Posted on 11/19/2016 5:03:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.
Global hand-wringing over America’s next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama's final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone, Obama has offered frequent reassurances that the U.S. won’t renege on its commitments. Yet he’s been at a loss to quell concerns fully, given new signals from Trump that he intends to govern much the way he campaigned.
Obama’s visit to Peru, the last stop on his trip, has brought those concerns to the forefront: Much of Latin America is on edge about a potentially dramatic shift in U.S. immigration policy under Trump. And Asian leaders gathered in Lima for an Asia-Pacific economic summit are trying to game out what Trump’s presidency will mean for trade with the world’s largest economy. …
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Bush showed a lot more class.
Get off the plane, homie.
You’ve worn it out.
Just go away.
Hi Im barak obama remember me?
World leaders shouldn’t expect Trump to accept any agreement an outgoing lameduck president signs, Trump will take another look at anything that is not in our best interests.
“U.S. immigration policy”
If latin America is concerned the US may start enforcing its immigration laws and securing our borders from uninvited aliens, well—that’s why Trump is president now.
No more Obama BS from the White House in 2017.
Pack your bags & make it easy on yourselves, amigos. First the recidivist “boomerang” felons, then the squatters. All we’ve got is time.
We’ll let back in as many as we need for farm work, meatpacking, etc. with work permits and oversight.
No more `catch-and-release’. Those caught trying to sneak back in get sent to the old calabozo.
Trump point 25. ... “establishes a 2-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5-year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.”
Translation: Oh, crap! You mean we'll have to start actually dealing with some of our own problems now?!
All Obama is doing is finishing off his patina of tarnish so that Trump will be an even fresher breath of air when they end up dealing with him....
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