Campaign Action Donald Trump gave a meandering impromptu interview to the press corps Wednesday in which he touched on issues ranging from the Niger mission he claimed he didn't authorize to his own superior intellectual capacities and how "extremely nice and extremely respectful" he was to the widow of slain soldier Sgt. La David Johnson. Frankly, there was too much outlandishness to cover in one blog post, but let's hit some central points from the presser, which aired on MSNBC. First, Trump claimed complete ownership over the military yet said he didn't authorize the fateful Niger mission.