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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Trump: "I'm the chosen one" to confront China on trade, retweets a quote likening him to "second coming of God"; Trump zig-zags on guns & background checks; Trump jokes about awarding himself the Medal of Honor

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2866 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Trump says it was "very nasty" of Danish PM to call his interest in buying Greenland "absurd"; Trump Admin. announces new plan that would allow migrant families to be detained beyond 20-day limit; Trump: Russia should be let back into G8; Says Putin outsmarted Obama in Crimea; Trump: Jews who vote for Dems are "very disloyal" to Israel; Indefinite detention of migrant families to be allowed under new Trump administration rule; South Korean K-Pop music lures defectors from northTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now breaking news, delusions of grandeur after forwarding a tweet

0:05.9

the comparison to the second coming of God, President Trump declares himself the

0:09.9

chosen one to deal with China. He also calls himself wonderful and responsible for great things.

0:16.1

Is he drinking his own cool aid? Annoyed by allies. The president calls Denmark's

0:21.0

Prime Minister Nasty for labeling his desire to buy Greenland absurd,

0:25.2

but he calls on other allies to let Russia back into the G8 group of industrialized nations.

0:30.8

Why is he so eager to embrace Vladimir poop?

0:34.1

Reversing course, President Trump flip-flops on gun background checks saying he wants to

0:39.0

fix loopholes but stresses that the nation already has strong background checks.

0:44.0

And after saying he was weighing a payroll tax cut,

0:47.0

the president says he's no longer looking at a payroll tax cut.

0:51.0

And K-pop Revolution.

0:52.8

South Korea's pop music has fans around the world including North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

0:59.2

But can the dictator stop K-pop from luring away defectors.

1:03.2

Wolfitzer is off today.

1:05.0

I'm Brianna Keeler.

1:06.0

You're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

1:17.0

Breaking News.

1:18.0

Breaking news, President Trump goes off on an extraordinary rant at times taking on a messianic tone.

1:24.8

After retweet a notorious conspiracy theorist who suggested that he's

1:29.2

loved like the second coming of God,

1:31.0

the president declared to reporters that he's, quote, the chosen one

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