decision to institute tariffs against China.

CBS News – Gary Cohn answers question about future at White House: “I’m here today”
Business Insider – Gary Cohn reportedly snatched documents off Trump’s desk to prevent him from wrecking 2 massive trade deals
The Hill – Woodward: Economic adviser ‘stole a letter off Trump’s desk’
CNBC – Gary Cohn resigns as Trump’s top economic advisor
Wikipedia – Gary Cohn

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