ABC’s chief White House correspondent Jon Karl says President Trump stepping into the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday to shake hands with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may be the “biggest moment of his presidency so far.”

Of course, it was “sheer performance,” whatever that is supposed to mean.

.@ABC Chief White House correspondent @jonkarl on Pres. Trump becoming the first U.S. president to step into North Korea: "In terms of sheer performance… this may be the biggest moment of the Trump presidency so far." https://t.co/KQyNDJDgFV pic.twitter.com/dLJoe2yYfQ — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 30, 2019

Naturally, the description of Trump’s meeting with the North Korean dictator as possibly the biggest moment of his presidency did not sit well with lefties.

this is shameful and if you frame it any other way you’re out of your mind https://t.co/eWsXvmk16U — Stefan Marolachakis (@stefanmymind) June 30, 2019

I will come to you whenever I need "sheer performance" news, Jon. https://t.co/0qnVRn7VnQ — Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) June 30, 2019

there’s no evidence that this “performance” or previous Trump-Kim performances have advanced the national security interests of the United States in any way they do appear to have advanced the interests of North Korea’s brutal nuclear-armed dictatorship, however https://t.co/efUdlHRIDJ — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 30, 2019

Having learned nothing from the 2016 election or the years since, the media frames a photo op with a murderous dictator as "Trump's biggest moment." NOTE TO MEDIA: You are not theater critics. This is not a reality show. Cut it out. https://t.co/qupJkcG5js — Anita Creamer (@AnitaCreamer) June 30, 2019

The coverage of Trump’s failed diplomacy with a nuclear armed madman is dangerously stupid. https://t.co/6ttIOJZ37f — Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) June 30, 2019

To take the cake, a former “special assistant” to President Obama says the U.S. media are now in the tank for Trump.

Our press is going to give North Korean state-run media a run for its money. https://t.co/KyWrbGUNj2 — Ned Price (@nedprice) June 30, 2019

What a time to be on Twitter.

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