Posted on 12/11/2017 1:35:28 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley knew exactly how to respond to CNN anchor Jake Tapper's depressing assessment of the U.S. embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during their interview on Sunday.
"President Trump is supposed to be a master negotiator," Tapper noted. "Isn't this just cashing in a chip and getting nothing for it? How does this move the peace process forward in any way?"
In addition to leading questions like that, Tapper quoted the Arab League calling the move a "dangerous development," then played a clip of the PLO Secretary-General declaring that Trump had just "strengthened the forces of extremists." All of it fit nicely into Tapper's narrative that the embassy move was bad politics and is going to jeopardize the Middle East peace process.
Haley heard it all and did not flinch. She has no concern that Tapper's fears are going to be realized, she said, because the biggest priority right now is Iran. The U.S. is in "lock step" with the Arab League to combat that aggressor, she said.
Trump is simply doing what his predecessors did not have the guts to do for 22 years, Haley insisted. Former presidents Bush, Clinton and Obama all wanted to move the embassy, but backed off after listening to advisors who told them not to take such a risk. Trump actually had the "courage" to do it, Haley explained.
"The president did the will of the people."
The U.S. will not be determining borders, she explained. That's up to the two parties involved. What Trump did was simply acknowledge reality - that Jerusalem was the rightful capital of Israel, and took it off the negotiating table, Haley said.
“I still don’t see how it moves the peace process forward,” Tapper said, unconvinced.
“That’s OK," she replied. "It will move the peace process forward and I’ll come back and tell you I told you so."
Peace to the Palis - No Jews.
Sometimes, I hear or read about something she says and I have to shake my head in disbelief.
Then, she steps up to the plate again and absolutely crushes it.
Apeasement has worked great so far!
SMH
FINALLY someone stands up for Israel!
President Trump sure can pick the right people for the right job!
I get the same feeling too. Maybe now she feels like she’s on the winning team. I’m beginning to see the same Nikki Haley who wasn’t listening to obama during the Governor’s meeting and instead played with her Ipad..
Good for her. At first I was afraid she was going to come out on the worst end of this deal. Reading it, I realized right away she was dead on target.
Again, good for her.
The peace process has not moved forward for at least 25 years. Fake Jake Tapper does not have a clue.
Exactly right.
The so-called Palestinians want it all.
No Israel, no Jews.
“The so-called Palestinians want it all.
No Israel, no Jews.”
Exactly, the Palestinians have no interest in “peace”. They want the Jews eliminated.
If it was such a strong chip, why did it not make the Palestinians fold ? They knew you would never seriously play it. Now they know you will play all your chips.
“I still don’t see how it moves the peace process forward,” Tapper said, unconvinced.By "peace process" he means "genocide of the Jews". Partisan Media Shill alert.
I hope she can say “Told you so” too. But how long before we can hear it? Will I still be alive. Will either of them?
Sometimes, I hear or read about something she says and I have to shake my head in disbelief.
Then, she steps up to the plate again and absolutely crushes it.
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She says so much so often that every once in a while she will not get something wrong, though that is her matrix. Monkeys and typewriters. I wish she had been left to rot in her carpetbagger obscurity.
Before POTUS TRUMP, you couldn't really tell if Jake was a Democrat or Republican
Now, you can =P
what chip, Jake? The Fakestinians would not have given you two cents for moving the embassy to Jerusalem where it belongs
quite the contrary, theyll blow you up if the get a chance
I find it dumbfounding that an ostensibly “world-class” journalist could so easily piss on his own perceived intelligence, let alone credibility, by adopting such a fatuous narrative!
Doesn’t move the “Peace Process” forward?
Is Jake Tapper the only guy over the age of 12 that doesn’t know when one side of a negotiation becomes intransigent, you start taking things AWAY that were previously conceded?
For good or bad, I think she's just her own "man" - whose foreign policy views match up with those of Trump.
I don't think he really "controls" her, he just knows they are on the same page deep in their hearts with respect to world affairs.
Bolton was good, but Nikki is great - as UN Ambassador.
(Just keep her away from domestic affairs).
“The peace process has not moved forward for at least 25 years”
actually, it’s a bit longer than that: the mideast peace process has not moved forward for at least 3000 years ...
Reminds me of a good response to a concern troll type comment placed on a critical review of a product sold on Amazon. The troll said, “I guess I don’t understand how x y and z” (I forget the basis of their objection)
The response from the reviewer was brief but effective: “You don’t have to understand.”
The media is missing it’s power. Now it obviously doesn’t matter if they are afraid of any number of things.
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