Oh, is THAT all? Mitch McConnell explains Donald Trump's NATO remarks

https://twitter.com/AaronIMarcus/status/756235226297368577

Oh, hey. This is reassuring:

“I am willing to kind of chalk it up to a rookie mistake,” Mitch McConnell said of Trump's latest statements on NATO https://t.co/9W5epJV3OO

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 21, 2016

More from the New York Times:

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and majority leader, broke with Mr. Trump on Thursday over the Republican nominee’s suggestion to the Times that the United States might not automatically defend NATO allies if he became president.

“It is the most successful military alliance in the history of the world,” Mr. McConnell said during an interview at his convention headquarters in downtown Cleveland. “I want to reassure our NATO allies should any of them be attacked, we will be there to defend them.”

“I am willing to kind of chalk it up to a rookie mistake,” he said. “I don’t think there is anybody he would choose to be secretary of defense or secretary of state who would have a different view from my own.”

Mr. McConnell said Mr. Trump’s comments reflected a stage of his learning process as a relative newcomer to politics.

Um, what?

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/756236760728862720

https://twitter.com/skipandpete/status/756237179886661633

@nytpolitics pic.twitter.com/5zpTHochbd

— Avraham Adler (@AvrahamAdler) July 21, 2016

What that panda said.

https://twitter.com/JustinPfefferle/status/756233982635671552

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Nothing like a rookie mistake from a presidential nominee https://t.co/1RwCrspOGf

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/DKinMN/status/756234984617312257

We should be electing rookies? WTF?

— Katieinjc (@KatherineArabis) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/JAStruck85/status/756231075727368192

It’s almost as if the Republican Party is being overrun with … what’s the word we’re looking for?

Ah, yes:

Idiots. https://t.co/g8W1b831ss

— Emily Zanotti’s Great & Unmatched Wisdom (@emzanotti) July 21, 2016

Seriously. “A rookie mistake”? What the hell kind of excuse is that?

https://twitter.com/philtering1/status/756232742564667392

https://twitter.com/nicknevinger/status/756230706112626688

Seriously? A "rookie" mistake? OK. McConnell you should be ashamed.

— Lia'sGrandma (@SusanHaine) July 21, 2016

“Rookie mistakes” aren’t an option when you’re Leader of the Free World, Mitch.

"Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops." @davidharsanyi

— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/756237850455248899

Oy vey.

https://twitter.com/HaileyWheelgun/status/756233859474264064

https://twitter.com/RobertVinet/status/756236527559143425

OMFG is he even for real right now?? "He pushed the button…was a rookie mistake" Help us all!

— NEVER Trump (@__NeverTrump__) July 21, 2016

@nytimes I see no problem giving a man with the temperament of a spoilt 10-year-old access to nukes.

— David (@PermaConfused) July 21, 2016

I wonder if McConnell will use the same excuse as nukes get launched when Trump feels insulted by another world leader…

— Theo67 (@glomad67) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/radicaltotality/status/756229747315773440

This is fine.

@nytimes pic.twitter.com/jliwpwoqaD

— ❄ Хорошо, бэби-бумер (@SputnikAZ) July 21, 2016

Juuuuuust fine.