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demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:07 AM Sep 2020

Trump urged Sarah Sanders to 'take one for the team' after Kim Jong-un winked at her

President Donald Trump urged Sarah Huckabee Sanders to “take one for the team” after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to wink at her during a 2018 summit.

The former White House press secretary revealed the interaction in her forthcoming memoir, “Speaking for Myself,” which The Guardian obtained and reported on.

“Kim Jong-un hit on you!” Trump told his press secretary, according to the book. “He did! He fucking hit on you!”

Sanders said the wink came as Trump and Kim talked about sports, including women’s soccer, and she looked up to see the North Korean leader starting at her.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/09/trump-urged-sarah-sanders-to-take-one-for-the-team-after-kim-jong-un-winked-at-her/

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Trump urged Sarah Sanders to 'take one for the team' after Kim Jong-un winked at her (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2020 OP
Zero surprise Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #1
Strange that Bolton doesn't mention this in his book. Mike 03 Sep 2020 #2
I don't think Bolton was NSA that time SpaceNeedle Sep 2020 #20
Hahahaha! I'm sure it was more of a Alliepoo Sep 2020 #3
That was my first thought. Kota Sep 2020 #22
Smoky eyes! LakeVermilion Sep 2020 #4
I wonder what he sees at her. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #25
. Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #5
Thanks. I just hurled my breakfast. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2020 #6
She seems strangely proud of this MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #7
Probably doesn't get many... 3catwoman3 Sep 2020 #13
I know I'm a terrible prude but I'm not inclined to tell the boys on the bus when MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #15
Not really surprising since she was ok working for him JI7 Sep 2020 #28
Good point MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #33
Those that heard this crap JustGene Sep 2020 #8
"You're kinda cute lil fella, why don'tcha come on up and see me sometime?" oasis Sep 2020 #9
..... marmar Sep 2020 #10
Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #11
Lol! demmiblue Sep 2020 #16
Fantastic!! Codeine Sep 2020 #18
ROFL! Spazito Sep 2020 #21
Chef's kiss SoonerPride Sep 2020 #30
Bwaha! Looks better there than she ever did before. txwhitedove Sep 2020 #34
Ick. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #12
Here is an excerpt from The Guardian article: demmiblue Sep 2020 #14
So his wellness issues go back that far underpants Sep 2020 #17
Sarah's mind works in mysterious and baffling ways....if it works at all. IowaGuy Sep 2020 #19
I almost threw up in my mouth envisioning that. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #23
Talk about books i wouldn't even take out of the LIBRARY bedazzled Sep 2020 #24
I bet Sarah got a tingly feeling in her nether regions... Blue Owl Sep 2020 #26
So while Rumpy was two-timing Pootie with Kimmy, Buns_of_Fire Sep 2020 #27
I thought this would be a detail from the Stephanie Grisham book muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #29
I'm doubting this story because I can't believe Kim would have such poor taste. Goodheart Sep 2020 #31
pimped for a game of grease the Un Celerity Sep 2020 #32
Is there anyone he doesn't offend? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 #35

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
1. Zero surprise
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:10 AM
Sep 2020

To Trump, women have zero value save for sex.

I have no doubt that there is rampant sexual assault.harassment going on in the White House, it's a den if sickos.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Strange that Bolton doesn't mention this in his book.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:11 AM
Sep 2020

And he mentions if someone laughs, checks their messages, coughs, belches, or excuses themselves to take a pee. He devotes an inordinate amount of time to the "summit."

Alliepoo

(2,215 posts)
3. Hahahaha! I'm sure it was more of a
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:11 AM
Sep 2020

“This guy is an idiot, penguin dotard, yuk yuk, and we both know it but he doesn’t” kind of wink than a “Oooh baby you’re so hot” kind of wink. Puhleeeeze. And that’s even if there was a wink which there probably wasn’t.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
13. Probably doesn't get many...
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:47 AM
Sep 2020

...”admiring” glances from the opposite sex. Gotta relish those she does get.

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
15. I know I'm a terrible prude but I'm not inclined to tell the boys on the bus when
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:49 AM
Sep 2020

I’ve received disgusting winks and come-ons from freaks. She’s really comfortable confiding in a creep like trump. Just yuck from every angle

demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
14. Here is an excerpt from The Guardian article:
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:47 AM
Sep 2020
The two men also talked about sports, including women’s soccer. Then, Sanders writes, she looked up “to notice Kim staring at me. We made direct eye contact and Kim nodded and appeared to wink at me. I was stunned. I quickly looked down and continued taking notes.

“… All I could think was, ‘What just happened? Surely Kim Jong-un did not just mark me!?’”

Later, in the presidential “Beast” limousine on the way to the airport, Sanders relayed the incident to Trump and his then chief of staff, John Kelly.

“Kim Jong-un hit on you!” Trump said. “He did! He fucking hit on you!”

Sanders, a devout Christian who discusses her faith throughout her book, does not spell out the presidential expletive. But she does write that she told Trump that was not what she meant, and said: “Sir, please stop.”

Kelly backed up the president and Trump joked: “Well, Sarah, that settles it. You’re going to North Korea and taking one for the team! Your husband and kids will miss you, but you’ll be a hero to your country!”

Trump and Kelly, Sanders writes, “howled with laughter” as the car drove on.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-take-one-for-the-team-kim-jong-un-wink-book

IowaGuy

(778 posts)
19. Sarah's mind works in mysterious and baffling ways....if it works at all.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 10:08 AM
Sep 2020

She worked for a man that brags about grabbing women's pussy's, has multiple charges of sexual exploitation following him, has said some rather dubious sexually related things about his own daughters.....she knows all this and yet she chooses to confide in this man re: Kim's actions? And she's surprised by his reaction? That is a special kind of dumb and stupid.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,174 posts)
27. So while Rumpy was two-timing Pootie with Kimmy,
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 12:16 PM
Sep 2020
Kimmy was two-timing Rumpy with Sanders. Okay, I got the plot now.

And to think of all the government-paid-for boxes of chocolate Rumpy was sending Kim while he was pitching woo. SMH

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)
29. I thought this would be a detail from the Stephanie Grisham book
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:34 PM
Sep 2020

as an unflattering example of how Trump embarrasses any woman. Instead, it's from the memoir of a supporter.

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