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| 2016-05-28 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna At 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 |
| #4 You fear what you cant control. Obama was a bought man, "their" Manchurian candidate. They knew he would do what was in their best interest, not in the best interest of the USA. Things are changing and in the words of a little girl named Wednesday, "Be afraid, be very afraid"! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-05-28 13:33 |
| #3 This from a man who destabilized the world, treats traditional allies as enemies and traditional threatening enemies as allies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-05-28 13:21 |
| #2 Global indeed. We hate him here in the US too. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-05-28 10:40 |
| #1 ...Pity most of his audience is too young - or simply does not care to - remember that the same words were spoken of Ronald Reagan. "Cowboy." "Dangerous." "Simplistic" "Fascistic." Of course, Reagan won The War in spite of our allies, but they dare not speak that. I am however starting to get the impression that our allies fear Donald Trump will end the next war, once and for all. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-05-28 09:48 |