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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:42 AM Nov 2017

Trump: 'No dictator' should underestimate US resolve

Source: The Hill




BY KYLE BALLUCK - 11/05/17 07:34 AM EST

President Trump on Sunday issued a warning not to underestimate U.S. resolve as he launched his Asia trip.

“For almost 60 years, the military alliance we see on this base has endured -- a cornerstone of sovereignty, security, and prosperity for our nations, this region, and indeed the entire world,” Trump said to U.S. service members at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan.

“We dominate the sky, we dominate the sea, we dominate the land and space,” he added. “Each of you embodies the warrior creed. Your devotion, prowess, and expertise make you the most fearsome fighting force in the history of our world.” Trump said the U.S. military and the nation’s allies are “prepared to defend our nation using the full range of our unmatched capabilities.”

“No one -- no dictator, no regime, and no nation -- should underestimate, ever, American resolve," he said. "Every once in a while, in the past, they underestimated us. It was not pleasant for them, was it? It was not pleasant.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358817-trump-no-dictator-should-underestimate-us-resolve

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Trump: 'No dictator' should underestimate US resolve (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
Trump's right for once. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #1
Cause it's Mueller time dembotoz Nov 2017 #2
So says the wanna-be dictator..... (nt) Galileo126 Nov 2017 #3
For almost 60 years???? Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #4
I wonder if he believes his own rhetoric... malthaussen Nov 2017 #5
So says the wanna be dictator who is going to meet dictator #1, Putin Botany Nov 2017 #6
Our orange wannabe dictator should fear the resolve of the American people. He's going down. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #7
A large portion of the US is resolved to remove our own dictator IronLionZion Nov 2017 #8

Docreed2003

(16,859 posts)
4. For almost 60 years????
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:01 AM
Nov 2017

A). We’ve had a military presence at Yokota Air Base since the end of WWII....

B). That flight jacket is about two sizes too small and I’d wager his zipper would bust if he tried to zip it up

C). This quote from the address was just as scary: “History has proven over and over that the road of the tyrant is a steady march towards poverty, suffering and servitude,”...seems like exactly what he’s trying to accomplish here with his budget outline!!

malthaussen

(17,195 posts)
5. I wonder if he believes his own rhetoric...
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:08 AM
Nov 2017

... since the biggest dictator wannabe is sitting right in the WH.

-- Mal

Botany

(70,504 posts)
6. So says the wanna be dictator who is going to meet dictator #1, Putin
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:40 AM
Nov 2017

We really need to get rid of that asshole.

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