"In the parlance of international diplomacy, that's what we call a real dick move."

[babylonsister]

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a55275/trump-nato/


Beep Beep Here Comes America
Make way, suckers!
By Charles P. Pierce
May 25, 2017


It appears that, having given Papa Francesco the time of his life on Wednesday, President* Griswold has moved on to Brussels where he has set about bringing joy to our NATO allies. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the president* was going to pledge of uphold Article 5, the mutual-defense provision of the NATO agreement. On Thursday? Ahhh, not so much. From CNN wire:

Speaking during the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 attacks and Article 5 of the NATO charter -- under which members pledge to jump to the aid of any member country that is attacked -- Trump declined to reiterate US commitment to the provision. Trump first cast doubt on the provision during his presidential campaign, and NATO members had hoped the President would make clear the US was committed to Article 5 during his remarks on Thursday… Instead, Trump badgered heads of state of the alliance -- who stood silently, some shifting uncomfortably during his remarks -- that an increased financial commitment was needed to bolster the alliance. "Two percent is the bare minimum for confronting today's very real and very vicious threats," Trump said. "If NATO countries made their full and complete contributions then NATO would be even stronger than it is today, especially from the threat of terrorism." Briefing reporters Wednesday on Air Force One, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said "of course we support Article 5," but declined to say whether Trump would reiterate the US' adherence to the mutual defense pledge in his NATO remarks.

This, of course, is coming from a guy who regularly stiffed carpenters and masons and who dove into the bankruptcy protections every chance he got.

And I have no idea what's going on here:

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Who among us hasn't mistaken a meeting of the leaders of the Western alliance for the Firelight buffet at Sam's Town? In the parlance of international diplomacy, that's what we call a real dick move.

[Wawannabe]

1. That's what donnie is good at

Real. Dick. Moves.

[dalton99a]

3. The only moves he makes.

[Achilleaze]

2. k & r

[underpants]

4. Vlad say Article 5 NYET!

Donnie is well trained and does what his owner tells him.

[erronis]

22. Possibly brain implants with remote control?

Or some KGB-sourced drugs that make the asshole come out of the top of the neck.

Getting off my conspiratorial bent, I think it is simply lousy genetics. Looking at parents and offspring...
Now, not saying that someone didn't do some genetic engineering on this poor family. Dr. Moreau?

[underpants]

23. He knows Vlad is watching. He knows what Vlad wants.

[superpatriotman]

5. Low T and false bravado

Are going to get him in trouble (and us by our acceptance of it)

[TlalocW]

6. So what is the thinking on NATO owing money

Where does that come from? To whom? Some NATO bank account they all pitch into?

TlalocW

[Shrike47]

20. Donnie's imagination. He doesn't understand how it works.

Also, it sounds good to his base because they don't understand how it works either.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Just Like The Puke's in Congress...

...don't understand how insurance works
They understand nothing!
Ryan read Atlas Shrugged when he was 17, and considers it his Bible
He doesn't know it's fiction

[Demtexan]

27. Donnies bank account somehow.

Who knows what he thinks.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I think by now, even Putin is embarrassed by him.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. i still would have tripped him.

in elementary school i learned that behaviour is unaceptabe, and will be sent to the principle's office. donnie ,yaaf.

[global1]

9. One Thing Everybody Should Learn Is.....

don't trust a thing that Trump says or doesn't say. He's a liar and now all the leaders of the NATO Alliance know that and don't trust Trump.

He's an embarrassment to the United States and now to the World. He's also very dangerous.

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. A lawyer who knows him said

"I would not believe Trump even if his tongue were notarized."

Other lawyer reports Trumps lawyers will not meet with him alone, they come in teams to support the truth of the meeting.

I thought that was all exaggeration, a year ago.Now I realize it was understatement.

[MedusaX]

10. "President* Griswold" ... jajaja ...just needs the white patent loafers & matching belt...

Wish he would go back to his precious Mar-ma-lado World and save us all from global embarrassment.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. A secure tall person is happy to stand behind shorter people. . . . . nt

[Thomas Hurt]

12. The cameras! Get out of the way losers, I need to be on the cameras!

[hibbing]

13. Our long national embarrassment n/t

[PatrickforO]

14. OMG

[Alice11111]

15. That is so bad, I thought it was a cartoon. It can't be real.

This will go viral around the world. He is such a big olf blob anyway. Then he pushes this guy out of way, and looks around like he did nothing. It's just so embarrassing. He is so clueless. No wonder he was never accepted in NY.

[Blue_Tires]

16. Pierce is golden...

k+r

[trc]

17. OMG, this guy is a piece of shit

Who the fuck does he think he is? This is the most ridiculous thing I have seen him do yet. Please world, this is not who the vast majority, or even simple majority, of Americans elected to represent us. Forgive us while we work to correct this crap ASAP.

[MyOwnPeace]

26. Sad thing is.......

there are two chambers in Washington filled with people that control the majority who will do NOTHING to correct this.

[Leith]

18. He Looked Like He Wanted to Punish Macron

The shitgibbon doesn't seem to want to know protocol. Macron did it exactly right.

[WinkyDink]

19. Bwah! "President Griswold"! Starring in "National Buffoon's Euro Pee-On Excretion."

[Honeycombe8]

21. American's certainly not first, any more. nt

[southerncrone]

28. That's a move the obnoxious kid everybody hates would make. Oh, wait...