Posted on 06/11/2018 2:26:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump's break with American allies at the G-7 Summit was the worst foreign policy outing of his presidency, and the worst summit since they started back in 1975, according to Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group. Bremmer called Mr. Trump's performance "the geopolitical equivalent of the Comey firing."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the president's reversal "via tweet" from signing onto the G-7 statement was "sobering and a bit depressing."
On "CBS This Morning" Monday, Bremmer, said, "It was Trump unable to control his emotional impulses in doing something that I am sure felt very satisfying at the time. He was forced to go, he didn't want to attend the summit, his advisors all said, 'You have to be there.' He shows up late, he leaves early, he cancels his direct meeting with [French President] Macron. The entire time he's seething, bristling and petulant, but he's on good behavior. Finally he leaves, and he says, 'That's it, I'm going to blow it up.'"
"I'm sure that sending that [tweet] out against Trudeau, America's closest ally, felt really good at the time," Bremmer said. But the result is, "It really damages an important long-term relationship."
Will the spat do lasting damage to the Western alliance?
"They're not going to form a G-6, they're not unified, they have no ability to get together on other issues – the Europeans, the Japanese, the Canadians. No. But they don't trust America," Bremmer said. "Trump said that the relationship with the allies was a 10. Maybe out of 100? But the reality is, the relationship with the United States is reasonably uncertain right now. The individual relationship with Trump and those allies is as bad as it could be. It's close to a zero."
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If that’s the case, then all is good.
So fully justified, well within the law and good for America? I agree.
Does that mean we need another special council? (That was sarc...just in case...never know for sure here)
“Trudeau, America’s closest ally”
I think he’s conflating Trudeau with all of Canada.
Sounds like bremmer is why the root of the word analyst is "anal".
I sure hope so!
I’m surprised no one has hired Little Bobby De Niro to be a “News Analyst”.
He writes like it’s a bad thing.
bttt
Best. Election. Ever. MAGA!!
(1) I was happy to see Comey fired.
(2) Justin Trudeau completely lost his manhood.
(3) Merkel is not happy that Germany’s free ride is over.
#Winning
Exactly. We are no longer suckers and I’m loving every minute of it. Time for us to stop subsidizing their socialism
I saw an interview with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business last about Trudeau’s post G-7 statement. Kudlow said that Trudeau came out and ‘STABBED PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE BACK’ with it, as Trudeau’s statement was the complete opposite to what he said in the meeting and was agreed upon by the members.
If this punk-ass beyotch thinks that the Comey firing was a bad thing, that’s where I stop reading.
Trump puts “America First” and Americans aren’t going to diss him for that.
The media hate squad has another idea.
The playing field for trade needs to be levelled.
Americans need good jobs, better paying jobs.
The status quo won’t work.
Norms have changed about what you can do to someone against their will.
The NFL should hire him as a Cheerleader.
What you said was EXACTLY my first thought, on reading the headline.
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