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orangecrush

(19,546 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:01 PM Sep 2017

Trump to Embarrass America at the U.N.


I think the world is still trying to take the measure of this president,” said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East program at the bipartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “For a number of leaders, this is going to be their first chance to see him, to judge him, to try to get on his good side…. How that goes off is unclear.”

If the U.S. government decides “that it doesn’t care about the U.N.,” he added, “the consequences for the U.N., which is running operations in dozens and dozens of countries with vulnerable people around the world, would be profound.”

The jittery anticipation of Trump’s first U.N. appearance stands in marked contrast to the prelude to President Obama’s maiden address in 2009. Received as something of a hero, he delivered an impassioned plea for international cooperation against global warming, which gelled seven years later into a historic climate accord — one that Trump has vowed to reject.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has sought to trim the State Department, initially planned to take a much smaller team of diplomats and subject experts to New York than his predecessors did. It is not yet clear how much smaller, given that the delegation has grown in recent days.


http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-un-trump-speech-20170918-story.html





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Trump to Embarrass America at the U.N. (Original Post) orangecrush Sep 2017 OP
Assholini embarrasses America every minute of every hour of every day Rollo Sep 2017 #1
Yes, but this assholishness is notable, as opposed orangecrush Sep 2017 #2
This is the only president who is capable of Doreen Sep 2017 #3
NASTY......... MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #4
... orangecrush Sep 2017 #5

orangecrush

(19,546 posts)
2. Yes, but this assholishness is notable, as opposed
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:10 PM
Sep 2017

to his ordinary assholishness...


"If the U.S. government decides “that it doesn’t care about the U.N.,” he added, “the consequences for the U.N., which is running operations in dozens and dozens of countries with vulnerable people around the world, would be profound.”

The jittery anticipation of Trump’s first U.N. appearance stands in marked contrast to the prelude to President Obama’s maiden address in 2009. Received as something of a hero, he delivered an impassioned plea for international cooperation against global warming, which gelled seven years later into a historic climate accord — one that Trump has vowed to reject."

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. This is the only president who is capable of
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:20 PM
Sep 2017

embarrassing this country while taking a shit at 3:00am and we expect more when he is among people in the day?

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