Preparing to leave Singapore after a day of praising ruthless North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, Trump claimed that a disarmament agreement had been reached, and our nation no longer had a reason to live in fear. The truth is that nothing was agreed to on paper. We now know that North Korea is expanding its nuclear arsenal and attempting to hide it from the United States.

Leaving the disastrous NATO meetings today, Trump told the same lie. He credited himself with forcing NATO members to agree and pay more to support the alliance. Once again, there was no signed agreement; lie number two, or maybe one lie simply repeated in a different context.

Here’s what those in attendance witnessed.

Trump came out brawling in his first public comments, accusing NATO ally Germany of being “a captive of Russia,” calling members of the alliance “delinquent” in their defense spending and insisting they increase it “immediately.”

“It’s like the world has gone crazy this morning,” one senior European diplomat told CNN. “Trump’s performance was beyond belief.”

When Trump was attacking Angela Merkel and Germany at a breakfast meeting, Chief of Staff, John Kelly, was seen shaking his head and rolling his eyes. I’m certain that he was repeating his previous comment of “idiot,” at least inside his own head.

“This is very confusing,” another senior European diplomat said. Referring to Trump’s targeting of Germany, this envoy said, “the attacks before, and now this tremendous stuff today. It doesn’t make any sense. We’re still in the process of analyzing it.”

Some foreign officials were questioning if Trump was planning to “tear down” the 29-member alliance.

Although the Republican controlled congress constantly bows to their fuhrer, they passed a resolution “offering strong support for NATO.”

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker told CNN he was concerned that that Trump is trying to “tear down” NATO and “punch our friends in the nose.” The Tennessee Republican said he supports the notion of getting NATO countries to increase their defense spending, but he said Trump’s rhetoric is “damaging to us.”

Meanwhile, Russian television praised Trump for his bullying tactics at the meetings saying that he is fully supporting the wishes of Vladimir Putin.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European leaders are bewildered by Trump’s attacks on members of an organization which is credited for part of the reason there has not been a WWIII.

“The strength of NATO is that despite these differences, we have always been able to unite around our core task to protect and defend each other because we understand that we are stronger together than apart,” Stoltenberg told Trump over breakfast.

It’s time for another office pool. The issue will be “how much longer with John Kelly and Secretary of Defense, Jim Mattis put up with the antics of a spoiled child who is mentally challenged? My belief is less than one month from today.

For Trump, it’s onto Great Britain where no one likes him, and finally to Helsinki to meet with his handler where he will receive instructions about what actions he should take to sway the November election in favor of Republicans.

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Op-ed by James Turnage

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