Pompeo Questions the Value of International Groups Like U.N. and E.U. in Brussels speech.

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BRUSSELS — In a major speech on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to explain one of the abiding conundrums of the Trump administration: How does a nationalist lead on the international stage?

The answer, he said, is to jettison some treaties and institutions while bolstering others. Among the institutions that Mr. Pompeo criticized were the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization of American States and the African Union, but he embraced NATO — which President Trump has harshly criticized — as an “indispensable institution.”

The speech, delivered in a palatial concert hall in Brussels, was intended to explain Mr. Trump’s worldview to a deeply skeptical audience, including many Europeans who see Mr. Trump as undermining international agreements that have kept the peace in Europe and enhanced prosperity.

“Even our European friends sometimes say we’re not acting in the free world’s interest. This is just plain wrong,” Mr. Pompeo said, adding that “under President Trump, we are not abandoning international leadership or our friends in the international system. Indeed, quite the contrary.”

https://www.shoestle.com/2018/12/04/pompeo-questions-the-value-of-international-groups-like-u-n-and-e-u/

[UniteFightBack]

1. Hey Mike ! Is that chapstick or.....

rump's ass juice on your lips?

[spanone]

2. who the hell are these people?

[zaj]

3. Damn, he was supposed to be the grownup

... this shows how corrosive Trump is. Hes so crazy that he ruins the sane people around him trying to stay close to protect us from him.

Gotta kick them all out.

[msongs]

4. everything putin hates trump hates (xcept nato) nt

[dalton99a]

5. Pompeo is the most partisan SoS ever.

Don't forget this Koch stooge called Obama an evil Muslim communist when he was running for office

[spanone]

6. he's also the most partisan SOB

[Fuzzpope]

7. Kill it with fire.

This shit is a stream of pure, unadulterated KGB invective. Assholes like Pompeo are a force multiplier for the Trump/Putin cabal, and must be rooted out like the cancer that they are. There should be no deviation from the realization and expectations that every actionable this man executes advances the position of Russia and as such, this man represents and himself is, an enemy of the state.

It's going to get hot and ugly very fast once they believe that their hold on power is no longer secure. desperate, volatile actions will follow.

The closer we come to slaying this beast, the more feral and toxic it will become. I don't envy the democratic house majority, it's now this country's first and last line of defense and has a dire task before it.

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8. World questions the value of Pompeo

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holding a government job that requires some understanding of world history, current affairs, and diplomacy.



No doubt Attila the Hun would likewise "question the value of" these legal frameworks that make it harder for him to divide, conquer, and rape with impunity.