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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDer Spiegel obtained a copy of secret meeting notes from the G7 meeting last week:
Donald Trumps Triumph of Stupidity
Until the very end, they tried behind closed doors to get him to change his mind. For the umpteenth time, they presented all the arguments the humanitarian ones, the geopolitical ones and, of course, the economic ones. They listed the advantages for the economy and for American companies. They explained how limited the hardships would be
But Donald Trump remained unconvinced. No matter how trenchant the argument presented by the increasingly frustrated group of world leaders, none of them had an effect. For me, the U.S. president said, its easier to stay in than step out. But environmental constraints were costing the American economy jobs, he said. And that was the only thing that mattered. Jobs, jobs, jobs.
At that point, it was clear to the rest of those seated around the table that they had lost him. Resigned, Macron admitted defeat. Now China leads, he said.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trump-pulls-out-of-climate-deal-western-rift-deepens-a-1150486.html
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)you republicans and your freaking golf slappy goof-off Draft-Dodger-in-Chief have surrendered America's leadership. Losers.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Doing the dirty work for Koch brothers, and others who ruin water and the environment. The gop OWNS this piss poor excuse for a president.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)In France the right wing party supported the centrist.
In the US the right wing party supported the budding fascist.
That's why the US is in dark days and France is leading the free world.
The whole reason we're here, with the president destroying the country and the government, is because of the GOP and its donors.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)Culmination of 40 years of stupefying GOP & oligarch machinations.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)He is Putin's puppet.
The GOP is covering for him, and that makes them complicit in the treason. But the marching orders are straight from the Kremlin.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)His crappy clothing and first lady Ivanka's knock-off designer clothing and shoes are made in CHINA!!! Or Mexico. What AMERICAN jobs is he supposed to be saving? His sons, Beavis and Butthead are advertising for foreign labor for their vineyard. tRump even gets his mail order brides from overseas!!
csziggy
(34,136 posts)The Democratic Party should have stressed that when Dolt was claiming he'd bring back jobs to the rust belt - he took jobs OUT of the rust belt by his business practices.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)to make sure our grandchildren work in a coal mine. That's his jobs program.
WINNING!!!
heaven05
(18,124 posts)allowed clowns like those in this administration to be where they are and do what they are doing. That's the elephant in the room. WE DID/ALLOWED THIS.....to happen. Now we, RW and LW, and the world will pay dearly....
progressoid
(49,991 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I blame the Republican party first and the do nothing foot dragging Congress.