Trump called on two Kurdish reporters, including one whom he prompted, simply: “Yes, please. Mr. Kurd. Go ahead.”

He eagerly egged on a familiar Reuters reporter.

“Hit me with a bad one,” Trump said. “Go ahead. Give it to me.”

And he referred to the Times as if he was talking about a lost flame — “A paper I once loved” — and he said that a number of networks would endorse him for president in the 2020 election because he’s good for ratings.

“They’re all going to endorse me because, if they don’t, they’re going out of business,” Trump said. “Can you imagine if you didn’t have me?”

The president’s genial demeanor even extended to a question about the audible laughter he faced this week at the United Nations General Assembly, when he boasted that his administration had accomplished more during its first two years than almost any other in the country’s history.

“They weren’t laughing at me, they were laughing with me,” Trump said. “People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time.”

I probably left out some of the 80 minute dumpster fire, feel free to add what I forgot…

But I bet you his followers will not see it that way.