Deranged Rhino Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Trump on wiretapping during the Merkel Q&A: "At least we have something in common then" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Jake Tapper, in response to the above, just implied the US wiretapping of Merkel was also unconfirmed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Trump on wiretapping during the Merkel Q&A: "At least we have something in common then" :lol: That was funny! It took the press a few seconds to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Jake Tapper, in response to the above, just implied the US wiretapping of Merkel was also unconfirmed... Has he ever been confirmed to be Jake Tapper. I think I'll start referring to him as "The alleged Jake Tapper." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Has he ever been confirmed to be Jake Tapper. I think I'll start referring to him as "The alleged Jake Tapper." Or you can pretend you're gator/PastaJoe and call him the "so-called Jake Tapper." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Krauthammer’s Take: Rex Tillerson’s Threats to North Korea Are Meant for China to HearRead more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Israel threatens to destroy Syrian air defenses http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/19/middleeast/israel-syria-air-defenses-liberman/index.html I don't think Russia would like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) WITH MERKEL’S VISIT, TRUMP WINS AGAIN by John Hindraker I am a couple of days behind on this–it comes from being on vacation–but it is still worth noting that Angela Merkel’s visit to Washington was a win for President Trump. The press focused on irrelevancies, as one would expect–they didn’t shake hands during the photo-op! But the real news is Merkel’s acknowledgement that Trump’s campaign theme, that our European partners need to pay more for their own defense, is correct. In truth the EU has been moving in this direction for a while, concerned about the Russian threat: I was gratified to know that the President had aligned how important he thinks NATO is. NATO is of prime importance for us, and it was not without very good reason that we said during our summit meeting in Wales that also Germany needs to increase expenditure. We committed to this 2-percent goal until 2024. Last year we increased our defense spending by 8 percent, and we’re going to work together again and again on this. European reporters, like their American counterparts, don’t seem capable of the slightest nuance. Thus, since Trump wants to put America first, he must be an isolationist! (A warmonger too, in some accounts. Go figure.) This exchange with a German reporter was entertaining: Christine Dunes from the German Press Agency: *** And then, Mr. President, America first, don’t you think that this is going to weaken also the European Union? And why are you so scared of diversity in the news and in the media, that you speak so often of — fake news — and that things after all, in the end, cannot be proven. For example, the fact that you have been wiretapped by Mr. Obama. PRESIDENT TRUMP: A nice, friendly reporter. Well, first of all, I don’t believe in an isolationist policy. But I also believe a policy of trade should be a fair policy. And the United States has been treated very, very unfairly by many countries over the years. And that’s going to stop. But I’m not an isolationist. I’m a free trader, but I’m also a fair trader. And our free trade has led to a lot of bad things happening. You look at the deficits that we have, and you look at all of the accumulation of debt. We’re a very powerful company — country. We’re a very strong — very strong country. We’ll soon be at a level that we perhaps have never been before. Our military is going to be strengthened. It’s been depleted. But I am a — a trader. I am a fair trader. I am a trader that wants to see good for everybody worldwide, but I am not an isolationist by any stretch of the imagination. So I don’t know what newspaper you are reading, but I guess that would be another example of, as you say, fake news. Merkel noted that she has no problem with Trump’s putting America first: CHANCELLOR MERKEL: (As interpreted.) Thank you very much. Well, I’m here as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. I represent German interests. I speak with the President of the United States, who stands up for, as is right, American interests. That is our task, respectively. And I must say that I was very gratified to know the very warm and gracious hospitality with which I have been received here. As usual, only those who pay close attention understand how well the Trump administration is doing. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/03/with-merkels-visit-trump-wins-again.php . Edited March 19, 2017 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nikki Haley for the win: UN withdraws anti-Israel report and official resigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 DEMOCRATS IN 2017: Susan Rice, who went on all the Sunday shows peddling the Benghazi YouTube lie, now has an oped in the Washington Post titled When the White House twists the truth, we are all less safe. Pathetic of WaPo to run this. And speaking of less safe, “The troika made up of Susan Rice, Samantha Power, and Hillary Clinton was perhaps the most disastrous foreign policy crew in American history.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/26/trump_reportedly_handed_merkel_a_374_billion_invoice_for_nato.html We all knew that the White House meeting between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been awkward. But things were even more uncomfortable than we thought. Turns out Trump’s version of diplomacy with one of the country’s most important allies in Europe involves handing over a bill for billions of dollars that the White House believes it owes NATO, according to the Times of London. One German minister did not hesitate to qualify the invoice as “outrageous,” saying the intent was clear. “The concept behind putting out such demands is to intimidate the other side, but the chancellor took it calmly and will not respond to such provocations,” the minister said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/26/trump_reportedly_handed_merkel_a_374_billion_invoice_for_nato.html We all knew that the White House meeting between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been awkward. But things were even more uncomfortable than we thought. Turns out Trumps version of diplomacy with one of the countrys most important allies in Europe involves handing over a bill for billions of dollars that the White House believes it owes NATO, according to the Times of London. One German minister did not hesitate to qualify the invoice as outrageous, saying the intent was clear. The concept behind putting out such demands is to intimidate the other side, but the chancellor took it calmly and will not respond to such provocations, the minister said. Trump should go into the debt collection business, become a lawyer too, make it easier. Oh wait, "the lawyer" lost in November. His perfect vocation, befitting of such a scumbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Trump should go into the debt collection business, become a lawyer too, make it easier. Oh wait, "the lawyer" lost in November. His perfect vocation, befitting of such a scumbag. More like a shakedown gangster. Like Putin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) More like a shakedown gangster. Like Putin Trump is clearly a mover, not a shaker: Edited March 27, 2017 by Deranged Rhino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Trump is clearly a mover, not a shaker: That's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Trump is clearly a mover, not a shaker: Clearly a tick of his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Trump is clearly a mover, not a shaker: LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Clearly a tick of his The handshake thing is more bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Clearly a tick of his He has a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Haley Puts UN on Notice: “The Days of Israel-Bashing are Over” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Worth checking out: (Greenwald trigger warning) Trump’s War on Terror Has Quickly Become as Barbaric and Savage as He Promised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 It's heading toward Kosovo losing sovereign nation status before 2020, I would not expect the US to get too involved in protest of this action... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 What??? http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/dick-cheney-russia-2016-election-act-of-war-236556 I know he has a new heart and all but really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 So with the cable news universe all atwitter with the new "laptop bomb" threats... how many will be honest enough to admit that the intel for this threat came from the raid in Yemen which the media spent a solid week labeling needless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 So with the cable news universe all atwitter with the new "laptop bomb" threats... how many will be honest enough to admit that the intel for this threat came from the raid in Yemen which the media spent a solid week labeling needless? Nobody. I know it was a rhetorical question. I'm answering it for the local ****head brigade, who don't know what a rhetorical question is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 So with the cable news universe all atwitter with the new "laptop bomb" threats... how many will be honest enough to admit that the intel for this threat came from the raid in Yemen which the media spent a solid week labeling needless? Wait a second, weren't you the one screaming the loudest about the US being in Yemen in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Wait a second, weren't you the one screaming the loudest about the US being in Yemen in the first place? My complaint, which still stands, has to do with the US funding the Saudi air campaign which is indiscriminately slaughtering civilians. Serving as the arms dealer for the out-house of Saud is not in America's best interest. I've always been for the surgical use of special forces (and our armed forces in a larger sense) when it's actually in America's best interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 New policy: Invite dictators to the White House and praise them. "I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He’s done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing." If you're judging the US by its friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 You'd prefer the Muslim Brotherhood perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 NYT follies Egypt’s previous authoritarian leader, Mohamed Morsi, was also a leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the praised choice of former U.S. President Barack Obama — which is something NYT reporters Peter Baker and Declan Walsh chose to omit from their story. It would help, in a story about changing course, if your readers were informed what the previous course was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Morsi kind of went downhill after The Smiths broke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) New policy: Invite dictators to the White House and praise them. "I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He’s done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing." If you're judging the US by its friends... Very rarely are there "friends" in geo-politics, just overlapping interests. Edited April 4, 2017 by TakeYouToTasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 NYT follies Egypt’s previous authoritarian leader, Mohamed Morsi, was also a leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the praised choice of former U.S. President Barack Obama — which is something NYT reporters Peter Baker and Declan Walsh chose to omit from their story. It would help, in a story about changing course, if your readers were informed what the previous course was. LOL, you are really peddling the fake news. Pretty pathetic and sad to see you are allowed to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Haley: Assad a 'war criminal' protected by Russia, Iran http://buff.ly/2nYQCjx Clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 What is the US official stance on Assad? I knew Obama "DREW A LINE" and then gimped out 100% when it was crossed with total impunity. Not that I would favour sending troops (just yet) to resolve that situation. I'd prefer a POTUS not make such a dumb threat that he couldn't back up; allies of the US need to be able to rely on that great country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 What is the US official stance on Assad? I knew Obama "DREW A LINE" and then gimped out 100% when it was crossed with total impunity. Not that I would favour sending troops (just yet) to resolve that situation. I'd prefer a POTUS not make such a dumb threat that he couldn't back up; allies of the US need to be able to rely on that great country... So you hate the line AND would not send troops? So what would you do, just nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 So you hate the line AND would not send troops? So what would you do, just nothing? [This is an automated response.] Created by DC Tom-bot, beta version 0.9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 [This is an automated response.] Created by DC Tom-bot, beta version 0.9. So is understanding how the world works...D-Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 So is understanding how the world works...D-Bag He answered your question in the post to which you were replying. I'll do bot's job here: you're not trying to make a point, you're just a jerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 US Announces Withdrawal From UN Population Fund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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