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kpete

(72,006 posts) Sun Jun 10, 2018, 09:29 AM Jun 2018

Sr G7 Official: "He's like Heath Ledger's Joker -- but without the operational excellence."

“He’s like Heath Ledger’s Joker—but without the operational excellence.” That was the grim after-action assessment of one senior G7 official with whom I spoke in the shocked aftermath of President Donald Trump’s savage post-summit tweets.

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Sr G7 Official: "He's like Heath Ledger's Joker -- but without the operational excellence." (Original Post) kpete Jun 2018 OP

Frum's got this right: muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Frum's got this right:

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Sun Jun 10, 2018, 03:05 PM

Jun 2018

Vexed by the criticism, Trump struck back at the readiest targets: America’s closest friends and allies. Rule-of-law democracies cannot deliver the emoluments Trump collects from more authoritarian regimes. They cannot expedite Ivanka Trump’s trademarks to gain favor. They don’t book their national-day celebrations in Washington’s Trump International Hotel.

I hadn't thought about it much, but that's a good reason why he let's off the authoritarians rather than democracies - Follow The Money. Because the personal money is all that matters. The tariffs will hurt the USA as well as allies, but they don't lose the Trump family money.

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