Trump does that thing where he botches a world while reading but pretends he meant to do it: “Joining us from Kuwait is the Central Command Chris response and Crisis Response… I have to say you have shown great leadership.” pic.twitter.com/KHyu5mTtF3

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2018

Trump tells troops: “You see on the news what’s happening on our border. Large numbers of ppl & in many cases we have no idea who they are. In many cases they’re not good ppl. They’re bad…we’re not letting in anybody, essentially.”

He then blasts judges for ruling against him. pic.twitter.com/SmjPmhf4lf

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2018

Commander in Chief Trump is surprised to learn a colonel he’s talking to in Afghanistan commands 10k people.

“Wow! That’s a lot of people. That’s fantastic. That’s beautiful. And you’re enjoying what you’re doing, is that right?”

She says she does, but misses her family. pic.twitter.com/JagimYCvFG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2018

After the teleconference ends, a reporter asks Trump, “when are you going to Afghanistan or the Middle East?”

“We’re going to do some interesting things. At the appropriate time, we’ll be doing some interesting things,” Trump says. pic.twitter.com/tTFTDeg6zQ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2018

what a moron