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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:25 AM Feb 2018

Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, about Trump ...

I saw Vicente Fox on an interview show yesterday on cable TV.

He said that Trump phoned the current President of Mexico soon after Trump became President,
and that Trump yelled at the Mexican President, saying:

“I’m the leader of the most powerful country in the world and you are going to do what I tell you!”

The Mexican President calmly responded to Trump:
“That’s not how diplomacy works.”

Around the same time Trump called the Mexican President,
news outlets reported Trump also phoned the Australian leader,
and yelled at him.

Last week I heard someone on TV say:
“Trump doesn’t 'do' diplomacy. He’s a bully.”

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Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, about Trump ... (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #1
Total truth. lark Feb 2018 #2
Well, d'uh! Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #3
Look at that disgusting pig! smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #4
Frum: Trump skill is not deal-making with powerful counterparts. It's duping gullible victims -tweet Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #5
K&R nt avebury Feb 2018 #6
He thinks he is leader of Earth? treestar Feb 2018 #7
I dont know if our Bully in Chief realizes it or not but Grammy23 Feb 2018 #8
tRump, is a global worldwide loser! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #10
"Global worldwide" is a tautology ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #13
Yep, it takes more than one word to describe him, yep, "tRump is a stupid, moronic, imbecilic dunce" RKP5637 Feb 2018 #15
He is the most disgusting SOS I have ever seen. dae Feb 2018 #9
You have henceforth coined the descriptor 'Bully Diplomacy.' joanbarnes Feb 2018 #11
... left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #12
My fav Roosevelt quote: area51 Feb 2018 #14
O. M. G. RandomAccess Feb 2018 #16

Wounded Bear

(58,677 posts)
3. Well, d'uh!
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:35 AM
Feb 2018

Hell, it's why his supporters voted for him. They WANT a bully in charge. They are stupid enough to think that Trump won't bully them.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Look at that disgusting pig!
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:40 AM
Feb 2018

He makes me sick. Make no mistake, if he is not stopped, he will fashion himself as a dictator by hook or by crook. That is his only goal.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
8. I dont know if our Bully in Chief realizes it or not but
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 01:54 PM
Feb 2018

Most bullies don’t have a happy ending. Not to mention that they are pretty much despised wherever they go. Real life bullies? Hunted down and often killed on the spot. Movie bullies? Well, ask 007 about that.

So if tRump thinks that being a bully is a sure thing to respect and LOVE that he apparently craves, he has put himself on a path guaranteed to disappoint and frustrate him. Could a guy in the US be more despised and hated than tRump? Maybe even in the world?

tRump got this one wrong but because of who he is, he will never see this or understand it. Even when he is frogmarched off in disgrace, he will still be thinking that he can bully his way to love and respect. Or think he can put on his “sweet” act and we will fall for it. Fool that he is.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
13. "Global worldwide" is a tautology
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 03:33 PM
Feb 2018

Kind of like, "tRump is a stupid, moronic, imbecilic dunce".

Ok, I guess tautologies are sometimes needed.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
15. Yep, it takes more than one word to describe him, yep, "tRump is a stupid, moronic, imbecilic dunce"
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 03:41 PM
Feb 2018
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