Posted on 07/08/2017 10:13:47 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Bob Dole heaped praise on President Trump for what he described as the restoration of "strong American leadership" put on display during his trip to Europe over the past few days.
Calling it a "successful trip" overall, Dole, a former Republican senator from Kansas who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1996, singled out Trump's speech in Warsaw, Poland, as being particularly important. In a statement Saturday, Dole described the speech from Wednesday as "one for the ages, a vital, eloquent, and stirring articulation of the values and shared goals that bind us together with the Polish people, and with millions of others around the world who seek to live in freedom."
Trump received a warm welcome in Poland, which stands in contrast to the massive protests that awaited him later in the week at the G-20 summit in Germany. In his speech Trump not only addressed NATO, of which Poland is a part, and Russia, but also spoke about defending western civilization.
"We cannot mistake the significance of Poland and the great Polish people in the history of the struggle for human liberty," Dole said. "The message was desperately needed at this time from our American president and we are grateful for it and for the manner in which he delivered it."
At the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Dole complimented Trump for completing a "number of critically important strategic meetings." The U.S. president had his first one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been tied to interference in the 2016 election, as well as meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May, among others.
"Americans should be proud of the strong American leadership being restored by President Trump," Dole said. "More importantly," he added, "they should be proud to live in a country that stands for the values he has so ably expressed, shared, and defended."
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Yes, he is on the right side for all this. The scumbags who tried to defeat Trump literally would have destroyed this country.
I was very much engaged in this this issue at that time (Clinton administration) and my distinct recollection is that it was Bob Dole's fellow Senator from Kansas, Nancy Kassebaum, who decided to fold and vote for cloture, thereby breaking the GOP filibuster of Clinton's assault weapons ban.
I'm not sure why Bob Dole deserves any blame for that, or what he could have done to prevent it...
The protesters are communists. I wish they could all be sent to North Korea - given one-way tickets.
Way to go, Senator Dole. Thank you for publicly supporting the President like that.
LOL, Newt really nailed him with that meme, he will never live it down. But he (Bob Dole) is right about Trump, that was a great speech in Poland.
Bob Dole from the crypt....
Bob Dork is why I haven’t given a cent to GOP, RNC, etc since 1996 and never will.
I only give to candidates....
Agreed,Thank You Mr.Dole
For sure men respect men whether they like them or not. But men do not respect wimps and girly acting men. Negotiating from a wimps stand point is all is lost. You get run over. The US endured 8 years of the gold standard of a girly man acting as a leader
Not a fan of Dole’s, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
The up-side to this is that, as a RINO swamp creature respected by some other RINO swamp creatures, maybe they will find the guts to think about leaving the dark side. Maybe Dole can lead them out of that place.
And I thought he was brave to show up when DJT accepted the nomination at the Convention. He probably took a lot of heat for it. Unlike McCain, he’s an HONORABLE veteran, and probably appreciates DJT’s stance on American First, and the military in general.
He also attended the inauguration, in wheelchair at the back by the doors. Trump paused to shake his hand, iirc. One of the ex-POTUS, I think, totally ignored him when they departed the area. Or maybe it was just Hillary...
Yeah, let’s attack Bob Dole, not the proponents of the African Muslim that crapped on our country for 8 years. Good approach, attack our friends and not our enemies.
Commenters here have to realize - Bob Dole attended the convention on behalf of Trump (the ONLY Rep Presidential candidate to so do) and was prominent at the Inauguration. Just where were the Bushes, Romney and Kasich, governor of the host state?
“Nobody eats Bob Dole’s peanut butter.”
It’s nice to see someone not attacking our friends.
Are you sure you intended to reply to me, here? Because I don’t see that I attacked Bob Dole.
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