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WH to Trump: Consult with State before talking to foreign leaders
Washington Times ^ | 12/5/16 | Gabby Morrongiello

Posted on 12/05/2016 12:45:54 PM PST by 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."

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; consult; foreignleaders; obama; statedepartment; taiwan; trump; trumpchina; trumptransition
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To: 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...”

So that he may continue the stellar success of Hillary and Obama.


41 posted on 12/05/2016 1:02:50 PM PST by odawg
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To: Nachum

Career diplomats are the problem.


42 posted on 12/05/2016 1:03:16 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: areukiddingme1

Oh my how the mighty are falling!!! (sic)

Those on high b*stards are on the ledge with their

bleeding fingernails clinging to the last their

last remnant of power.

Scrambling verbiage & issuing false orders

I spit on them all

They are living in fairyland with their delusions of

grandeur and power.

We have a President-elect and he’s going to do it HIS WAY!


43 posted on 12/05/2016 1:03:30 PM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (TRUMP 2016)
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To: jalisco555

“FOAD”

I like it.

As my old TAC officer said; “Stylish, very stylish.”

My favorite has always been BIOYAC

Be well.


44 posted on 12/05/2016 1:04:25 PM PST by Strac6 (Sig Sauer, Pilatus, Mrs. Strac... all the fun things in my life are Swiss)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

45 posted on 12/05/2016 1:05:59 PM PST by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: Nachum

He should reply, “Which state? There’s 50 of them!’


46 posted on 12/05/2016 1:06:46 PM PST by meyer (There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
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To: Nachum
These liberals know Trump is going to overturn all of Obamas crap rules and regulations and they are beside themselves. They know they can't stop it.

So they come up with this request for Trump to consult with Kerry on the Obama administration's talking points. Yeah, that's going to happen./s/

Kind of like the crybaby, diaper-pin wearing Hillary supporters, "But it's just not fair!"

47 posted on 12/05/2016 1:07:02 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: areukiddingme1

This is funny. Worth a thousand words. Same body language Putin had with Obama.


48 posted on 12/05/2016 1:07:10 PM PST by nikos1121 (I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
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To: Strac6; All

Ah, the famous “Freeper Lingo” thread from 2006

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689306/posts?page=289


49 posted on 12/05/2016 1:07:45 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nachum

Drain the swamp . . . start at the State Dept.


50 posted on 12/05/2016 1:08:16 PM PST by RatRipper (The biggest threat to US national security is our government and those in it.)
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To: areukiddingme1

51 posted on 12/05/2016 1:08:59 PM PST by nikos1121 (I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
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To: Nachum

Yeah, he should consult the authors of the bloodstained “Arab Spring” on how to keep peace among nations. They’ll set him right.


52 posted on 12/05/2016 1:09:06 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Nachum

Dear Mister President, what difference, at this point, does it make?


53 posted on 12/05/2016 1:09:10 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: Nachum

(Trump to Whitehouse ...up yours!)


54 posted on 12/05/2016 1:09:57 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: Nachum

Trump to White House: elections have consequences.


55 posted on 12/05/2016 1:10:13 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Nachum

Dear lame ducks.

STFU. I’m still a private citizen and I’ll talk to whomever I please. Then, after noon eastern on 1/21/2017, I’ll still talk to whomever I please. Now, shut your pie hole.

The WON.


56 posted on 12/05/2016 1:13:56 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Jamestown1630

At that level, the staff of each arranges the call, so the both are expecting it on a scheduled basis.

Who initially directed their staff to arrange it (side #1) and accept the call (side #2) has not been conclusively admitted by either party.


57 posted on 12/05/2016 1:14:24 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Media were SuperPacs for Clinton. Throw them in prison.)
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To: Vendome
What’s the difference between Trump 2016 and Barack 2008?

Trump has been more productive for America in the month following election before his inauguration than Bimmy Bammy has in 8 years.

58 posted on 12/05/2016 1:15:20 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Nachum

Trump: “Like what your ‘career diplomats’ were doing was working so well.”


59 posted on 12/05/2016 1:15:54 PM PST by cincinnati65
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To: Uncle Miltie

I thought that Trump indicated that he ‘accepted a congratulatory call.’


60 posted on 12/05/2016 1:16:39 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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