1/12/2018 London Mayor Sadiq Khan celebrated the news that President Trump would not be visiting the city, saying Trump had “got the message” from Londoners who “have made it clear that Donald Trump is not welcome here.” “It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies ...
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Just about nobody can trust Donald Trump
It started just about as soon as he took office. The false claims about the crowd size at his inauguration really didn’t matter, but the Trump staff insisted on telling the lie. When the truth started to get in the way, they tried “alternative facts”. it wasn’t long before people in the Trump Administration started to lose credibility and trust, ...
Read More »Merkel: Europe can’t depend on Trump
5/28/2017 In a sad dose of reality, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands”, “This is what I have experienced in the last few days”. This coming after recent meetings involving President Trump during his trip to Europe. Trump’s statements over several days made it clear to just about everybody that America’s ...
Read More »Trump doesn’t understand how NATO works financially
5/27/2017 Donald Trump appears to need a lesson on how NATO works, at least financially. From his statements, it appears he believes that NATO sends out bills and member countries are responsible for making a payment. “This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from ...
Read More »Trump shoves NATO diplomat so he can be in front of photo op
In a clear sign he always wants to be front-and-center, President Trump pushed and shoved his way to the front of a group of diplomats who were about to be photographed. The group was meeting in Brussels to discus issues regarding NATO.
Read More »About Face! NATO now not obsolete
What is most scary about Donald Trump’s announcement about NATO is that for a long time, he had absolutely no problem spouting off about something he had no idea about. After more than a year of claiming NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was obsolete, he recently proclaimed that it is no longer obsolete. In an interview with the Associated Press, ...
Read More »Tillerson snubs NATO, chooses Russia instead
In a bizarre show of non-support, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson opted this week to forego the annual NATO meeting and visit Russia and his friend Putin instead. The United States is a founding member of the 28 member NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) that was formed in 1949 to defend against fascism and communism. After WWII, it became ...
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