Trump doesn’t understand that MOUs are binding.
Robert Lighthizer had to explain a memo of understanding to Trump in front of Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 23, 2019
Trump: "They don't mean anything." RL: "It's a legal term. It's a contract."
Trump: "By the way I disagree."
The Vice Premier laughed out loud. https://t.co/kqF0yM7eJx
Reminiscent of telling Mulvaney he effed it all up during spending bill negotiations for wall money…there can only be one chief negotiator, and he sits behind the Resolute Desk https://t.co/s4yI143Qq7
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 24, 2019
Amazing. In front of Chinese VP, Trump declares the MOU meaningless. Lighthizer, seeing the havoc this statement could wreak, corrects him. But Trump repeats that it's meaningless. So Lighthizer changes his words to appease the toddler. See last 5 minutes: https://t.co/cE6O0kiScK https://t.co/UKkGEGooym
— Will Saletan (@saletan) February 23, 2019
Sad! 