World leaders skip out on Trump to avoid the embarrassment

Sacramento Bee ^ | September 19, 2017 | Franco Ordoñez

[artichokegrower]

Leaders of some of the world’s most influential – or controversial – countries skipped Donald Trump’s debut at the United Nations rather than face the prospect of being caught up in an embarrassing controversy by the unpredictable U.S. president.

[artichokegrower]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are two of the highest profile absences. But there are many whose faces were noticeably absent during Trump’s aggressive speech Tuesday on confronting North Korea, terrorism and communism, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, England’s Theresa May, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto.

Would have sat through it if it had been another Obama apology speech.

[Pox]

Pussies.

[DoughtyOne]

Merkel was absent too.

Too embarrassed to sit there and hear truth directed to her, even without mentioning names.

World leaders don’t always attend these sessions.

I don’t think Trump sat there all day either.

[hardspunned]

The Iranian guy sat there and took it like a man, I must say.

[Williams]

Rogue gallery in my mind.

[farming pharmer]

The Iranian guy sat there and took it like a man, I must say.

The Persians are men's men, or so Ive heard...

[Hot Tabasco]

Trump addressed the REPRESENTATIVES of the UN countries, not the leaders themselves............

[DoodleDawg]

Kind of disappointed in Theresa May. The rest aren’t surprising at all.

[blueunicorn6]

Did those world leaders actually “skip” out?

Because if they did, it explains a lot about what goes on at the UN.

[Autonomous User]

The Iranian guy sat there and took it like a man, I must say.

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He was staring at his feet. I think he was trying to decide whether to throw his shoe at Trump or call a hooker later that night. He chose the hooker.

[editor-surveyor]

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All of the Persians I’ve done business with have been delightful people.
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[Lionheartusa1]

Trumps speech was due 40 years ago . He has tentacle’s whereas many of the formers didn’t except for Reagan .

[M Kehoe]

President Trump is living rent free in the minds of many.

5.56mm

[vette6387]

I for one am glad they didn’t attend, because they are, to the man (woman) why we are where we are today in this world. I just hope Trump now goes about ruining both China’s, Russia’s & Germany’s economies with financial sanctions. As far as Maduro and Pena Nieto (the Mexican flea with a hard on floating down river on his back yelling “raise the bridge, I’m coming through”), the air in the room is better in their absence.

[BlueLancer]

"He was staring at his feet. I think he was trying to decide whether to throw his shoe at Trump or call a hooker later that night. He chose the hooker."

You have to have both shoes to call a hooker in New York? Strange place ...

[Socon-Econ]

They can take their embarrassment and stick it. Their voters can see Trump’s speech remarks on the internet.

[IronJack]

Shine a light and watch the cockroaches run.

[Bratch]

The Persians are men's men, or so Ive heard...

As long as they stay away from Spartans.

[Autonomous User]

You have to have both shoes to call a hooker in New York? Strange place ...

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Maxwell Smart says no. But you can’t throw the wrong shoe.

Missed it by that much.

[ilovesarah2012]

Sacramento Bee. Oh, okay.