Posted on 12/22/2016 3:48:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President-elect Donald Trump isn't waiting until Inauguration Day to assert his posture on foreign policy, even in areas plainly at odds with the sitting commander-in-chief.
On sensitive issues of diplomacy and national security, Trump has displayed a continued willingness to pressure and contradict President Barack Obama, eschewing a "one president at a time" policy that Obama insists must govern the peaceful transition of power.
The most forceful example came Thursday, as diplomats at the United Nations were preparing for a vote in the Security Council on a resolution rebuking Israel for its settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In a morning statement, Trump urged Obama to reject the measure, arguing it "puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis."
The vote was postponed. But at the time Trump's statement emerged, the Obama administration was still debating whether to abstain and let the measure pass, a gesture that would have been in line with the White House's vocal objections to settlement activity on lands claimed by the Palestinians.
Trump's team informed Obama administration officials ahead of time they were planning to release the statement, according to Jason Miller, a transition spokesman. A national security spokesman for the White House declined to characterize how the message was received....
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Not sick of winning.
Not one little bit.
Zero...the Shadow-Government-In-Whining
President Trump is already doing more good that Obama/Clinton/Bush ever dreamt of.
remember when obama was invisible until Bush left the WH ?
me neither.
So "one president at a time" means the president-elect loses his First Amendment rights? Obozo is a petulant clown.
“Trump’s team informed Obama administration officials ahead of time”
The response from the knee-jerk leftists: Well - there you have it, more proof of Trump’s shot-from-the-hip diplomacy.
Oh, wait...
This is what we’ve been waiting for.
A leader!
Keep up the fire, Trump!
Turn about is fair play Obama.
To bad you telegraphed what you were going to do before you could do it.
Now, undermining you is perfectly acceptable.
Obama again proved his stupidity by opening the door. I believe severe and deep humiliation may be on tap for our outgoing feckless leader.
One President, who can't get here soon enough.
Remember when Obama wanted Bush to move out of WH early?
Neither am I! In fact, I’ve been gloating so much at FB the snowflakes are now removing my posts and memes!
I have no doubt that Barko will get some other country to propose their anti-Israel resolution, just out of spite if anything.
I remember Greek pillars, the Obama "seal", the office of the President-Elect, and a Nobel Prize.
Seems I remember Obama, almost daily, commenting on the election...?
But we already know that after Obama leaves office he plans on staying in Washington to be a backbiter and spoiler in an attempt to screw Trump over.
Who’s Obama?
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