WH to Trump: Consult with State before talking to foreign leaders

Washington Times ^ | 12/5/16 | Gabby Morrongiello

[Nachum]

White House press secretary Josh Earnest encouraged President-elect Trump on Monday to take advantage of the "expertise and advice" of career diplomats at the State Department as the controversy surrounding the incoming president's recent call to Taiwan continues to boil over.

"Whenever you are talking about the president-elect interacting with foreign leaders, it's incredibly important. It has profound consequences for our country and for our national interests around the world," Earnest said in response to a reporter's question about whether Trump is "winging" his discussions with foreign leaders.

"Last week, we had some conversations about a conversation the president-elect had with the prime minister of Pakistan, and I noted in answering questions about that telephone call that President Obama, over the course of his eight years in the White House, has benefited significantly from the expertise, advice and experience of career diplomats at the State Department," he said. Earnest said that expertise is currently available to Trump and "will continue to be available to him when he enters the Oval Office."

[unixfox]

This little communist faggot wants to tell Trump what he should do?

GFY Josh!

[utax]

Josh Earnest - Spokeshole and Paid Professional Liar.

[Heart-Rest]

Then Josh-it said that Trump should not be going around the country saving all those jobs for people until he checks with Obama's job experts first.

(And Obama could be heard in the background screaming "You didn't build that!".   He was referring to Trump's Wall, and of course Trump didn't build it yet.   That is something Trump DOES have to wait until January 20 to start building.)

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I keep hearing this characterized as “Trump’s call” to the President of Taiwan. But the reports indicate that she called Trump.
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You must break that addiction to the mainstream news media.

[Jamestown1630]

:-)

I only see it for a few minutes in the morning; and then reproduced on FR.

Sometimes I feel like I hate politics; but then I realize that I really just hate many people who *practice* politics.

(I don’t recall the Bush administration ‘lecturing’ PE Obama like this.)

[Tallguy]

Did Obama ‘consult with the State Dept.’ when he was running the “Office of the President-elect” complete with the Greek Columns and the bogus Seal of the Obama Campaign?

[healy61]

Can I suggest to Josh that when President Obama is toasting the Queen, that someone tell him to shut up at the playing of God Save the Queen. That was another boner in the Opama administration.

[Jack Hammer]

Trump to WH: go F yourself.

[rottndog]

TRUMP YOU Josh Earnest....

[philman_36]

Josh is going to be great in his new stand up comedian job.

I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.

[elpadre]

Talk to State?? They are part and parcel the foreign relation problem challenges the US faces. They need to be weeded out and others retrained as to what’s going on in the world.

[LucyT]

WH to Trump: Consult with State before talking to foreign leaders

Thanks, Nachum.

Hope you are feeling better.

[rolling_stone]

people to WH before makingt treaties have them approved by the Senate...

[Jamestown1630]

So was his wife’s ‘touchy-feely’ approach to the Queen.

The Dems lost whatever ‘class’ they had a long time ago.

[Brown Deer]

Josh Earnest - you are FIRED!

[Brown Deer]

[Big Giant Head]

I noted in answering questions about that telephone call that President Obama, over the course of his eight years in the White House, has benefited significantly from the expertise, advice and experience of career diplomats at the State Department," he said.

So an admission that Obama was completely incompetent, and Trump isn't?

[Dahoser]

Joe Pags has come up with a fantastic hashtag: #TrumpDon’tCare. I like it.

[LucyT]

Class? CLASS? Whatcha talkin' bout, Willis?

[Jamestown1630]

Well, to be fair, I’ve known a lot of truly ‘classy’ people who haven’t had any idea about style or how to dress. ‘Class’ is something in the bone and heart, not in clothes.

(I think I do see some ‘cultural appropriation’ goin’ on with that hairstyle, though...)