Politics –
Non-Presidential Trump
Is No Real Leader
Well, it’s official, folks. Not only is Donald Trump the most non-presidential figurehead America has ever seen, but he has also single-handedly demoted the US from being the long-respected leader of the free world!
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Late last week, “The Donald” gave a great big middle-finger to the world by pulling America out of the Paris global climate accord. Thanks, Donald.
In case you’re unfamiliar, the historic environmental agreement was reached in Paris on December 12, 2015, by representatives from 196 nations to adopt green energy sources, cut down on climate change emissions and limit the rise in global temperatures — while also agreeing to collectively cope with the impact of unavoidable climate change. The agreement acknowledged that the threat of climate change is “urgent and potentially irreversible,” and could only be addressed through “the widest possible cooperation by all countries” and “deep reductions in global emissions.”
In 2012, it was good enough for 196 world leaders, including the United States. However, in 2017, it was somehow NOT good enough for Donald Trump. Despite calls from environmental experts, corporate executives, and global leaders, Trump made the non-presidential move to pull the US out of the historic agreement and basically say “F*ck You” to the future of the planet.
Needless to say, the world reacted in horror to Donald’s inexplicable decision. However, Trump saw it as some sort of “gotcha” victory over the rest of the world.
“We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore, and they won’t be. They won’t be,” Trump said, setting up the Paris accord as some sort of global plot to rob America of its freedom.
“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
Um, no, non-presidential Trump — you weren’t!
His actions came only a week after German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a verbal dig to “The Donald” following his European visit, saying the days of Europe being able to rely on others was now “over to a certain extent. This is what I have experienced in the last few days.”
Ouch.
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In yet another display of his non-presidential presidency, Trump was anything but comforting following the deadly attack on the London Bridge over the weekend.
Trump could have released a statement offering condolences to the victims, or offering words of encouragement (like any other president would have done) that the US remains resolute in its fight against terror. But, he didn’t.
Instead, he opted to tweet FIVE TIMES in an attempt to prove how right he is about his thrice rejected travel ban.
On Saturday, Trump kicked off a night of tweeting with this gem: “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!”
He then followed that up by taking a swipe at the Muslim Mayor of London, saying “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!.'”
A few tweets later, he added: “Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That’s because they used knives and a truck!”
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, these are not the actions or the words of a true leader. Where is the comfort? Where is the compassion? Where is the leadership? Trump would rather make a point than be a real president.
And that, my friends, is about as non-presidential as anyone can get!
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I'll simply cosign Reza Asian's take on "the Donald." :
"This piece of sh*t is not just an embarrassment to America and a stain on the presidency. He's an embarrassment to humankind."
Trump's supporters consider him to be the best president…For.Them.
They are right.
The sad part is he really thinks everything he is doing is making the world not laugh at us. Except they are laughing at us and he's the last to know it. This guy is so out of touch it isn't even funny. I co sign Reza Asain too. When he pulled us out of the Paris agreement we were screwed.
I can't believe this meathead is a successful real estate person. He can't stay on point. At times he rambles constantly repeating to fill dead air.
Oh, and Rena Asian, you nailed it.
Sorry Reza, spell check doesn't know you.
CNN:
Not long after his city was hit by a horrific terrorist attack, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, announced that "Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed — one of the things the police and all of us need to do is make sure we're as safe as we possibly can be."
Within hours, the President of the United States was trashing the mayor on Twitter.
When his Tweet caused widespread outrage across Great Britain and beyond, Donald Trump had every opportunity to backtrack, thereby defusing a completely needless confrontation with America's closest ally. Instead, as might only be expected on the sad record of the last months, President Trump decided to double down. "Pathetic excuse" by the mayor, he tweeted today.
This latest storm in a teacup shows just how dangerous Donald Trump's utter disregard for the most basic norms of democracy (not to mention international diplomacy) is. For his reaction to the terror attack in London is a deeply disturbing augury of how he might react if a crisis erupted back here in the United States.
That's why, as I've been trying to digest the President's consistently unpresidential behavior, I've become obsessed with three crucial questions.
Would Donald Trump tell the truth about a terrorist attack on American soil?
Yet none of you liberals ever complained about Obama making the us the laughingstock of the world nor did you complain about all the stupid shit and especially the lies that came out of his mouth. All this fake outrage is pathetic.
If you love America you back America. Continuous sniveling because your criminal candidate Hillary didn't win is as childish as it gets.
Also I have a news flash for you brain dead sheep that follow whatever the Dem. party tells you to.
The planet works in cycles, as does the universe. Man made global warming is a hoax that is making Al Gore and company lots and lots of money. NASA scientists even published an article saying climate change is not man made but a cycle. The Earth is actually entering a cool down phase. That's why you had to change your vocabulary from global warming to climate change. Also lets not forget the leaked emails that exposed the global warming scientists for the frauds they are.
Try critical thinking (that means figuring out the truth for yourself) instead of blindly listening to retards like Pelosi, Schumer, Clinton and Obama. They're lying to you and your buying every word of it. God Bless America
Regular readers will notice a drive-by sniper in our midst. Not because he disagrees with the consensus point of view. We welcome Independent thinkers around here. But because of the following:
1. He began his response by assuming we're all "liberals" on this site.
2. He then launches immediately into a BLATANT lie that Pres. Obama made us a "laughingstock of the world.". Notice he provided NO facts to back up that foolishness. It's just his opinion and that of millions of Obama HATERS. But let's move on…………
3. He then follows up that nonsense with a heavier dose of nonsense in his complaint about " all the stupid shit and especially the lies that came out of {Obama's} mouth." Again, he provides NOTHING to back up his claims. He simply spews it because??? But let's move on……….
4. He then quickly pivots into a tirade about "your criminal candidate Hillary."
Now mind you, we all know NOW that the Trump campaign WAS AND REMAINS under federal investigation for possible collusion with the Russians to interfere with Our elections AT THE TIME of the elections. We also now know that that investigation has WIDENED and become a full-blown Criminal investigation into all sorts of possible criminal actions. But let's move on……
5. He then goes on the immediate attack again with "news flash for you brain dead sheep"…..yada, yada. yada……
Get the picture?
People like him have NOTHING to offer…….absolutely NOTHING….but Hate.
Hopefully the readers of THIS great site never takes the bait.
Now back to the REAL world…….Tues. June 6, 2017.
BREAKING: "Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal Is Actually Fake"
Excerpts:
Remember President Trump’s big, triumphant arms deal in Saudi Arabia? It turns out it didn’t really happen. It was Trump’s own fake news, a feat of supply chain vertical integration and more importantly for the MAGA agenda repatriating jobs from Russia. In all seriousness, at the end of the day it didn’t happen. There are no contracts or sales. At all.
So how could this be? The story comes from Bruce Riedel, a longtime CIA and national security official, now at Brookings. The Potemkin deal turns out to be remarkably similar to the Trump jobs announcements we’ve grown accustomed to. Trump takes a bunch of jobs or investments which either already exist or have already been announced and rebrands them as new economic growth driven by Trump Power. In this he usually has a compliant and complicit CEO, happy to go along with the charade to curry favor with the US President.
Here’s what Riedel discovered …
"I’ve spoken to contacts in the defense business and on the Hill, and all of them say the same thing: There is no $110 billion deal. Instead, there are a bunch of letters of interest or intent, but not contracts. Many are offers that the defense industry thinks the Saudis will be interested in someday. So far nothing has been notified to the Senate for review. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the arms sales wing of the Pentagon, calls them “intended sales.” None of the deals identified so far are new, all began in the Obama administration."
As I said, this turns out to be remarkably similar. The $110 price tag advertised by the Trump White House includes no actual contracts, no actual sales. Instead it is made up of a bundle of letters of intent, statements of interest and agreements to think about it. In other words, rather than a contract, it’s more like a wishlist: an itemized list of things the Saudis might be interested in if the price of oil ever recovers, if they start more wars and things the US would like to sell the Saudis. […]
Full read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breaking-trum…
H/T: TAC
TAC Reader:
The sheer level of completely stupid moronic decisions by this man is almost incomprehensible.
Not only do we put our soldiers, citizens, and affiliated members at risk in the country, we embolden greater discord among our reckless client states. {SEE "Trump’s Qatar Blunder" by TAC writer Daniel Larison}
Today, we also find out that the Saudi Weapons deal is also BS.
So what we have is a president and executive office lead by people who have no idea what they are doing, are running headlong from crisis to crisis, and are only lucky that the world is too afraid of getting in the way of these people doing stupid things that they haven’t fallen on their face and risked the lives of many people. We are one Hurricane away from realizing how bad things really are. […]
TAC Reader:
It matters not whether Trump’s condition is genetic or due to accelerating sclerosis, it puts our nation in peril. Hopefully the private discussions of 25th amendment disability will quickly become more public and be acted upon. […]
TAC Reader:
Putin must be smiling. The reason the Russians like to destabilize the Middle East is their economy requires the highest possible oil prices.
The Saudis like expensive oil, too. But their regime is less robust so their tolerance for political/social turmoil is lower than Russia’s.
I’ll bet the US national security apparatus learned about Trump’s move pretty much the same way we did — by reading about in the news.
One more crisis like this and Trump’s removal from office will be a serious possibility. This is getting dangerous. […]
TPM Reader:
Ho-kay we've had crooked Presidents before, and incurious, impulsive, mulishly "decisive" ones, But we've never yet had a mentally ill one provoking chaos in the international order, in diplomatic circles, in military matters, in the world economy, in everything. And we've never had a dominant political party playing chicken with the well-being of the world. […]