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<p><a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/politics/bonkers-moments-white-house-easter-egg-roll/">President Donald Trump </a>hosted the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia at the White House today, and as far as we know, he didn&#39;t talk to the female leaders from Lithuania and Estonia about their looks.</p><p>It&#39;s Trump&#39;s first press conference in a month, and it comes after Trump told the cameras at lunch that he plans to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/trump-border-immigration-caravan.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=first-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news">deploy the U.S. Military to the Mexican border </a>(but no word yet about whether Mexico will pay for it).</p><p>Here&#39;s what went down.</p><h2><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">1. The president of Lithuania called Trump&#39;s leadership &quot;unpredictable,&quot; and I can&#39;t tell if it&#39;s supposed to be shade. </span></h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lithuania&#39;s president says sometimes &quot;unpredictable leadership&quot; is needed to pressure rivals. <br><br>&quot;And we see this kind of leadership in President Trump&quot; 👀 <a href="https://t.co/QSwEG9fDoj">pic.twitter.com/QSwEG9fDoj</a></p>&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/981229537471197185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. Trump ranted about the Mexican border, NAFTA, and the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/981121409807155200">&quot;caravan of refugees&quot; </a>he can&#39;t stop tweeting about. The question was about ISIS (and to clarify his previous comments).</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BASE ALERT: &quot;The Mexican border is very unprotected,&quot; Trump said, asked about his comment earlier to have military protecting the US border, adding &quot;we don&#39;t have laws.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/981231980334460929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s all about that base.</p><h2>3. Trump says that America should have seized Iraq&#39;s oil&mdash;which is a <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/trump-administration-wont-rule-out-stealing-iraq-s-oil-f12feac822f5/">war crime</a>&mdash;and said that ISIS is now using the oil to fund their terrorism. What?</h2><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump advocates a war crime again, saying the U.S. should have plundered Iraqi oil.</p> &mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/981232397701218305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><h2>4. He said that he wanted U.S. troops out of Syria&mdash;just as the military is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/politics/us-syria-military-discussing-more-troops/index.html">ramping up.</a></h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump sounded like Noam Chomsky for a moment, saying U.S. military presence in Syria (if not the whole Middle East) have brought nothing but death and destruction, saying it’s time to bring troops home, and instead work on rebuilding the U.S.</p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/981234236643475456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5. An Estonian journalist asked Trump whether Putin is his friend or foe, and he responded by saying that Hillary Clinton loved windmills.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And Trump is now attacking Hillary Clinton on &quot;windmills&quot; a year and a half after the 2016 election</p>&mdash; Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/981233503961534465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Multiple times, he said, &quot;I think I could have a great relationship with Russia, and with President Putin.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump: &quot;I think I could have a very good relationship with Russia and with President Putin and if I did that would be a great thing. And there&#39;s also a great possibility that that won&#39;t happen. Who knows?&quot;<br><br>Full video here: <a href="https://t.co/Wyt53YFilT">https://t.co/Wyt53YFilT</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZdXOqcVNnF">pic.twitter.com/ZdXOqcVNnF</a></p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/981237430794838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Okay, but he&#39;s been president for awhile...when will he know?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump did his usual: I can have a good relationship with Putin. Or maybe not. Who knows? We&#39;ll see... He&#39;s nearly 15 months into his presidency and has had a face-to-face meeting with him. We&#39;re past the hypothetical stage. What is his relationship like?</p>&mdash; David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidNakamura/status/981235933549875207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. He insisted that &quot;nobody has been tougher on Russia than me,&quot; which is why people are nodding.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reporter: How are you going to deal with President Putin? Is he your enemy or someone you can have dialogue with? <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: I think we’ll be able to have great dialogue, I hope...Nobody has been tougher on Russia then I have. I know you&#39;re nodding &#39;yes&#39; because everyone agrees. <a href="https://t.co/WcML0vhypV">pic.twitter.com/WcML0vhypV</a></p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/981235126821642240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. Trump told the Latvian president to &quot;pick a reporter&mdash;a Baltic reporter, ideally. We want real news, not fake news.&quot; He said the Latvian guy who asked him about Putin was &quot;too tough.&quot;</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Pick a reporter please. You can pick a reporter -- a Baltic reporter, ideally. Real news. Not fake news,” <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> jokes with Latvian president during joint press conference with Baltic leaders <a href="https://t.co/vdDsJlR3GQ">https://t.co/vdDsJlR3GQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/6fRtrLyRJv">pic.twitter.com/6fRtrLyRJv</a></p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/981235703131623430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ha ha, funny &quot;joke&quot;?</p><h2>8. Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis had no idea how to respond, so Trump just picked somebody for him.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump urges Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis to pick a Baltic reporter because they are “real news, not fake news.&quot; When he doesn&#39;t, Trump calls on one for him.</p>&mdash; Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/981234826316603392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Image result for today junior gif" data-attribution="Giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="211" onload="typeof google==='object'&amp;&amp;google.aft&amp;&amp;google.aft(this)" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/iqMHmcPIsNm4U/giphy.gif" width="245" /></div> <figcaption>Trump, basically.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

War crimes, windmills, and 6 other bonkers moments from Trump’s press conference today.

Orli Matlow

President Donald Trump hosted the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia at the White House today, and as far as we know, he didn&#39;t talk to the female leaders from Lithuania and Estonia about their looks.It&#39;s Trump&#39;s first press conference in a month, and it comes after Trump told the cameras at lunch that he plans to deploy the U.S. Military to the Mexican border (but no word yet about whether Mexico will pay for it).Here&#39;s what went down.1. The president of Lithuania called Trump&#39;s leadership &quot;unpredictable,&quot; and I can&#39;t tell if it&#39;s supposed to be shade. Lithuania&#39;s president says sometimes &quot;unpredictable leadership&quot; is needed to pressure rivals. &quot;And we see this kind of leadership in President Trump&quot; 👀 pic.twitter.com/QSwEG9fDoj&mdash; David Mack (@davidmackau) April 3, 2018 2. Trump ranted about the Mexican border, NAFTA, and the &quot;caravan of refugees&quot; he can&#39;t stop tweeting about. The question was about ISIS (and to clarify his previous comments).BASE ALERT: &quot;The Mexican border is very unprotected,&quot; Trump said, asked about his comment earlier to have military protecting the US border, adding &quot;we don&#39;t have laws.&quot;&mdash; Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) April 3, 2018 It&#39;s all about that base.3. Trump says that America should have seized Iraq&#39;s oil&mdash;which is a war crime&mdash;and said that ISIS is now using the oil to fund their terrorism. What?  Trump advocates a war crime again, saying the U.S. should have plundered Iraqi oil. &mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 3, 2018 4. He said that he wanted U.S. troops out of Syria&mdash;just as the military is ramping up.Trump sounded like Noam Chomsky for a moment, saying U.S. military presence in Syria (if not the whole Middle East) have brought nothing but death and destruction, saying it’s time to bring troops home, and instead work on rebuilding the U.S.&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 3, 2018 5. An Estonian journalist asked Trump whether Putin is his friend or foe, and he responded by saying that Hillary Clinton loved windmills.And Trump is now attacking Hillary Clinton on &quot;windmills&quot; a year and a half after the 2016 election&mdash; Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 3, 2018 Multiple times, he said, &quot;I think I could have a great relationship with Russia, and with President Putin.&quot;President Trump: &quot;I think I could have a very good relationship with Russia and with President Putin and if I did that would be a great thing. And there&#39;s also a great possibility that that won&#39;t happen. Who knows?&quot;Full video here: https://t.co/Wyt53YFilT pic.twitter.com/ZdXOqcVNnF&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) April 3, 2018 Okay, but he&#39;s been president for awhile...when will he know?Trump did his usual: I can have a good relationship with Putin. Or maybe not. Who knows? We&#39;ll see... He&#39;s nearly 15 months into his presidency and has had a face-to-face meeting with him. We&#39;re past the hypothetical stage. What is his relationship like?&mdash; David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) April 3, 2018 6. He insisted that &quot;nobody has been tougher on Russia than me,&quot; which is why people are nodding.Reporter: How are you going to deal with President Putin? Is he your enemy or someone you can have dialogue with? @POTUS: I think we’ll be able to have great dialogue, I hope...Nobody has been tougher on Russia then I have. I know you&#39;re nodding &#39;yes&#39; because everyone agrees. pic.twitter.com/WcML0vhypV&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) April 3, 2018 7. Trump told the Latvian president to &quot;pick a reporter&mdash;a Baltic reporter, ideally. We want real news, not fake news.&quot; He said the Latvian guy who asked him about Putin was &quot;too tough.&quot;“Pick a reporter please. You can pick a reporter -- a Baltic reporter, ideally. Real news. Not fake news,” @POTUS jokes with Latvian president during joint press conference with Baltic leaders https://t.co/vdDsJlR3GQ pic.twitter.com/6fRtrLyRJv&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) April 3, 2018 Ha ha, funny &quot;joke&quot;?8. Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis had no idea how to respond, so Trump just picked somebody for him.President Trump urges Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis to pick a Baltic reporter because they are “real news, not fake news.&quot; When he doesn&#39;t, Trump calls on one for him.&mdash; Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 3, 2018  Trump, basically. Giphy

President Donald Trump hosted the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia at the White House today, and as far as we know, he didn&#39;t talk to the female leaders from Lithuania and Estonia about their looks.  It&#39;s Trump&#39;s...