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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 12:44:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 13:31:25 GMT
Robert Reich....
European governments, preparing for a round of major summits with Donald Trump next week, are wary.
I've spent much of the past week speaking with officials and cabinet ministers in Europe. All they wanted to talk about was Trump. Here, in summary, are the most frequent remarks I heard, in rough order of frequency:
1. Trump is unstable, and we're not going to count on anything he says or commits to.
2. Trump doesn't support NATO or European integration.
3. Trump is actively encouraging racist nationalists in our country.
4. Trump is allied with Putin to bring Europe down.
5. There’s no doubt Trump worked with Putin to win the U.S. presidential election.
6. If Trump's polls drop too low, he’ll start a war in order to get Americans to rally around him. (Opinions varied on whether Trump's war would be with North Korea, Iran, terrorists in Nigeria, or an escalation in Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan.)
7. How did you Americans come to elect this ego-maniac? (Others called him an infant, moron, ignoramus, fool.)
8. He’s another Berlusconi (or Franco, Mussolini, Salazar, Hitler).
9. We remember fascism. We never thought it would happen in America.
10. The world depends on American leadership. We’re very worried.
My overall impression: Anti-Trump sentiment is even stronger in Europe than it is in the U.S. If Trump expects his European trip to give him a reprieve from his troubles at home, he's mistaken.
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Post by birdgal on May 19, 2017 23:34:04 GMT
"7. How did you Americans come to elect this ego-maniac?"
I don't think we did. I don't believe there even was an honest election. There was a selection. He was selected. Purchased. Bought. IMHO, of course.
I also believe he'd start a war in half a second. He's a madman. That's what they do. Send other people into harms way. He's an evil human monster. IMO.
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Post by pbnj on May 20, 2017 0:50:05 GMT
Dan Rather:
I have to remember to take a breath. Bam. Bam. Bam. Blockbuster developments hit the news cycle in rapid succession on an administration that many fear has been severely compromised, even while we hope it is not. Bam. Bam. Bam.
My head spins. My heart sinks. I do not know what the next moment will bring - let alone the next hour, day, week or heaven forbid month.
The latest bombshells from the last few hours rise to the level of screaming headlines worthy of a Hollywood script. President Trump apparently telling Russian officials that firing the FBI Director relieved "great pressure" on him - courtesy of the New York Times.
And then an even bigger development. "White House adviser close to Trump is a person of interest in Russia probe." Bam! From the Washington Post.
Thank God for the free press. The pressure mounts. The fantastic becomes the unbelieveable. The unbelieveable becomes the believable. The believable becomes old news. All within a matter of hours.
I have never seen a story of this nature move so fast. It reminds of a forest fire devouring dry timber. But what is burning is the very structure of our democracy. My hope is that it is such a raging inferno that even the most cynical members of Mr. Trump's party cannot ignore the flames. We are well past wondering whether the smoke suggests a fire.
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