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NY Times Columnist: Trump ‘Would Certainly Like to’ Murder People Without Due Process
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | August 17, 2018 | Paul Crookston

Posted on 08/18/2018 3:57:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg argued with her fellow panelists on MSNBC’s "Meet the Press Daily" Friday about whether President Donald Trump is the leader of the free world or an aspiring despot.

RealClearPolitics reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns was criticizing Trump’s communication strategy when she called him "the leader of the free world." Goldberg interjected to say that, actually, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the leader of the free world.

"He’s not the leader of the free world, but, sorry," Goldberg said.

"By default he’s the leader of the free world," Commentary magazine editor John Podhoretz replied.

"Angela Merkel is the leader of the free world," Goldberg said, while Podhoretz laughed.

"Well, he is the most important person in the world in politics right now," Huey-Burns said, looking at Goldberg.

MSNBC's Katy Tur asked if Goldberg meant European countries don’t see Trump as a leader, but Goldberg went further than that.

"He’s a sort of junior player in a bloc of authoritarian countries," she said. "He’s part of a bloc that includes [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, [Philippine President Rodrigo] Duterte."

Both leaders she referenced have faced steep criticism for violence against their own citizens, prompting Tur to push Goldberg to clarify.

"[Trump] is not rounding people up and murdering them without any due process," Tur said.

"He would certainly like to," Goldberg replied.

"I don’t think you can say that definitively, Michelle," Tur said, steering the conversation to Podhoretz.

Podhoretz, a conservative critical of Trump’s foreign policy, said Merkel is not the leader of the free world, but did say it is a problem if Trump weakens U.S. leadership.

"If he is not the leader of the free world, there is no leader of the free world," he said. "There is no world order without the most important richest, and most powerful country in the world trying to maintain [that]."

Goldberg defended her point by saying we now live in a world where "Saudi Arabia can intimidate Canada for sending out a tweet about its human rights record," prompting laughter from Tur and the other panelists.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; fascists; media; michellegoldberg; msnbc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; television; trump
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If he were an authoritarian fascist they'd be silenced or put into concentration camps just for saying so. Neither Mao nor Hitler brooked any nonsense from critics.
1 posted on 08/18/2018 3:57:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nabal. (That is the nice way to put it.)


2 posted on 08/18/2018 3:58:52 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Did obama’s drones offer due process?


3 posted on 08/18/2018 3:59:22 PM PDT by boycott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What? Like Obama did, NYT?


4 posted on 08/18/2018 4:00:30 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Projecting, Michelle Goldberg. Projecting.


5 posted on 08/18/2018 4:01:28 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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You mean like obama droning brown people?

“I am pretty good at killing people”


6 posted on 08/18/2018 4:04:55 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is no other words to describe these people except being given over to a reprobate mindset.


7 posted on 08/18/2018 4:05:32 PM PDT by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All Trump hate all the time at the New York Times.


8 posted on 08/18/2018 4:05:35 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They just hired somebody who wants to kill whites after doing medical experiments on them.


9 posted on 08/18/2018 4:05:44 PM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ahhh, Me-Shell - if you only had a brain...


10 posted on 08/18/2018 4:05:49 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Beowulf9

Tommy Gun,,,
o h yes!


11 posted on 08/18/2018 4:05:50 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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...NY Times Columnist: Trump ‘Would Certainly Like to’ Murder People Without Due Process...

He must be confusing him with Hellary and Billy Jeff. What’s their total now, 125? Was Vince Foster #1? Too many to remember.


12 posted on 08/18/2018 4:06:22 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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The number 1 rule of liberals is that whatever they accuse you of is precisely what they either are doing or dream of doing.

100% of the time.


13 posted on 08/18/2018 4:06:34 PM PDT by TruthBeforeAll
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Delusional nitwits at the NY Times.

I wonder if the old Pace Picante advertisement would pass muster these days?


14 posted on 08/18/2018 4:07:08 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Her frustration pleases me.


15 posted on 08/18/2018 4:12:29 PM PDT by simpson96
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Amazing how liberals can read other people’s minds. They can always tell you what their competitors are thinking and planning to do. How long before the Bush/Cheney camps are reopened? s/


16 posted on 08/18/2018 4:12:32 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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Nothing has worked so far. No matter how over the top their statements are, when they don’t work, they get even more outrageous.

What they don’t seem to understand is that two things are happening, people are growing tired of the constant outrageous claims and are moving toward the right. And second, like the little boy that cried wolf, if they ever find anything that President Trump may of done, no one will believe them.

A better course of action would have been acceptance. Accept that Trump won. Praise what he has done well and be critical of what he has failed to do. Promised to work with him (while quietly blocking his agenda).

As it is, by trying to be the “anti-Trump” they are losing the battle. There will be a tsunami in November but not the one they want and it all because of their over the top hate against President Trump and most of his supporters.


17 posted on 08/18/2018 4:12:48 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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There will be a tsunami in November but not the one they want and it all because of their over the top hate against President Trump and most of his supporters.

From your keyboard to God's inbox.

18 posted on 08/18/2018 4:17:43 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Maudeen

I think you are correct. They judge another by their own fantasy. Never any proof, just hatred for their own thoughts of what he might think. The total lack of self control reaches insanity.

With millions suddenly living without grace, I fear the time of the Gentiles is soon over. The good news, we leave soon, but I truly pity those without hope as this world is destroyed by Gods wrath.


19 posted on 08/18/2018 4:18:15 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle Goldberg needs to interview Stalin and Pol Pot.


20 posted on 08/18/2018 4:20:23 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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