Posted on 07/07/2017 6:04:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Imagine that President Trump gave a speech praising a strong Europe.
Imagine that he called forthrightly on Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine and join the community of responsible nations.
Imagine that he embraced the mutual-defense commitment, so-called Article 5, of NATO.
Imagine that he extolled the role of women in our society.
Imagine that he said we share the hope of every soul to live in freedom.
Imagine that he celebrated the free press and ceaseless innovation and a spirit of inquiry and self-criticism.
That’s the speech that Trump gave in Warsaw during his European trip for the G-20. It was easily the best of his presidency — well-written and moving, soaked in Polish history and grounded in Western values. And yet it has been attacked for, as one liberal outlet put it, sounding “like an alt-right manifesto.”
The address also got a lot of praise, but the criticism was telling. Some of it was from commentators who simply can’t abide Trump, but a lot of it reacted against core elements of the speech.
It was unabashedly nationalist. Not in a bumptious way, but one that acknowledged the importance of “free, sovereign and independent nations.” Trump used Poland’s story to augment the theme. He talked of a Polish nation that is “more than 1,000 years old,” that endured despite its borders being wiped out for a century, that withstood a Communist assault on its freedom, its faith and very identity.
It emphasized the importance of culture. Trump called Poland a “faithful nation.” He talked of that hinge point of history in 1979 when Pope John Paul II preached a sermon in Warsaw and a crowd of a million chanted, “We want God.”(continued)
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“Trump defends the West — and the Left screams foul”
The liberal lefties are #FAKEAMERICANS
The Left are self-hating Westerners.
Trump says: “I like apple pie.”
Left responds: “Well, I guess that makes you a child molester.”
Lowery defends Trump—too little too late.
Spot on!
"Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself." ~Jean-François Revel
The cockroaches are frantically running from the light and scurrying back to the comfort of the darkness.
Defense of one's country, especially on the part of the U.S. is, therefore, retrograde and threatening, hence the reaction among progressives in the media. So, in this case, is any celebration of Polish nationhood. So is any insistence on the integrity of borders anywhere. This is no longer a contest of reason, it's a clash of vision, and progressives in power are taking it very seriously, especially in the EU. They'll kill for it. They're the ones in the streets with the fire bombs, notwithstanding media pretension otherwise. They're at war, and the signs they're waving say so. This is no joke.
Has Lowry admitted yet that he was wrong about Trump? He was a big Carly Fiorina fan.
Our globalist Leftist Pope Francis offered a warning himself, of the “dangerous allinces” being formed at the G20. He’s afraid borders are being secured and money will stop flowing.
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