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Donald Trump's Successful Europe Trip Shows He's Truly Grown Into the Job
Newsweek ^ | June 8, 2019 | Peter Roff

Posted on 06/08/2019 6:27:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In the main, the American media do not think highly of our current president.

This matters. Whether they admit it or not, their personal views shape their reportage. They regard him as a pretender to the throne, an accidental occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue who has done more to discredit his office than most any of his predecessors. In their eyes, he's a bombastic boor and a bumbler whose reckless disregard for the dignity of his office has cheapened the nation in the eyes of the world.

Not everyone holds that opinion. A goodly number of his supporters probably don't give a swivel-eyed tinker's dam, for example, about how he's seen in Europe. That's there and we're here. Yet in the world of statecraft, such things are important—which is why his just-concluded trip to the United Kingdom and France to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings is so important.

From almost all accounts, Trump acquitted himself well. An early spat with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, which had Khan calling the president a "poster boy" for the far right and Trump calling the mayor "a stone-cold loser," evolved into nothingness. Likewise, the appearance from across the Atlantic of a giant, inflatable "Baby Trump"—thought by some to be an embarrassment to the American leader—ended up something of a fizzle, especially after a pro-Trump supporter poked it with a sharp object, apparently causing it to deflate temporarily.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Travel
KEYWORDS: brexit; brexitparty; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; europeanunion; france; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; mediawingofthednc; nato; newsweek; partisanmediashills; peterroff; presstitutes; sadiqkhan; smearmachine; trump; unitedkingdom; yellowvest; yellowvests
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1 posted on 06/08/2019 6:27:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They do this to make you think they agree with us.

JUST WAIT!!


2 posted on 06/08/2019 6:36:03 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Newsweak said this? Are we near the end now?


3 posted on 06/08/2019 6:36:35 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Waaaaaait a minute. This was in Newsweak? I hope the author’s life insurance policy is paid up.


4 posted on 06/08/2019 6:36:36 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standaurds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Maris Crane

I am waiting! Newsweek? Will the sun come up on the other side of the barn in the morning?

Details at 0500.


5 posted on 06/08/2019 6:39:15 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just hava few days that don't suck.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Snoozeweak? OK, next month POTUS will be the son of satan!!


6 posted on 06/08/2019 6:49:03 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"From almost all accounts, Trump acquitted himself well. Trump calling the mayor "a stone-cold loser," —ended up something of a fizzle, especially after a pro-Trump supporter poked it with a sharp object, apparently causing it to deflate temporarily."

lol!😂🤣MY favorite part of the story..LOVE IT!! MAGA BABY MAGA!!!

7 posted on 06/08/2019 6:52:09 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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Actually I think all of President Trump's foreign trips have gone well (not that the US media would let anyone know).

I remember during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and reading how all the foreign press admired Clinton and couldn't understand why anyone was going after him.

8 posted on 06/08/2019 7:08:05 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Maris Crane

Well they made the mistake that WE would give a #### either way.

Anyone here that does hasn’t been paying any attention to Anything.

But it’s fun to see them write this for whatever reason they are.


9 posted on 06/08/2019 7:43:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Maris Crane

Or did we become like 10 year olds, hoping or their approval?

I pray not.

#### all of them..


10 posted on 06/08/2019 7:43:54 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

These idiots still don’t know who Trump is. Rush is right they are arrogant, stupid, condescending assholes (my word not his). He kicks them in the privates everytime they open their mouths. DJT rules these squirrels. MAGA


11 posted on 06/08/2019 7:49:15 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hell, he ain’t even warmed up yet.


12 posted on 06/08/2019 8:09:14 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Equine1952

Mind your language, please; there are ladies present.


13 posted on 06/08/2019 8:12:51 PM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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Sorry. Arses and Crotch. My bad.


14 posted on 06/08/2019 8:18:03 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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To: Equine1952

Thank you.


15 posted on 06/08/2019 8:20:02 PM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Bigg Red

Pod Nada


16 posted on 06/08/2019 8:20:49 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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To: Equine1952
Por Nada. As a sign posted near me says “Autocorrect is my worst Enema”. 😀
17 posted on 06/08/2019 8:23:23 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No Trump has not grow into the role,the writer has finally realized what a true leader looks like.


18 posted on 06/08/2019 8:23:58 PM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A pretender to the throne. Everything old is new again. There was a Scott once called a pretender to the throne.


19 posted on 06/08/2019 8:32:01 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: shoff

“No Trump has not grow into the role,the writer has finally realized what a true leader looks like.”

That’s one interpretation. Another is that the writer remains oblivious to the fact that the political class is pathetically incapable, and that people from outside of politics will almost always do a dramatically better job than those in politics.


20 posted on 06/08/2019 8:32:09 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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