Trump Gets Manipulated by Foreign Leader at the White House

If it wasn't already clear that every other world leader knows exactly how to manipulate Donald Trump, this should put any doubts to rest. Mr. President, it's an honor having you. Thank you very much. An honor? No, thank you. Thank you very much. I've been looking forward to this visit for a long time. Thank you very much. Meeting such a great president like yourself. That's a very nice thing. See? He knows how to get to me. He knows. He can have anything. Now he can have anything. Would you like to say something? That was Trump with the Lebanese president at the White House today, where the foreign leader put on a clinic in how to get what he wants from Trump. And let's be clear, it's not difficult. All you have to do is be willing to compliment Donald Trump, or better yet, give him gold trinkets, or even better, be willing to siphon a few million dollars into his crypto wallet, and then he will gladly be your friend, which explains this post from Trump shortly after their meeting. After meeting with the president of Lebanon, Joseph Ayoun, who has done a remarkable job working to transform his country, I'm hereby directing the administration to allow all U.S. airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon so that Americans can easily visit this beautiful land, hopefully other countries will do the same, and joy President Donald J. Trump. What do you know? A foreign leader sucks up to Trump, and Trump does something nice for them. It's almost like, and I hope you're sitting down for this, these people know exactly how to manipulate the sitting president of the United States, which, I mean, doesn't sound great for the security of our country. But the truth is that Trump is a narcissist. Narcissists want to be praised and complimented. And on behalf of all Americans, thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card. This is his interest. It was spectacular. There was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for as long as it did. Other world leaders aren't dumb. They know how to manipulate him because he makes it really easy. For example, this was the leader of one African nation. A Nobel Peace Prize, while I don't see any problem with it, I think that President Trump deserves it for all the efforts that he's worked on. And he brought peace back in the Siak region. That is my region, the region where DRC and Rwanda signed a deal. And so he is now bringing peace back into a region where that was never possible. So I believe that he does deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. That is my opinion on this. Thank you very much. It's very, very nice. Thank you. I didn't know I'd be treated this nicely. It's great. We could do this all day long. Thank you very much. And here's Bibi Netanyahu. I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It's nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well-deserved, and you should get it. Thank you very much. This I didn't know. Well, thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much, Bibi. Thank you. Thank you for everything you're doing. Thank you. It's a great honor. I mean, hell, even Republican lawmakers were doing it so that they could get a little pat on the head from Daddy Trump and curry favor with him ahead of any potential primary challenge. Thanks to his actions that he has brought peace here. Now he's brokered this peace deal. And I would submit to you that there's no one more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than Donald J. Trump. Yeah, Congressman, I mean, you're not the only one who thinks that. Yes, Pakistan also nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, only to condemn him a day later for the strikes on Iran. Now, of course, Pakistan is a close ally of Iran. But I mean, what did you make of that big flip flop? Well, you know, again, here is someone who is achieving something that has been attempted by other people for years. I mean, let's face it, Barack Obama won a peace prize, a Nobel Peace Prize for giving speeches, and Donald Trump, he's delivered. He's actually taken action and brought about peace, and he deserves it more so than anyone else I can think of. I mean, this should be a slam dunk. Think about what he's done. He's trying to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. He's trying to broker peace, and he has achieved brokering peace in the Middle East. The Abraham Accords, everything he's done, everybody wants to say, oh, he's a warmonger. No, just the opposite. He wants peace. He wants the economies to thrive. He wants to, and he understands how important this is. And I know that you said it's a slam dunk, but the president has been nominated for the prize multiple times. He hasn't won yet. Is it going to be different this time around, in your opinion? It is. Again, I think this time is the charm. I think he'll receive it this time, and he is certainly deserving of it. I don't know which is worse, that these people are so willing to publicly debase themselves to be in the good graces of their megalomaniacal narcissist leader, or that this megalomaniacal narcissist leader demands this slavish fealty of everyone who's in his presence. Either way, not great. But it's not just the fact that Donald Trump has these people fallating him for stuff as insignificant as a Nobel Peace Prize. What about the rampant corruption? What about selling access via his cryptocurrency? What about trading on tariffs for foreign real estate deals? What about the fact that his kids financially benefit from being at war, given their whip-fast investments into a raft of military-line companies? This entire presidency is so steeped in corruption that it's almost impossible to quantify it. But this is the reality of the Trump era. This is not about a president acting in the best interest of the United States. It is about the president acting in the best interest of his own finances. And he's put that on full display throughout the entirety of his second term. And just as bad as Trump's self-dealing is his entire party's collective unwillingness to stop it. Remember, Republican senators and Republican lawmakers are in a co-equal branch of government. They have autonomy. And yet instead of exercising that autonomy, they've contracted every ounce of their power over to the executive branch. They watch this corruption take place on a daily basis. And then all these people who needed fainting couches over Hunter Biden selling some paintings don't have a single word to say about Don Jr. getting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defense contracts. I almost don't know which is worse. The corruption that we're seeing, or the cowardice when it comes to calling it out. And frankly, we already know that so long as Republicans run this government, nothing will change. The grift and the graft will continue unabated, and the groveling sycophants will continue to run cover for dear leader. So I'm going to remember the next time any of these people pretend that corruption is something they despise, as opposed to their entire governing philosophy. Before you go, I'm very excited to announce that I've written a new book titled The Day After How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World. The book explores what is, in my opinion, the single most important theme that we're dealing with in politics today and moving forward. Power. Specifically, how Republicans abuse it, and how Democrats refuse to wield it. This book explains how we got here, and more importantly, how we should finally wield power if we're fortunate enough to get it back. It is the blueprint for progressives who want to do far more than just restore the status quo. Please pre-order today by visiting the link in the episode description, or go to bryantylercohen.com slash book. 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