Posted on 06/12/2021 9:39:02 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
Falmouth, England (CNN) When President Donald Trump used his elbows at international summits, it was to throw them -- on trade, on Russia and, once, to help remove the Montenegrin prime minister from his path to a photo-op.
His successor Joe Biden used his elbows differently this week. Arriving to his first global summit, he crooked his arm to extend pandemic-era greetings to a group of leaders who no longer have to tiptoe around a truculent and often angry American president.
Officials attending this week's Group of 7 summit on the Cornish coast in England are emerging shell-shocked after four years dealing with a US president who often appeared intent on injecting animosity into their gatherings.
In front of cameras and behind-the-scenes this weekend, officials said the abrasive interjections and lengthy tangents Trump brought to world summits were absent, replaced by a more businesslike and predictable agenda, including on areas of serious disagreement like China.
Asked alongside Biden on Saturday whether the United States was back, French President Emmanuel Macron answered yes.
"Definitely," he said, waves crashing in Carbis Bay in the background. Even the special guest at a Friday night reception took note of the new vibe.
"Are you supposed to be looking as if you're enjoying yourself?" quipped Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who later was pictured in friendly conversation with Biden and his wife outside a futuristic biosphere, her son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla clutching drinks in the background.
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Stick a fork in the U.S. It’s done.
7 1/2 minute video on that subject.
Comments & suggestions solicited. If you don’t hear back, I’ll most likely be in custody or at Kamp Kamala...waiting my turn in the showers!
https://www.brighteon.com/1d135ff4-e677-4bd0-9439-8729c5c08f72
There’s nothing here but slobbering hero worship. It’s a new low even by CNN standards.
We need to nuke the G6!I predict we will war with them!
Wow, we’re getting some kind of expert analysis here tonight.
But in general, these world leaders are relieved that they can get back to shirking their responsibilities and waiting for the USA to do things that are expensive and difficult.
Just like in the good old days.
That Trump guy, he was like their dad or something.
Leftist propaganda and puff piece, nothing more, nothing less.
Utter toilet paper worthy.
“Predictable agenda” = how to let stupid Americans get brutalized by the CCP while the G-6 pockets the upside.
“To both sessions, Biden brought with him a large white plastic binder, printed with the presidential seal on the cover, to consult on figures and facts. Biden is a new president, but he’s very at home with this set of leaders. That means he can focus on the substance of the upcoming summit, a senior administration official told CNN.”
So they had to give Biden a script for each meeting.
Macron was smiling broadly on the way to the bank.
sigh of relief is America will foot the bill
And then he promptly put both armes over his head, palms flat, waved the white flag of solidarity, and gave up.
I knew before I looked this was a CNN piece.....they’re so easy to spot now....and we’re so easy about even bringing that trash here. CNN wins!
...and Chapstick.
No need for barf alert. CNN is synonymous with barf.
Thank you for my daily dose of CNN propaganda. The dry heaves it elicited were refreshing.
Exactly. If our competitors and adversaries are happy, we should not be. These people obviously do not have our best interests at heart. Trump understood this.
They couldn’t bulldoze Trump.
They can bribe Biden with a spoon of pudding.
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