After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics

The following article by Mark Landler was posted on the New York Times website November 12, 2017:

President Trump with President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

HANOI, Vietnam — For the last week on the road, President Trump had been measured, disciplined and studiously scripted as he picked his way through the geopolitical minefields of Asia.

Then came the weekend.

In a stream of tweets on Sunday, the president said those who wanted to investigate his ties to Russia were “haters and fools,” ridiculed “crooked” Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated effort to reset relations with Russia and fired back at North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, for calling him old, saying that he could call Mr. Kim “short and fat” — but had restrained himself. Continue reading “After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics”