Trump's interview with Time went off the rails after he showed a new letter from Kim Jong Un

Trump shows a letter he says he received from Kim Jong Un
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President Trump sat down for an interview Monday with Time's Massimo Calabresi, Brian Bennett, Tessa Berenson, and editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal. While they were discussing the 2020 Democratic field, according to a transcript of the interview released Thursday, Trump abruptly told the reporters: "Okay, now I'm going to show you this letter. So this was written by Kim Jong Un. It was delivered to me yesterday. By hand." Then they went off the record and the letter wasn't mentioned again until Trump started pushing back on details from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report.

The Time reporters noted that Trump confidante Corey Lewandowski had testified "under threat of prison time" that Trump told him to order then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to limit the Mueller investigation. Trump had just denied trying to limit the investigation. Things got weird:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.