Not all reaction from Capitol Hill was critical:
! "It's about time somebody talked turkey on that little bastard over there." -- Orrin Hatch on Trump's UN speech about NK/Rocket Man
Posted on 09/19/2017 1:33:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee charged that President Trump's United Nations speech ripping the "embarrassment" Iran deal could have killed any chance for a peaceful solution with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
"The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime," Trump declared in his first address to the world body in New York.
Trump, who said Monday that he's still weighing whether the U.S. will remain party to the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, today called it "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into -- frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don't think you've heard the last of it, believe me.
As Iran's representatives looked on, Trump said it's "far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime, one that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing death to America, destruction to Israel and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room."
In a statement issued quickly after the speech, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) stressed that while "the goals of the United Nations are to foster peace and promote global cooperation, today the president used it as a stage to threaten war."
“He missed an opportunity to present any positive actions the UN could take with respect to North Korea, and he launched a diatribe against Iran, again offering no pathway forward," Feinstein said. “By suggesting he would revisit and possibly cancel the Iran nuclear agreement, he greatly escalated the danger we face from both Iran and North Korea. What nation would negotiate with the United States when the agreements we reach with other countries are so easily undermined?"
“Trump’s bombastic threat to destroy North Korea and his refusal to present any positive pathways forward on the many global challenges we face are severe disappointments. He aims to unify the world through tactics of intimidation, but in reality he only further isolates the United States."
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) criticized the speech's foreign policy approach for being "transactional," arguing "it ought to be based on a long-term vision for achieving our interests by supporting democracy, human rights, and opportunity."
"America cannot be strong if it is not respected. I wish the president had used his platform at the United Nations to rally the world to common action against the challenges of terrorism, nuclear proliferation, ethnic violence, poverty, and climate change," Hoyer said. "Unfortunately, he offered only his trademark bluster and grandstanding, which will do little to make America or our world any safer."
Not all reaction from Capitol Hill was critical:
! "It's about time somebody talked turkey on that little bastard over there." -- Orrin Hatch on Trump's UN speech about NK/Rocket Man
Did they even WATCH the speech?
No doubt that they didn’t.
Let’s piss around with NK some more, huh DiFi?
So he’s no longer providing RECRUITING video material for ISIS?
/s
EXPOSED the danger Dianne.
“from”
Many people have trouble with prepositions. The one she was looking for is “to”
Gobble gobble you wicked biotch feinstein.
Hey Feinstein, I believe it was your boy Obama who greatly escalated the danger from Iran and North Korea.
>><<
BINGO!
Trump is dealing with another of POS Obama’s intentional actions.
The REAL reason the leftists are in a tizzy:
Trump calls for ‘great reawakening of nations’ at United Nations summit
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3587044/posts
Dian(a)-dingo... Senator at large...
Once in a while she actually makes sense, but she’s lost in distant nebula on this one.
MAGA!
UNGA!
“Hey Feinstein, I believe it was your boy Obama who greatly escalated the danger from Iran and North Korea.”
DiFi: “Untrue — my god Obama gave Iran and North Korea everything they wanted and MORE!”
These liberals only care about helping the NORKs nuke America. Anything else is called “dangerous”.
These people threaten to kills and we are supposed to nice and give them lots of money.
Guess what ...they still want to kills us.
That corrupt old bag needs to retire...................
Quite a few on the emotionally unstable Left are in a tizzy. A commentator on CBS News (it’s on the website) characterized President Trump’s statement as “a possible war crime”.
I heard Gov. Huckabee say on Fox moments ago, that by her comments, she is on the same page as Iran, Venezuela etc in denouncing Trump’s speech.
Sums the left up for me.
I’d bet money that’s exactly what she thinks, you’re correct.
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