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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Rude Shove Is Going Viral in the News
Do a Google news search for Trump shoves. In just the past half an hour, the story and video of Trump shoving aside the Prime Minister of Montenegro to push to the front of a group of other NATO leaders has leaped to the top of the news, both in the US and internationally. And that's just the beginning. Before much more time has passed, it will lead the news everywhere.
That video will also, no doubt, be the lead-in video for the major network news this evening.
Way to go, Donald! You've made the office of Boor-in-Chief of the United States famous with your rude, churlish behavior.
That video will be the take-away from the NATO conference. Bravo, Donald! Bravo!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)We're stuck with the least presidential president possible.
What a fucking douchebag
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)owns this clown. He is THEIR representative, 100%.
erronis
(15,302 posts)There actually used to be some moderates, maybe even a rational thoughtful one or two.
Violence and arrogance seem to be their answer to intelligence and honest discussions. Sorta like that Dick John Wayne or Clint Eastwood in the fairy-tale land of America and the frontier.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)I hope someone body slams him!
onit2day
(1,201 posts)madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)calling him "The Rude American" and showed the clip, inviting her guests to comment on it and slam him.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Now with tRump...she can't swallow the ignorance...
c-rational
(2,593 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)which way the wind is blowing. When she got positive air time for asking questions that Tillerson wouldn't answer, she got all tingly.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)I do believe she is humiliated by tRump and Company ....
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...one of the lowest, littlest shittiest things the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief has done to disgrace himself and the KGOP.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Would we be hearing from Republicans and Fox News if Obama had done this
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Never.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that we elected him between W and rump and showed the world WE are still here and we can do it right.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)act in such a shoddy, classless manner. Obama has more class in one of his eyebrow hairs than Trump ever dreamed of.
You know, I would cheerfully have Barack and Michelle over for dinner, but I wouldn't even want Trump in the same block as my house, let alone in my house. I'd have to fumigate.
Disgusting man.
George II
(67,782 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Maybe they will just ignore it.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)"It was a friendly clap on the shoulder."
45 was gritting his teeth when he did it though.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)They do not air stories that make their Dear Leader look bad.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)it, if it makes Repubs look bad. It is a Republican propaganda channel. RT, the Russian propaganda media, is truly more "fair and balanced" with their news.
David__77
(23,421 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I'll add it to the OP on edit:
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)narnian60
(3,510 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Truly ugly.........beyond ugly...........you can see in the picture, how self centered he is..all about me..
..............................................................??
LisaM
(27,813 posts)He's just a textbook case of why we should never, never vote for someone based on their having been a head of a company. He absolutely doesn't seem to realize that he serves the public now. He still thinks he's the boss of everyone.
Siwsan
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you did, absolutely nailed it
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RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)Cheeto Benito strikes again! - Props to whoever coined that term here.
NBachers
(17,120 posts)Except in this case it's"Il Douche."
erronis
(15,302 posts)Lots of labels fit this sack of mendacity and turds.
For whatever reason, he seems to wear them with pride. Is there an agenda underneath all the pomposity?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Mussolini had a gregarious laugh and I suspect was very cordial to the people around him and only strutted like that when he was striking a pose or giving a speech. I suspect that Mussolini wouldn't have shoved other elected leaders.
How low can he go when we start arguing if he meets the Mussolini standard?
NickB79
(19,253 posts)jrthin
(4,836 posts)ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)My sound on this device is dorked -- what was the exchange he had with the woman. Noticed he pointed his finger at her. It looks like she criticized him and he then chastised her.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)All the other heads of state are laughing in disbelief at the American president.
ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)so I went for the facial expression and assumed he said something like "mind your business". I was pretty close, LOL
He's a certified fool.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)She probably gave him a piece of her mind and he told her to shut it. The usual respect he shows to women.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)"While walking with the NATO leaders during his visit to the alliance's headquarters Thursday, President Donald Trump pushed aside Dusko Markovic, the prime minister of Montenegro, as he moved to the front of a group of the leaders."
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Never mind that he doesn't know how to be presidential. He doesn't know about normal, polite behavior that any grownup should know.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... to be a DEMOCRAT!
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)brer cat
(24,576 posts)niyad
(113,336 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)that money can not buy CLASS. Uncouth lout. Notice how everyone else has their suit coats fastened. Donnie is too fat to fasten his.
evemac
(132 posts)Nothing in Trump's behavior to signify a tic disorder. Trump had a behavior disorder.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Virtual Burlesque
(132 posts)Texin
(2,596 posts)I've seen more polite toddlers than this assclown. What a sorry excuse for human life this shithead is.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Dump is a fucking asshole.
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts)Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Shit can be used as manure to help things grow.
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)Doodley
(9,093 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Every person in that group is a national leader, but Trump believes himself to be superior to them all. How strange he is...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)"Why should some guy from somewhere I've never even heard of be walking ahead of me? Is Montenegro even in NATO? If it is, they probably haven't paid me what they owe. So I get to walk ahead of that guy. He owes me for NATO. Anyhow, I had the biggest, most beautiful inauguration crowd ever in the history of the world. It was yuge. I bet that guy didn't get a crowd like mine."
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)He should ask Melania. She knows where it is.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Virtual Burlesque
(132 posts)Montenegro is situated in the Balkans between Kosovo and Sarajevo.
While Montenegro is not currently a NATO member, the accession of Montenegro to NATO is expected to be completed on June 5th, which is probably why Prime Minister Dusko Markovic was attending the conference.
Through NATO, Montenegro deployed 40 soldiers, a three-member military medical team, and two officers under German command to Afghanistan in 2010. Montenegro peacekeepers were also deployed to Liberia and Somalia.
likesmountains 52
(4,098 posts)hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)Is a bigger bully.
I'd love to see Trump meet his match.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)I was thinking of someone (as an individual) giving Little Donnie (as an individual) a piece of his own medicine.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)He'll be like a lap dog.
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)..... let me see tr-dump:be rude and insulting to Mr. Ventura.
joedogs
(34 posts)and he's been Putin bitch ever since. and one classless mother-fucker on top of that.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)about Trump's bodyguards doing something similar to Erdogan's henchmen in Washington!
blaze
(6,362 posts)LSFL
(1,109 posts)Just a bully doing bully stuff. My kingdom for just one punch to his stupid fucking face.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)"a face in need of a good punch"
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I always understood it as "a face badly in need of a fist" but either way, it works for me!
ProfessorPlum
(11,257 posts)"a face that sings out for a fist"
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)Trump Shoves.......
Newspapers have it, You tube has it.......
Thanks MineralMan!!!!!!!
mainer
(12,022 posts)Someone needed to slap this out of him when he was in kindergarten.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Why can't Democrats give him a chance?
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc....
MFM008
(19,816 posts)Establishment.....
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if they look at it as a badge of honor.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)I've seen them calling it Bossing In Brussels. As in the phrase Like A Boss!
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Yep. They see it as a proud moment.
maryallen
(2,172 posts)That spontaneous gesture tells you who he really is.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)When will our national nightmare be over!!!! Ugh!!!
David__77
(23,421 posts)All of his gestures reflect that viewpoint.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)MOST.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)For those " not as important" as HE is came through pretty clear.
R B Garr
(16,954 posts)is seeing the most important person ever to exist while the rest of us see the insane freak that he is. What an absolute embarrassing man-child. He is truly deranged.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Is "TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP..."
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)That look on his face when he got where he thinks he belongs, front and center, and then straightening his jacket and jutting out his chin. Ugh! And to think of the many millions who'd consider this appalling boorishness to be an admirable display of strength! What a nightmare all this is.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)a sign of strength, instead of what it really is. It is sign of weakness, insecurity and complete self-centeredness. He is a vile excuse for a human being and so is anyone who wasn't appalled by his sickening behavior today.
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)of your second and third sentences, they're such a concise and accurate summation of my take on this horror. Donald Trump is weak, insecure and completely and pathologically self-centered. He is a vile excuse for a human being and SO IS ANYONE who isn't appalled by his sickening behavior.
The "so is anyone" part is why I try to avoid political talk anymore. I live in a deeply red county, almost 80% Republican, and I really don't want to know if someone STILL supports Trump. I know they can't be persuaded or argued with and I can't go around hating almost everyone I come in contact with, so I don't want to know their hateful side. I didn't think anything could be worse than the Bush years, but this, I feel, is. And we're just 3 months in. God(or something) help us.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Orrex
(63,215 posts)"He's showing them who's boss, and he won't let those prissy European socialists push him around."
I say this because it's already true, and they're already saying it.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Personified.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)They all saw and felt that move.
He is just so gross!
FlightRN
(194 posts)He is utterly repugnant. A complete lack of class, he likens himself to a mob boss.
spanone
(135,844 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,174 posts)As he was thinking "meme meme."
The Premier of Montenegro, with supreme elegance, deferred and did not lose composure.
Spraytan Orangeman is a sucking disgrace and dishonor.
RoBear
(1,188 posts)I'm speechless.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Meanwhile, Trump is oblivious...
irisblue
(32,980 posts)What an ass.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Classic.
doc03
(35,346 posts)of arrogant shit is president.
irisblue
(32,980 posts)Reincarnation?
BTW trump is a rude MF er.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)i hope the world knows this is not what most americans voted for.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)do blame us for letting him be elected...not voting, etc.
When I talk to people traveling, face to face, they seem more sympathetic, and they will say, we know all Americans don't like him.
Everyone I know says they can feel the hostility toward Americans whole traveling, which had gone away under Obama.
At least the courts overruled him again.
BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)look up asshole in the dictionary and see this vid.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)The Russian ambassador obviously wouldn't be at a NATO meeting.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)FLAGRANT!!
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Always.
ButSeeYa
(273 posts)I hope it plays in a loop all day on MSM, so the idiots will continue to see that they voted a petulant, asshole, bullish, arrogant, overbearing, hateful, racist, sexist, bloviating man-child to the highest Office in our country.
Chakaconcarne
(2,453 posts)He looked like he wanted to punch Trump.
benpollard
(199 posts)... to a conservative.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It's a real shame. We are rapidly losing face in the international community, thanks to Trump. Not a good thing at all.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)She said something to shitgibbon. He pointed as he replied, then he took his Mussolini stance. Oh! To be privy to that exchange!
Edited to add: Just found it. She's President Grybauskaite of Lithuania.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)But I found out who she is: President Grybauskaite.
Updated my post above.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I would never have recognized the President of Lithuania. I'm sure Trump didn't know who she was, either. In his mind, he was probably thinking, "Who's that old broad?" That would be my guess about his thoughts, anyhow.
Leith
(7,809 posts)He probably told her to fetch him a diet coke as he pointed at her.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)asshat he is. Beyond embarrassing.
I hope the deplorables are happy. I suspect they are. Losers.
William769
(55,147 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)...someone said "If you're under investigation, please step forward"
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)My parents didn't have money, but they taught us manners....sometimes the hard way, but we learned. This toad was never taught how to behave in polite society.
qanda
(10,422 posts)Because it was a joke. No, the people around him were laughing because he is a joke!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Sort of a nervous laughter that says, "Can you believe he just did that?"
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)The bar established for Republicans has been dug deep into the ground.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Politics isn't the only thing he's abysmally ignorant about.
3catwoman3
(24,006 posts)...a putz.
Whatever you exactly "American exceptionalism" was supposed to mean, it will soon, if not
already, mean exceptionally rude, crude, crass, pretentious, arrogant, ignorant, bellicose and petty.
Please add in any that I missed.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Seems to be stuck at zero.
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)Too much testosterone and too few brains in the GOP gene pool. Montana thug will probably win because of it. Sick muthers.
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)Breathtaking, and not in a good way.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)That was first on my google search. Was that it or are there multiple shoves?
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)With an ample supply of eggs and rotten tomatoes.
oasis
(49,389 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Always always always "me first." "Me up front" for the photo-op. me me me me me. This will be one of the the defining images of his presidency. A vulgar embarrassment to America.
Would someone please give an etiquette book?
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Smickey
(3,328 posts)take him away...please.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...and self-entitlement that had him grabbing women in the past.
MrPurple
(985 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)talldarkhandsome
(17 posts)He's just got to be front and center.
Raster
(20,998 posts)jb5150
(1,178 posts)for what he's done to our standing in the world.
oasis
(49,389 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Last edited Thu May 25, 2017, 06:17 PM - Edit history (1)
29,100,000 hits and counting
OldManTarHeel
(435 posts). . & the biggest POS there is.
Embarrassing . . !
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)calimary
(81,313 posts)Now we know. The "J" stands for Jerk. And also Jackass.
I am so humiliated by the thought that THAT is America's face to the world.
As a mom, I go directly to "who the hell brought you up???"
My husband saw that and immediately said "I wasn't brought up to do that." I responded "neither was I. And neither were our kids!"
Disgusting and Disgraceful. And those "D's" I will capitalize.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He can't stand to be upstaged even if it's completely inadvertent.
Although in that crowd it probably was on purpose. They were all walking away from him. I hope they were all speaking in French or something so he can't understand.
His insecurity is plain to see in this video
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)in front and everyone else was in the wrong for getting in front of him. Most people already know he is a rude and ignorant ass and now he is proving it to the world by his actions. What an embarrassment to our country.
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Remember when he and Melania arrived at the White House and were greeted by the Obamas? tRump muscled his way into the doorway first, as I recall. Melania was forgotten behind him and it was the Obamas who greeted her and escorted her in the door, behind her crude, classless husband. He is a boor, with no sense of decorum. Protocol? What's that? An over the counter cough remedy?? No amount of prepping, coaching or cramming for finals will EVER make this brash, uncultured buffoon fit to be our President. Not that he'd be bothered to study up since he thinks he fine just the way he is. Jesus, Joseph and Mary! How'd we end up with this asshole-in-chief??
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)At first the reaction from the pushee was neutral to me, but then turned to disgust quickly.
AllaN01Bear
(18,253 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)-Steph-
(409 posts)Prime Minister, Milo Đukanović, according to the government of Montenegro. Putin specifically didn't want Montenegro joining NATO. Now that Montenegro will officially join NATO in just a couple of weeks, is it really a coincidence that Putin's puppet was shoving the Prime Minister at a NATO meeting of all places?
I have no doubt that Trump would have tried to make his way to the front no matter who was in front of him, but I also don't think it's just a coincidence that the person he ended up shoving in the process was the Prime Minister of Montenegro. IMO, Trump had a clear look of contempt on his face and seemed to go out of his way to avoid even acknowledging the Prime Minister's presence after the incident took place. It leaves me with the impression that the shove wasn't JUST about getting to the front. That's just my opinion though.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)He's not big on things like that. I suspect he couldn't tell you the names of more than four or five of those NATO leaders on sight, nor what countries they represented.
Message: Trump Don't Care!
-Steph-
(409 posts)have tried to make his way to the front no matter what. It could just be a horribly bad coincidence on Chump's part, with all of the Trump/Russia headlines lately, that he ended up shoving the one person that Putin absolutely did not want being there.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)"There!" He says. "I handled that just right!"
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)I mean he's truly unbelievable.
I have to keep telling myself that this is real life. The guys on Dumb and Dumber have more intellect and class.
This is not fiction.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Asshole of all assholes move.....what a loser!
nini
(16,672 posts)he makes me want to .
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Egads, it's embarrassing...
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Crazy & disgusting.
speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)..an aborted locker room shoulder pat?
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)What a revealing moment--and in front of the entire international community.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)My sincerest apologies to the rest of the planet.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)What a POS! A JOKE!!
I think I must copy the address and use it to reply to every asswipe trumpanzee on the entire innertubes.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)He didn't like it and it appears he is responding in a nasty manner to her.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Takket
(21,577 posts)but the deplorables made him president.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Demonaut
(8,918 posts)and to the world
tiptonic
(765 posts)God help us all. I don't even believe in imaginary people but god please help us..
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)So compulsive. Dementia: I've seen elderly folk who get intimidated, flustered, threatened by being in a crowd of people and they get anxious and angry. And they have this touch of petty narcissism that feeds their justification for being rude or abusive. Toddler-like. Throw in nasty and churlish.
You should all be looking at me!! Wow. Having to baby-sit a president.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Sure, they'd barf on a prime minister or goof at the wrong door, but at least they'd apologize afterwards.
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)some ignorant white wingers who think bullying/intimidation will make us great.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)His son in law being a person of interest.
If so maybe he was a little bit angry.
Maybe caused a distraction.
He was angry with the woman who confronted him.
Good for her.
He is a ticking time bomb.
He barely kept it together.
That is why he did the tough guy act.
Keep poking him.
He will blow up.
I watched that video several times.
Cha
(297,304 posts)he could get to the front and start preening like a peacock.
onetexan
(13,043 posts)he had to be in the front and center for press pictures of course, so he just pushed another leader aside to hog the limelight. What an embarassment of a human being. I cannot bear acknowledging the fact he is our president - albeit an illegitimate one.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)I told him to stop insulting pigs.
That vulgarian in Lincoln's house - disgraceful.
allenmcmill
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rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Republican congressman assaults a news reporter.
Republicanism is quickly becoming a dangerously ignorant and violent cult with Trump leading the way.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)FAKE NEW, FAKE NEWS...FAKE NEWS..FAKE NEWS...FAKE NEWS
YOU MADE THIS UP...THOSE ARE ACTORS...THIS IS FROM A BROADWAY SHOW..
THIS IS NOT REAL...THAT CANNOT BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES....
NO, NO, NO, NO........................................time to hide..........
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)I heard it said on one of the MSNBC shows this morning that he seems a lot more deferential to leaders of authoritarian countries (like Saudi Arabia) than he is to those from more democratically-oriented countries.
I think he's jealous as hell that he wound up "leader" of a country where the citizens can (and will) call him out for the asswipe he is without having their tongues cut out for it. So far.