Anderson Cooper Stunned by Trump’s ‘I Realized It’s Not So Easy’ Comments on China, North Korea

Anderson Cooper tonight covered, with some amazement, an eye-opening new quote from President Trump in his interview today with the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal highlights this moment in their reporting on the interview (emphasis added):

[Trump] said he developed a warm rapport with Mr. Xi after their first meeting last week at his estate in south Florida.

He said they hit it off during their first discussion. Mr. Trump said he told his Chinese counterpart he believed Beijing could easily take care of the North Korea threat. Mr. Xi then explained the history of China and Korea, Mr. Trump said.

“After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy,” Mr. Trump recounted. “I felt pretty strongly that they had a tremendous power” over North Korea,” he said. “But it’s not what you would think.”

Cooper initially found himself at a loss for words at that remark before saying, “I don’t know why I’m reacting like this.”

He asked former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers if he worries that Trump has “no real positions” on issues and changes his position depending on “the last person who gave him a ten-minute lecture.”

Watch the clip above, via CNN.

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