Trump Mocks "Da Nang Richard" Blumenthal, Defends Kavanaugh At Epic USMCA Press Conference

Trump cracks a joke about never drinking: "I can honestly say I've never had a beer in my life. One of my only good traits. I don't drink. Can you imagine if I had, what a mess I be? I'd be the world's worst."

He ends the question by telling CNN's Kaitlan Collins to zip it. pic.twitter.com/D6CXeC8azy

— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) October 1, 2018

President picks reporter: She's shocked that I picked her. She's in a state a shock.

Reporter: I'm not thinking Mr. President...

Trump: That's OK, I know you're not thinking, you never do.

Reporter. I'm sorry?

Trump: No, go ahead. Go ahead. pic.twitter.com/NGoHkOujed

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) October 1, 2018

Trump, while discussing the Kavanaugh allegations, claims to know a "pretty aggressive" Democratic senator he's seen in "very bad situations ... somewhat compromising" pic.twitter.com/mkJ5tbO7iu

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 1, 2018

President Donald Trump suggested Monday some of the Democrats questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had their own private behavioral issues, saying they were "not angels" and specifically calling out one he had seen in "very bad situations."

[...]He said the process was "so bad for our country" and said the questioning of Kavanaugh by Democrats on Thursday was a "disgrace."

"I watched those senators on the Democrat side, and I thought it was a disgrace, partially because I know them," he said. "I know them too well, and you know what? They are not angels."

Trump later said he had seen one Democratic senator who was "very aggressive" in some "very bad situations," although he wouldn't say whom and didn't get more specific.

Big changes for cars. The goal of the new deal is to have more cars and truck parts made in North America. Starting in 2020, to qualify for zero tariffs, a car or truck must have 75 percent of its components manufactured in Canada, Mexico or the United States, a substantial boost from the current 62.5 percent requirement.

There’s also a new rule that a significant percentage of the work done on the car must be completed by workers earning at least $16 an hour, or about three times what the typical Mexican autoworker makes. Starting in 2020, cars and trucks should have at least 30 percent of the work on the vehicle done by workers earning $16 an hour. That gradually moves up to 40 percent for cars by 2023.

[...]Trump’s victory: Canada opens up its milk market to U.S. farmers. Trump tweeted often about how unfair he thought it was that Canada charged such high tariffs on U.S. dairy products. Canada has a complex milk and dairy system. To ensure Canadian dairy farmers don’t go bankrupt, the Canadian government restricts how much dairy can be produced in the country and how much foreign dairy can enter to keep milk prices high. Trump didn’t like that, and dairy was a major sticking point in the negotiations.

In the end, Canada is keeping most of its complex system in place, but it is giving greater market share to U.S. dairy farmers. U.S. negotiators say they got a major victory by forcing Canada to eliminate the pricing scheme for what are known as Class 7 dairy products. That means U.S. dairy farmers can probably send a lot more milk protein concentrate, skim milk powder and infant formula to Canada (and those products are relatively easy to transport and store).