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They also believe Drumpf’s foreign policy is chiefly driven by an obsession with unravelling Barack Obama’s policies. “It’s his only real position,” one European diplomat said. “He will ask: ‘Did Obama approve this?’ And if the answer is affirmative, he will say: ‘We don’t.’ He won’t even want to listen to the arguments or have a debate. He is obsessed with Obama.”
This Is What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump
In interviews with BuzzFeed News, six top European government officials who’ve had firsthand dealings on the international stage with Trump and his administration describe a president regarded even by allies as erratic and limited, and whose perceived shortcomings are compounded by the ongoing chaos beneath him in the White House.
The officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity, voiced similar and consistent concerns, in particular over his unprecedented use of Twitter, which they said demonstrated the lack of normal government controls at the top of the administration.
“Trump could send a tweet in the middle of the night ****ing off Kim Jong Un. And the next morning we wake up to a world on the brink of war,” one seasoned diplomat told BuzzFeed News.
On one level, the officials said, he is something of a laughing stock among Europeans at international gatherings. One revealed that a small group of diplomats play a version of word bingo whenever the president speaks because they consider his vocabulary to be so limited. “Everything is ‘great’, ‘very, very great’, ‘amazing’,” the diplomat said.
But behind the mocking, there is growing fear among international governments that Trump is a serious threat to international peace and stability.
“He has no historical view. He is only dealing with these issues now, and seems to think the world started when he took office,” a diplomat told BuzzFeed News, pointing to Trump’s remarks and tweets about defence spending. “He thinks that NATO existed only to keep the communists out of Europe. He has a similar attitude in Asia-Pacific with Japan, ignoring that the US basically wrote their constitution.” During his presidential campaign, Trump called out Japan to pay more for the security US provides, including for hosting the US troops in the country. Japan’s constitution restricts its military options.
Just like his supporters he's insanely childish and myopic.
Nothing came from that, so the alt-right needs to up the ante to keep their merry band of children entertained.
Meanwhile, I'm still curious to know how President Clinton managed to give nuclear weapons to the North Koreans as part of a deal to end their nuclear program 20-odd years ago. Somehow that rhetoric doesn't add up, yet the Flaggys of the world keep repeating it.
When did I ever specifically say the weapons? They received the technology, similar to what Obama did with Iran. They still had to develop the weapons, which they obviously did. And the technology they received assisted them with doing that.
I agree with Scoob.
HRC wouldn't have gotten rich.
The Clinton Foundation however ...
What was the point of the Clinton Foundation, again? Oh, yea, to help people.
To put such a scandal on an organization that mostly goes out and helps people when we ignore the really obvious direct enrichment dump is getting is pretty pathetic.
dump's family is even in the business of selling green cards, for crying out loud.
When EVER has the conflicts due to the emoluments clause ever been brought up?? People are spending a LOT of money in dump's hotels to get favor with him.
Comparing that to issues with the Clinton Foundation... wow. just wow.
It's like comparing Secretary Clinton *might* have exposed some secrets based on poor handling of e-mails, but dump just hands them out without even any pressure. Which is more risky to our country, again?
How you can compare the two takes some really special work in one's head.
Nothing came from that, so the alt-right needs to up the ante to keep their merry band of children entertained.
Meanwhile, I'm still curious to know how President Clinton managed to give nuclear weapons to the North Koreans as part of a deal to end their nuclear program 20-odd years ago. Somehow that rhetoric doesn't add up, yet the Flaggys of the world keep repeating it.
Just like his supporters he's insanely childish and myopic.
"Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance?" -- U.S. Senator Roman Hruska on the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court.
52 percent of [polled, registered as,] Republicans said they would back a postponement of the next election if Trump called for it.
If Trump and congressional Republicans proposed postponing the election to ensure only eligible citizens could vote, support from Republicans rises to 56 percent.
Pollsters found 47 percent of Republicans think Trump won the popular vote.
*Edit* I was trying to think of something witty to comment on this... But I can't. The 30% of Republicans who blindly vote for an (R) no matter the outcome have long since crossed a bridge too far. Counting is now officially too hard for Republicans.
You realize there's a huge difference between profiting off your position while in office and profiting on the speaking/consulting circuits once you're out of office, right?
Edit: Probably should read everything earlier first
"I went over the facts in my head, and admired how much uglier the situation had just become. Over the years I've learned that ignorance is more than just bliss. It's freaking orgasmic ecstasy".- Harry Dresden, Blood Rites
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