Posted on 10/12/2024 11:09:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
When Finland wanted to join NATO to ward off Russian aggression, it knew it had a friend living in the White House and could count on President Biden’s support. But to ensure that the U.S. Senate would ratify its membership bid, Finland’s government decided to also seek out the president living in Florida.
And so Mikko Hautala, the Finnish ambassador to the United States at the time, made a point of speaking privately with former President Donald J. Trump to persuade him of the merits of his country’s joining the alliance. The goal was to head off any opposition by Mr. Trump, who has long been openly hostile toward NATO.
The strategy worked. Mr. Trump, who potentially could have ignited Republican opposition with a single intemperate social media post, remained publicly silent, and the Senate voted 95 to 1 to approve Finland’s admission to the alliance in August 2022. Had Mr. Trump spoken out against the move, it would have taken only 34 votes to block the two-thirds supermajority needed for ratification.
In the nearly four years since he left the White House, Mr. Trump has acted as something of a shadow president on international affairs operating out of what he used to call the Winter White House at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Even before he kicked off a comeback bid to reclaim his old office, foreign governments realized that Mr. Trump was still a force in American politics and that they needed to take him into account in their dealings with the United States.
Now that he is the Republican nominee for president in next month’s election, foreign leaders have been playing up to Mr. Trump even more. A parade of world leaders has made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago or to Trump Tower in New York,...
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I find the bottle and am asked for my 3 wishes.
Wish 3: I am President Trumps most trusted confidant/adviser.
Wish is granted.
First piece of advice: Mr President, agree to give the nod to Finland and anyone else that wants to join NATO. Awesome.
Then present the documentation that the U.S. is withdrawing from NATO, WHO,UN Sec Council.
Give the UN 6 months to relocate and all diplomatic personnel to go with it. Withdrawing any personnel from the EU and expelling any EU personnel.
IMF has a week to relocate.
Advise Canada and Meh-Hico that we’re renegotiating the pact that we renegotiated a few years ago.
That’s just for starters.
” Inside Donald Trump’s Shadow Presidency”
Inside Barack Obama’s Shadow Third Presidential term looking for his fourth via KAmala
There,,fixed it
New York Times = Lies
Mr. Baker is cannot see himself or his party in the mirror.
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