6/9/18: Trump flees the G-7 summit early because he knows none of the other leaders like him. He probably realizes they mock his hair behind his back. “Really,” President Macron of France is rumored to have said, “it looks as if two peroxided gerbils are mating atop his head.”
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A “10”
relationship doesn’t last.
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Before leaving for a separate summit in Singapore, with murderous North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, Trump is asked by reporters about his relationship with the other leaders at the G-7. Naturally, he takes offense when a reporter asks if the other leaders are “angry” with the positions he’s taking.
This exchange follows:
Trump: Who are you with, out of
curiosity?
Reporter: CNN.
Trump: I figured. Fake News CNN. The worst. But I could tell by the question. I
had no idea you were CNN. After the question, I was just curious as to who you
were with. You were CNN.
I would say that the level of relationship is a 10. We have a great
relationship. Angela and Emmanuel and Justin. I would say the relationship is a
10. And I don’t blame them. I blame – as I said, I blame our past leaders for
allowing this to happen. There was no reason this should happen. There’s no
reason that we should have big trade deficits with virtually every country in
the world. I’m going long beyond the G-7. There’s no reason for this. It’s the
fault of the people that preceded me [emphasis added]. And I’m not just
saying President Obama. I’m going back a long way. You can go back 50 years,
frankly. It just got worse and worse and worse.
You know, we used to be a nation that was unbelievably cash-flow-oriented. Had
no debt of any consequence, and that built the highway system. We built the
interstate system out of – virtually out of cash flow. And it was a lot
different.
No, we have a very good relationship, and I don’t blame these people [the other
G-7 leaders], but I will blame them if they don’t act smart and do what they
have to do – because they have no choice. I’ll be honest with you, they have no
choice.
They’re either going to make the trades fair, because our farmers have been
hurt. You look at our farmers. For 15 years, the graph is going just like this
– down. Our farmers have been hurt, our workers have been hurt. Our companies
have moved out and moved to Mexico and other countries, including Canada.
Now, we are going to fix that situation. And if it’s not fixed, we’re not
going to deal with these countries. But the relationship that I’ve had is
great. So you can tell that to your fake friends at CNN.
Trump ♥♥♥♥♥♥’s all
the other leaders of the G-7 nations. Everything is great. “F**k CNN,” I think
he wants to add.
In the meantime, the president has gone from calling Kim
Jong-un “Little Rocket Man” to saying Kim “has really been very open and I
think very honorable based on what we are seeing.”
Trump
now ♥’s Little Rocket Man.
And he
still ♥’s Putin.
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ALAS, LOVE can be fleeting. Trump’s plane has hardly taken off for Singapore before he and his minions begin attacking Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
What exactly did Trudeau do to bring the wrath of Donald J. down upon his head? He pointed out that Canadians had stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Americans, fighting “in far off lands,” ever since World War I. He described Trump’s position on tariffs – that Canadian steel and aluminum imports represented a security threat – as “insulting.” He said he would “move forward with retaliatory measures on July 1. I have made it very clear to the president,” he continued, “that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something we absolutely will do. Canadians, we’re polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around.”
And with that, here came the tweets – and there went the “10” – and it looked like the CNN reporter had a point.
Trump Twitter-exploded:
PM
Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to
give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of
insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our
Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
Invective aimed at the leader of a U.S. ally simply poured out of the dysfunctional Trump administration.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow couldn’t believe Trudeau had “stabbed us in the back.” None of the leaders at the summit had any reason to be mad. Kudlow claimed Trump was “charming” during discussions. He was there. He saw the charm with his very own Kudlow eyes.
John Bolton, Trump’s National Security Adviser, also decided to lash out at the leaders of our closest allies.
Naturally, like his charming boss, he did it in a tweet:
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