The Trump Presidency
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Powerful speech by President Trump in Seoul just now.
Powerful?
Hmm.
It was well written and well delivered, but I don't think I heard anything I haven't heard before from other administrations.
Apart from the plug for his golf course.
Hmm.
It was well written and well delivered, but I don't think I heard anything I haven't heard before from other administrations.
Apart from the plug for his golf course.
I haven't heard speeches made by Obama, Bush or Clinton on the subject or just in passing, so I really can't compare and contrast. But several points in Trump's speech struck me:
Describing the horrors of life in N. Korea from the accounts of those who lived it. Like the woman whose newborn baby was taken away in a bucket to be disposed of because it was part Chinese. So add ethnic cleansing to the crimes of the Kim regime. Or the 9-year-old school boy who was severely beaten for not being able to recite some trivial detail of Supreme Leader. Comparing the literal and figurative darkness of North Korea to the freedom, prosperity and vibrancy of the South.
And when President Trump warns the Kim regime "Do not underestimate us, do not try us," unlike whatever similar stern warnings that may have been issued by previous administrations, there's a believability now. Or at least an uncertainty.
Those 3 carrier battlegroups though.
and yes, I understand that was chosen for the speech to influence the chinese. Just like President Trump was ridiculed for saying Japan was a nation of "samurai warriors" in regards to them shooting down N. Korean ballistic missiles flying over their air space. Oh the racial stereotyping horra. That also was for chinese consumption. The last thing China wants is a Japan with a more aggressive military posture or say ... nuclear weapons. Those wounds run deep.
Americans and the rest of the world can rest easy at night knowing that the leader of the free world knows what the hell he's doing.
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in bold, how does your point negate mine? Unless Obama was just as feckless?
but I'm not as smart as you are.
What can I say? I've heard/seen a great deal of commentary about this discrepancy over the years from a great many sources. Doesn't make me smarter than anybody else (not sure where that came from ??), it's just been my experience.
I guess for you there is. I don't see that reflected in Un's behavior. After being threatened with "fire and fury" he got right back to testing his ballistic missles.
Here again, respectfully, what substantive impact did they have? Un knows what we're capable of. A show of force is not going to swing any balances here.
If the little fat guy wants to commit suicide by launching a first strike there isn't any president we've ever had who wouldn't respond with overwhelming force.
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Did he use a teleprompter?
President Trump has been afforded an honor by China that no other foreign leader has before:
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/08/p...no-foreign-leader-has-had-since-its-founding/
and he didn't even have to bow or perform mock fellatio like Obama did.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/08/p...no-foreign-leader-has-had-since-its-founding/
and he didn't even have to bow or perform mock fellatio like Obama did.
Has he actually DONE anything to deserve this honor? (apart from serving Xi 'the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you've ever seen').
Of course they're going to play to his ego. Just like the Saudis. As the article notes, we'll see whether or not that ends up getting them more of what they want.
and he didn't even have to bow or perform mock fellatio like Obama did.
Yeah, to hell with respect for customs. They're just more PC cuckoldry.
He's done more than Obama did to deserve his Nobel Peace Prize.
oh shit, oh snap.
President Trump has put China on notice. They don't know what to make of him. Best use caution.
Emperor indeed.
you used the word and I agree.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...-protocol-test-japanese-emperor/#.WgRmJHZrypo
so on one hand, President Trump is not worthy of that honor, and on the other, the Chinese would give that away, cynically.
Naw I had that same thought. Neither one had done anything to warrant either honor.
Yep. Why not? They're playing for big stakes here.
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Did he?
Just watched the end of President Trump's speech in Vietnam. I'm so proud of our President. Next stop, my motherland, the Philippines.
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While President Trump was taking care of business in Vietnam, First Lady and Angel of the Morning, Melania was at the Beijing Zoo and the children serenaded her while waving U.S. and Chinese flags. What a beautiful sight. She then handed them each bald eagle stuffed animals as a symbol of freedom.
We have the best First Lady, don't we folks?
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We have the best First Lady, don't we folks?
Nothing like a fresh cup of MAGA to get my day started.
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