Posted on 12/25/2017 10:31:14 AM PST by conservative98
President Trump enthusiastically embraced the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia.
Magnificent! he declared at one point on the trip.
But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the US with similar trappings.
Trump spoke dismissively of state dinners as a candidate, when he panned President Barack Obamas decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping with a 2015 state visit.
I would not be throwing [Xi] a dinner, Trump said at the time.
I would get him a McDonalds hamburger and say weve got to get down to work.
Last month it was Xis turn to literally roll out the red carpet.
The Chinese leader poured on the pageantry as he welcomed Trump to Beijing on what was billed as a state visit, plus.
Trump also enjoyed state visits to South Korea and Vietnam.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said there was no singular reason why Trump hadnt extended a state visit invitation yet, but added that the administration hoped to schedule a visit early in 2018. Sanders gave no hints about which of Trumps foreign counterparts are being considered for the diplomatic honor.
A state visit typically is offered as a sign of friendship and to showcase strategic ties between countries that are important to each other, said Anita McBride, a veteran of three Republican administrations who last served as chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush.
The White House is the world stage to elevate that, she said. These occasions really go a long way to solidify and strengthen relationships.
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President Trump dines on world leaders dimes, do they?
Those same world leaders are wholly dependent on the following:
CAG ... DEVGRU ... MARSOC/MSOB ... SOCOM ... AFSOC ... 82nd Airborne ... 1st Marine Division ... 101st Ariborne ... 2nd Marine Divisio ... 10TH Mtn Division ... US Army and USMC Armored Divisions ... USAF Fighter and Bomber Squadrons ... 1st ID ... 2nd ID ... 3rd ID ... 4th ID ... Air Cav
So, as far as I”m concerned Mark Moore and those world leaders should be kissing the tip of the Presidents dick, considering the sacrifice and blood this country has shed for some ungrateful mother*ckers, dating back to the WW1.
Merry Christmas and God Bless America!!!
Wait until they show up and POTUS Trump takes them to Dinner at his Hotel in DC.
You know, the one where he tipped the Busboy $100.
Cheap Bastard. LOL
But then, who really cares about the Fake News Complex anymore?
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Fake News Complex — good term
If President Trump were staging state dinners, the same media would be snarking at his having so many state dinners.
This, in addition to his two scoops of ice cream??? Horrors, I’m going to faint.
When is the rest of the world going to reciprocate for the trillions we have given them???
Throwing a big state dinner is simply a way of making yourself look important while other people are paying for it and doing all the work.
It’s why Obama loved them so much. He needed to artificially puff himself up all the time because he knows what a loser he is.
Trump doesn’t need that. He knows he’s a winner. So a sack of Mickey D’s and let’s get to work is his way.
Exactly right.
Post of the month!!!
My two oldest boys start the Crucible tomorrow.
Couldnt agree more with your post!
MAGA
Great minds... (see post #19)
Bozo was the first president to bomb across 8 years for GDP growth, failing to avarage 3% any year...AND WE HEAR NOTHING OF IT WHILE HE IS PRESIDENT. But THIS...? HA HA HA, I’M LAUGHING!
I know. They’re desperate.
...think alike.
Nice post. I agree completely. And you beat me by a full 30 minutes.
If I’d seen yours, I wouldn’t have posted. You’d already said what I was wanting to point out.
Merry Christmas to you.
Xi was at Mar A Lago too.
Xi had a good dinner at Mar A Lago and witnessed the order and carry of the MOAB on Syria before the chocolate cake.
A lot of those have been eating off our plate for years.
Typical leftwing “journalist” puts the best interests of foreign leaders above the interests of the American tax payer.
Right, as if they pass the hat around so they can send out General Kelly for pizza and wings.
Merry Christmas to you too!
One thing comes to mind I just would add to the thought. Zero’s leeches also would use it to work their own con’s and manipulations during the dinners just like their boss - as he would condone and want. Trump would have none of that. You’re here for one purpose - to put forth the agenda good for America and its people, not your own scam. Sure he’s smart about working the room, so to speak - and would expect nothing less from his subordinates - but for our sake, not for personal gain. Big difference.
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