RUSH: Okay. Here we go, folks. A montage of Democrats and the Drive-Bys joining together in unison to criticize and deride Trump’s historic step into North Korea as, “Just a photo-op. Another example of Trump cozying up to authoritarian dictators.” Of all the things to accuse Trump of doing! These people? These people will cozy up to Hugo Chavez, cozy up to Che Guevara and Fidel Castro and the Soviet Union? (chuckling) They claim Trump is cozying up? (chuckles) They’re so intellectually bereft. If we could just… If we could just add another 10 points to the average IQ, it would finish these people.
Anyway, here is the sound bite…
TIM RYAN: The President Trump Appeasement Tour. I have no idea why he’s shaking hands with a dictator.
PETER ALEXANDER: (b-roll noise) Critics call the encounter an empty photo op alongside a murderous dictator.
MARIA CARDONA: …cozy up to dictators, to authoritarian rulers, to despots.
JEREMY BASH: This is symbolism over substance! They’re only delivering us photo ops.
NIC ROBERTSON: What’s the president going to get out of it other than a photo op?
BIANNA GOLODRYGA: … just for the photo op.
SUSAN DEL PERCIO: … just a photo op.
MORGAN RADFORD: …just another photo op.
ABBY PHILLIP: A photo op, a handshake. Nothing real!
YVETTE SIMPSON: A photo-op with Kim Jong-un. You’re coddling up to our enemies, these dictators, these authoritarian regimes.
CHUCK TODD: …the undercurrent of this entire trip, meeting with authoritarian figures.
CAL PERRY: …an authoritarian regime playbook thing that’s playing out.
JOY REID: … authoritarian Donald Trump was sucking up to.
JASON REZAIAN: …looking for allies in the leaders of authoritarian nations.
BERNIE SANDERS: You have a president who seems to love authoritarian people.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: President Trump finds more solace in meeting with authoritarian leaders and making fun of and insulting our friends.
RUSH: That’s Madam Albright there. She’s part of the group that was demanding we always talk to these people! “We gotta talk to ’em!” They got mad at Reagan for not talking to the Russians, they got mad at Reagan for not scheduling a summit. They got mad although Bush for not talking to the leaders. They get mad at all of us. They go talk to them, and guess what? Kim Jong-un and his dad get nukes. The Iranians get nukes. You talk about cozying up to authoritarian dictators, how about Barack Hussein Obama? Here’s a flashback for you of the Drive-Bys going nuts more Obama stepping foot in Cuba.
BECKY QUICK: (music) A big day for the U.S. and Cuba!
ERIC SHAWN: See that airplane? It’s Air Force One, and it’s been on a journey that’s taken 90 years!
DAVID MUIR: (outdoor noise) History has just been made. President Obama touching down; Air Force One landing here in Havana.
ROBIN ROBERTS: (b-roll noise) The first U.S. President in nearly 90 years to step foot on Cuban soil!
NORAH O’DONNELL: (whispering) The first sitting American president to set foot on the island in 88 years!
LISANDRO PEREZ: (outdoor noise) I never thought I would really live to see this day!
JIM ACOSTA: (outdoor noise) This is a momentous thing that we’re watching right now!
LESTER HOLT: (outdoor noise) Obama making history as the first American president to visit since Calvin Coolidge 88 years ago!
FREDO CUOMO: (rain noise) …to have the American president on Cuban soil. The implications are deep and yet unknown.
RUSH: Is that not amazing, folks? Is that not flat-out amazing? Obama was cuddling up to authoritarian regime! He was making deals with ’em — on their terms! It was wonderful; it was historic; it was great. All the media got to go to Cuba. “Trump is simply seeking a photo-op. He’s just dangerously playing with a dangerous for a photo-op. He doesn’t know what he’s doing!” I say, another 10 points average IQ increase across the population of this country we could be done with these people as a dominant force.