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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 'plans' to be a gigantic ass at G-7 summit, according to his staff
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/6/1769837/-Trump-plans-to-be-a-gigantic-ass-at-G-7-summit-according-to-his-staffTrump 'plans' to be a gigantic ass at G-7 summit, according to his staff
Hunter
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday June 06, 2018 · 12:46 PM EDT
The word "plan" here, is, I suspect, badly overstating things:
President Trump plans to confront other world leaders at a summit in Quebec on Friday over what he believes is a global economic system tilted against the United States, several people briefed on the plan said, escalating tensions with U.S. allies who have expressed outrage at his pivot toward protectionism.
The news here is that Trump's staffers expect the Quebec meeting to go badlyin fact, they seem to expect it's going to be an outright fiasco. They are therefore setting the stage for a claim that Trump meant to do that, by way of some nebulous "plan" that consists primarily or exclusively of Trump treating all the other assembled leaders like shit and everyone else in the White House nodding their heads and claiming there is some larger strategy involved in that.
Reading between the lines, the more likely scenario is that Trump, who is in a far pissier mood than usual due to anything from a spat with Melania to the Mueller probe's tightening gripor maybe he just didn't get extra ice cream when he wanted extra ice creamdecided that all the other world leaders were out to get him and imagines, in his head, that he won't be nobody's pushover so screw them all. We already know that Trump's staff is largely ineffectual at getting him to prepare for these thingshis would-be summit with the North Korean strongman is going to be largely ad-libbed, it appearsand they certainly have no say in his temper, so the entirety of the plan is "Donald is crabby, so we're gonna all say we meant to do that. Run with it."
The most substantive tidbits the Washington Post gleaned from Trump's inner circle is that (1) he's plotting how to retaliate against Canada's retaliation against his tariffs, which is the very definition of a trade war, and (2) that "White House officials are also considering whether to have Trump refuse to sign onto a customary joint agreement at the end of the G-7 summit, one senior administration official said, as a signal that the old ways of doing business are over."
Yeah, so he might refuse to sign the usual post-meeting statement of generic banalities. But it won't be because he's a stubby-fingered spitemonster who is paranoid about being compared unfavorably to all those other leaders, it's because he's making a statement about how he iz great and they is bad.
Lord help us. Yeah, well, I guess when you elect a man whose only skill is insulting people to high office, you're going to get an administration based on finding excuses for your boss to insult people. Give the man his extra scoop of ice cream and put him to bed already.
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Trump 'plans' to be a gigantic ass at G-7 summit, according to his staff (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2018
OP
I think we should all start writing letters to foreign newspapers apologizing for our country.
Vinca
Jun 2018
#2
The extent of their planning is who to shove on his way to the front of the photo-op
unblock
Jun 2018
#8
He plans to purposely skip on his morning lithium meds again? They should openly mock our traitor.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2018
#11
no_hypocrisy
(46,121 posts)1. I expect Trump to bring his "secret weapon" to break down Justin Trudeau.
?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale
Vinca
(50,278 posts)2. I think we should all start writing letters to foreign newspapers apologizing for our country.
This is horrible - and it seems like it will never end.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)4. i did with Bush...but now i REALLY mean it....
.we need a list of addresses...or emails
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)3. Who would've guessed...? (eom)
Cha
(297,296 posts)5. trump wasn't elected.. he was rigged in by the russians..
and those who assisted like Jill Stein's LIES.
More leaks again.. from his staff?
Best of Luck to G6!
Orsino
(37,428 posts)6. Putin set the stage.
Trump will shit the bed again, as planned.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)7. When is he ever NOT a gigantic ass?
He is such an embarrassment. I just want this nightmare to be over.
unblock
(52,253 posts)8. The extent of their planning is who to shove on his way to the front of the photo-op
syringis
(5,101 posts)9. His Babylonsister, 'plans' ?
He doesn't have to plan. He is a permanent asshole ! Must be genetically determined.
rainin
(3,011 posts)10. Somebody send him prostitutes. He won't refuse. Then release the video.
If nothing else, we'll enjoy watching evangelicals twist themselves into pretzels defending their savior. Haha
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts)11. He plans to purposely skip on his morning lithium meds again? They should openly mock our traitor.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)12. republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief plans to Whine a lot more
...as if he hadn't whined enough already. He wants TWO SCOOPS