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Judi Lynn

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:11 AM Jul 2019

DONALD TRUMP AIDE BLASTED OBAMA FOR VISITING CUBA IN 2016, CALLING IT EQUIVALENT TO GOING TO NORTH K

DONALD TRUMP AIDE BLASTED OBAMA FOR VISITING CUBA IN 2016, CALLING IT EQUIVALENT TO GOING TO NORTH KOREA
BY JASON LEMON ON 7/2/19 AT 9:31 AM EDT

An official from President Donald Trump's administration lashed out at Barack Obama back in 2016 before the then-president's visit to Cuba that year, saying such an action would be tantamount to an American commander-in-chief visiting North Korea.

"@BarackObama visiting Cuba is equivalent to visiting North Korea [sic] Embracing communism is anti-American," Mercedes Schlapp wrote on Twitter at the time, arguing the former president "is giving Castro dictators a pass."

Schlapp has served as the White House director of strategic communications under Trump, announcing on Monday that she would leave that role to serve on the president's reelection campaign instead. It's unclear whether her sentiments toward North Korea have changed since she attacked Obama on Twitter back in 2016, but a sitting U.S. president visiting North Korea on the weekend has not caused Schlapp to end her support of Trump.

n official from President Donald Trump's administration lashed out at Barack Obama back in 2016 before the then-president's visit to Cuba that year, saying such an action would be tantamount to an American commander-in-chief visiting North Korea.

"@BarackObama visiting Cuba is equivalent to visiting North Korea [sic] Embracing communism is anti-American," Mercedes Schlapp wrote on Twitter at the time, arguing the former president "is giving Castro dictators a pass."

Schlapp has served as the White House director of strategic communications under Trump, announcing on Monday that she would leave that role to serve on the president's reelection campaign instead. It's unclear whether her sentiments toward North Korea have changed since she attacked Obama on Twitter back in 2016, but a sitting U.S. president visiting North Korea on the weekend has not caused Schlapp to end her support of Trump.

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-aide-blasted-obama-cuba-north-korea-1447087?piano_t=1

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DONALD TRUMP AIDE BLASTED OBAMA FOR VISITING CUBA IN 2016, CALLING IT EQUIVALENT TO GOING TO NORTH K (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2019 OP
What does she think of Presidents visiting China or Vietnam.. Historic NY Jul 2019 #1
"It's unclear whether her sentiments toward North Korea have changed since she attacked Obama" LiberalLovinLug Jul 2019 #2
Well, she was not on the Scarsdale Jul 2019 #3

LiberalLovinLug

(14,168 posts)
2. "It's unclear whether her sentiments toward North Korea have changed since she attacked Obama"
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 03:28 AM
Jul 2019

Hey idiot MSM. Why not actually keep bugging her how she can explain and put the two together then? Instead of it ending with "The White House did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for comment". OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
3. Well, she was not on the
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 09:03 AM
Jul 2019

Obama payroll, so there's that. Another tRump flunky deserving of a good "schlapp" up against her head. "Mercedes"? she seems more like a Yugo.

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