John Bolton takes hardline on communique as the G20 braces for another potential US break

[spanone]

G20 members are bracing for the US potentially taking a hardline going into the final communique, a formal joint statement that leaders collectively put out after the summit.

According to a source familiar with the discussions, National Security Advisor John Bolton is pushing an "either accept all of our language, or we're not in it" stance.

The language that Bolton currently wants makes no mention of free trade without fair trade, no bolstering of international trade institutions, no mention of the Paris climate deal, and no connection between emissions and climate change, the source said.

A White House official said Friday morning that the US "is committed to working toward consensus on the communique but will stand firm against language that prejudices US positions and is willing to walk away if necessary."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-g20-summit-2018-intl/h_248d7f357840e8f5b2fc15b475dd16ca

[Midnightwalk]

1. Getting more isolated or fragmented

I wonder if there will be a g20-1 or G19 communique or just no statement . Russia probably doesn't care either way. They gain more relative strength by weakening us.

[gratuitous]

2. The concept of "diplomacy" baffles and enrages John Bolton

Guess what, John? With 20 nations participating, they all have their own interests and agendas. NOBODY is getting every last point they want in the final communique, least of all the laughingstock United States currently being mismanaged by a petulant orange-skinned man-child.

[vlyons]

3. This is so stupid

nt

[allgood33]

4. Walk away. They don't care, do you?

[Power 2 the People]

5. I can't believe these rogue grifters are speaking for our country.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. What the fuck's it got to do with him, anyway? He's National Security Advisor, not SoS

If Trump is so fucking paranoid that he thinks it's a matter of "national security" when the leading nations of the world agree on something, he should be thrown into a straitjacket and put out of our misery.