Posted on 07/17/2018 11:10:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Under normal circumstances, the gift would delight any 12-year-old soccer fan: A ball used in the recent World Cup final.
But these were not normal circumstances. And the ball in question was presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin to President Donald Trump during a bizarre moment in what has been widely condemned as an embarrassing and diplomatically disastrous moment for Trump’s White House and for the United States.
Following a high-stakes summit in Helsinki Monday, Putin brought out a special red-and-white ball at his joint press conference with Trump. Putin handed the ball to his American counterpart, seemingly as a gesture of congratulating the United States for winning a bid to co-host the World Cup in 2026.
Grinning and looking a tad bashful — maybe because he forgot to bring a gift for Putin? — Trump congratulated Putin back on Russia’s “successful” efforts in hosting the World Cup.
Trump then announced he would give the ball to his youngest son, Barron.
“Melania, there you go,” Trump said, bouncing the ball to his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, sitting in the front row....
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
I guess he’d have no difficulty doing that.
All it would take is an act of Congress to allow this. Let’s see Schumer filibuster it:
I.9.viii:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind
whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State.
When Hillary’s staff removed a control button from a hotel hot-tub, and placed a label on it that was supposed to say “RESET” but was translated as “OVERCHARGE”, then Hillary gave it to the Russian ambassador, how many laws were broken? Hello media? ::::CRICKETS::::
Barron should invite some friends over to play some soccer on the WH lawn. Let the journalists, not real reporters, go crazy over some kids putting away their phones to get out and play in the sunshine.
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