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global trumpophobia
h/t Gates of ViennaAt a press conference at the G-7 summit in Japan on May 26, President Barack Obama declared that world leaders are "rattled" by Donald Trump, "and for good reason. Because a lot of the proposals that he’s made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude or an interest in getting tweets and headlines instead of actually thinking through what is required to keep America safe." This statement is remarkable not only for its eccentric syntax and convoluted logic. Obama assumes that 226 million Americans eligible to vote this year should take note of the fact that his G-7 colleagues--Messrs. Hollande, Trudeau, Abe et al--are unnerved, shocked, or put off by the Republican candidate, and that this should influence their decision next November. It should not: the election is an American affair, and it is offensive to suggest otherwise. Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Jimmy Carter in 1980 could have made the same argument, yet for all their faults they sensed how impertinent it would have been to do so . . . but those were different times. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-28 |
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