Diplomatic malpractice.
Panelists on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” recoiled in horror as they watched President Donald Trump rant against Germany and other NATO allies at a breakfast event opening an annual summit.
Host Joe Scarborough said the president was obviously and clumsily trying to impress Russian president Vladimir Putin, whose longterm strategic goal is to weaken or break up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Nick Burns, who served as ambassador to NATO under George W. Bush, strongly condemned the president’s statements and behavior.
“It’s just infuriating to watch this happen,” Burns said. “You cannot imagine any American president, all the way back 75 years, deciding to become the critic-in-chief of NATO. I mean, it’s Orwellian. He’s making our friends out to be our enemies and treating our enemies like Putin as our friends.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/diplomatic-malpractice-ex-nato-ambassador-torches-trumps-orwellian-breakfast-tirade-allies/