Trump's Appearance With Putin In Helsinki Keeps Getting Brutal Reviews From Around The World

[appalachiablue]

Source: Los Angeles Times

From around the world, the headlines were brutal.

"Best ally of Putin," said Tuesday's front page of France's sober-minded Le Monde.

"Trump makes it easy for Putin," echoed German's Die Welt.

"Trump 0, Putin 1," said the business daily Kauppalehti in Helsinki, the Finnish capital where Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump met and held a news conference Monday. The city's name suddenly became shorthand for what was widely described as a very bad day for the U.S. president.

Traditional U.S. allies in Europe, having already absorbed a blast of criticism from Trump at last week's NATO summit in Brussels, were dismayed anew by his seeming show of solidarity with Putin over the issue of election interference by Moscow...more..

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Britain's Guardian newspaper, in its lead headline on the Helsinki meeting, rolled out the T-word — "treasonous" — albeit in quotes. One of Italy's leading dailies, Corriere della Sera, summarized Putin's stance that there was "zero interference" in the 2016 U.S. vote and added flatly: "Trump believes him."
No surprise at positive remarks in Russia, where Putin's performance alongside Trump was hailed as a national triumph. The state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta trumpeted: "The West's attempts to isolate Russia failed."
German business daily Handelsblatt wrote, 'Summit of the autocrats.'

[Leghorn21]

1. GOOD.

Keep em coming.

[procon]

2. Putin sure looks pleased to be recognized as the great puppet master.

Trump looks very lifelike. I can't even see the strings.

[AlexSFCA]

3. I'd like to see Time magazine cover 'American Treason'

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Aftenposten in Norway slammed him hard.

https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/leder/i/9mdyAW/Aftenposten-mener-Trump-driver-usikkerhetspolitikk

Translated, the op-ed describes Trump as being either "a mafia boss" or "boundlessly petty and egotistical."

And: "His operative slogan is "Trump First," not America, and certainly not the rest of the world. ... Can Europe trust that such a man, if ever needed, will come to the rescue of European allies? Today it is hard to answer yes. In a world of difficult security, Trump drives a policy of uncertainty."

I don't think the Norwegians are going to be much inclined to award Spanky that Nobel Peace Prize he wants so badly.

[BigmanPigman]

8. TRUMP FIRST

Perfect! That has been his lifelong motto. Fucking narcissistic sociopath!
https://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder

[appalachiablue]

5. A summit is an event that is carefully planned & scripted for months in advance.

And this was a meeting, said Victoria Jones of Talk Media News yesterday on Bill Press' show. Good point.

http://www.talkmedianews.com/author/victoriajones/

[appalachiablue]

9. George Will's article today, "This Sad, Embarrassing Wreck of A Man."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-sad-embarrassing-wreck-of-a-man/2018/07/17/d06de8ea-89e8-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?utm_term=.71aef4968914

[sheshe2]

6. That picture speaks volumes.

Trump looks like he has come off a week bender and Puttie is a smiling.

Actually, that was my fathers face as he wasted away to Alzheimer ...his last stages before he died. Not kidding here. Blank eyes, confused look, drooping features that he can no longer control. That was my father. He died four years ago.

[Lars39]

7. Look at how Putin's gripping those notes.

He has a joyous expression for getting what he wanted, but all those knuckles are gleaming. Maybe he can’t stand Trump’s voice.

[murielm99]

11. I thought I recognized that look.

My dad was much the same. He was a thin man, but his face started to melt downward. At my dad's funeral, one of my aunts remarked that, "Marty looks good. I mean, he looks like himself. The way he used to look."

I think she was embarrassed, but I knew what she meant. I agreed, and told her that.

My mother is 89. She looks old, but she is alert and does not have that look. Sad stuff, sheshe.

[sheshe2]

13. Yes, it is sad, Muriel.

[Grassy Knoll]

10. Burn The Witch Clown

Disgusting Idiot.

[gademocrat7]

12. Chump has severely damaged our reputation around the world.

He disgraces the office of the presidency. Enough. He must be removed from office.