Donald Trump’s provocative address to the UN General Assembly had ambassadors squirming in their seats as the US President refused to hold back on attacking America’s enemies.
Mr Trump went on a rambling crusade against a number of states, including North Korea, Iran and Venezuela - prompting awkward responses from delegates.
Some representatives even refused to listen to the speech; North Korea’s UN ambassador walked out before Mr Trump arrived, leaving a more junior diplomat to represent the country.
Now it may not bother too many people that Trump ranted against North Korea and Iran, but they were not the only countries that Trump made uneasy.
Courtesy of McClatchy:
The list of state leaders missing the international event is long and growing. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are two of the highest profile absences. But there are many whose faces were noticeably absent during Trump’s aggressive speech Tuesday on confronting North Korea, terrorism and communism, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto.
Diplomats say they’ve learned it can be risky to share the spotlight with Trump, who can turn even the most well-intentioned exchange into an international spectacle, such as his notorious call with the Australian prime minister about refugees or the dressing down of NATO leaders at the unveiling of a new headquarters.
These world leaders and diplomats are clearly afraid of getting too close to the Donald and getting a little crazy on them.
CNN actually offers photographic evidence of the reactions of the diplomats in the room during Trump's speech.
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At one point in his speech Trump said that "America stands for every person living under a brutal regime."
Talk about projection.
More votes, more books. Ha!
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton just sold more copies of her book in one week than Trump’s sold in two years
Trump loves to brag about how many copies his books sell, but Hillary Clinton just surpassed his last title in one week, and now she has her sights set on "The Art of the Deal."
https://shareblue.com/hillary-clinton-just-sold-more-copies-of-her-book-in-one-week-than-trumps-sold-in-two-years/
I can hardly wait to receive her book - ordered it via the mail. I'm sure it will remain #1 for a long period to come. I respect and admire the woman and love her coming out against The Donald! She knows better than anyone what an idiot, liar and bully he truly is.
DeleteHe does not represent me and I so want him impeached. He's creating nothing but possible wars, killing of millions that are not necessary and bringing nothing but harm and dislike of the USA!
Get his fat butt impeached and out of D.C. soon Republicans! So many of you are going to lose your seats when you are next up for reelection. You couldn't pay me to vote for any Republican on the national, state of local levels of our governments!
Oh gosh I can hardly wait for you to receive her book either! It is going to be the bestest ever just like her and my goodness The Donald is the worstest ever and he is all bad and wants to kill!
Delete12:26pm
DeleteYou ordered an actual book and had it sent by mail? What, you live in the 1800's? Too funny.
Hey 11:36am
DeleteThat is just so awesome, but who is president? Who won the electoral college? It's apparently not about how many books you sell but about how many critical swing states that you campaign in for votes.
Funny that, huh?
Who won the popular vote by 3 million votes? How unpopular is Donnie Boy?
DeleteNow THAT'S funny.
Who is President because of the time spent campaigning in important swing states, because the Electoral Vote is what actually matters 3:44?
DeleteNow THAT.... is funny.
Who is going to be impeached? Who is going to go down in history as the most incompetent president/wanna-be despot? Now that's just SAD. MASA ....
Delete3:01, I order books via mail quite often: that's how Amazon, Daedalus, used book vendors on the Internet, and Michael Shamansky ship their books. USPS.
DeleteI haven't bought my copy yet.
DeleteWho is going to be wiped off the books as the 45th president when this fixed election is nulled? Who is going to go to jail for treason? Huh?
DeleteTrump TV employees blow the whistle on his massive propaganda machine
ReplyDeleteMost Sinclair journalists didn't sign up to be part of the Trump cheering section.
Trump TV employees blow the whistle on his massive propaganda machine
By Eric Boehlert | September 20, 2017
Most Sinclair journalists didn't sign up to be part of the Trump cheering section.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Spooked at the idea of working for Trump TV, and fearful that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s reach is expanding, more employees are speaking out. They’re raising concerns about the local news behemoth’s influence and the unethical ways it’s being used.
https://shareblue.com/trump-tv-employees-blow-the-whistle-on-his-massive-propaganda-machine/
Damning Evidence Against Trump As Russia Used Facebook To Organize Pro-Trump Rallies
ReplyDeleteThe Russians weren't just using Facebook to hurt Hillary Clinton with fake news. They also organized pro-Trump rallies in swing states like Florida.
...The events were called “Florida Goes Trump,” and they illustrate how deeply involved the Russians were with getting Trump elected. The Russians organized “Miners for Trump” events in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. They staged a pro-Trump September 11 event in Manhattan. The Russians were disrupting democracy in swing states like Florida and Pennsylvania. Trump’s Electoral College margin of victory was roughly 80,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
The conclusion is inescapable that the Russians were not just out to damage Hillary Clinton. They were trying to elect Trump. The President’s consistent refusal to criticize Russia suggests that this was not a one-sided effort. Trump’s obsession with shutting down the Russia investigation also lends itself to the suspicion that the Trump campaign was much more than unwitting beneficiaries of the Russian activities.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/20/russians-facebook-organize-dozen-pro-trump-rallies-florida-2016.html
Exclusive: Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Trump Rallies in 17 U.S. Cities
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-appear-to-use-facebook-to-push-pro-trump-flash-mobs-in-florida
Donald Trump gives away that he knows yet another major Trump-Russia bombshell is about to land
ReplyDelete...Trump went on a distinctive Twitter bender late on Tuesday night, first retweeting a garbage account that had said something nice about him, and then dishonestly attacking the Emmy Awards for its ratings. This is what he does when he knows a major bombshell is coming. He tends to have advance knowledge about these stories, because the news outlet in question will typically ask the White House to comment on the story just before it’s published. He then misbehaves on Twitter, hoping the media will give less headline space to the Russia bombshell in favor of reporting on his tweets. So what’s the bombshell this time?
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/gives-away-bombshell/5018/
Donald Trump’s bodyguard Keith Schiller resigns just as Donald Trump Jr gives up Secret Service protection
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump’s longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller began informing people that he was planning to leave his White House job (link). As of Tuesday night, he has in fact officially left the job (link). This comes at nearly the exact time as Donald Trump Jr has given up his own Secret Service protection. So what’s really going on here? It appears all three men are trying to hide something.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/schiller-jr-trump-resigns/5017/
Here comes Donald Trump’s demented meltdown about Paul Manafort
...As per usual, Trump’s dual goal with his Twitter meltdown will be to blow off sadistic steam, while also forcing headline writers to give as much attention to the inappropriateness of his response as they do to the actual criminal revelations involved. Here comes his meltdown about Manafort. Brace yourselves.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/demented-meltdown-trump-manafort/5020/
Maybe Bill Palmer, self titled journalist, can finally solve the mystery of Ruffles lololol!
Delete@Anonymous1:10 PM, maybe it was willblow's seed.
DeletePalmer can probably get an inside connection with 'cousin' lol.
Delete2:17pm
DeleteOMG that is so funny! Really, what happened to "cousin" and that person who had such an "inside" to the Palin dysfunction. Good times, thanks for the trip to the way back machine. "Me Again", right, that was the biggest scam ever, even bigger than the actual Palin birth scams themselves.
@1:10
DeleteAlong with Mono Baby #1
Then MIA Ruffles?
Where is Sista Tristan?
Ruffles? TriG? Bristol'svery preemie kid? Someday it will ALL be revealed. We are very patient people.
DeleteSo shoo fly.
DNA tests are easy. Spit. ;)
DeleteTrump is Palin in a suit and tie. Both of them are idiots. He has wrecked this country. Republicans are disgusting through and through. We now have a horrible reputation in the world. When Obama was president, we were respected at least.
ReplyDeleteTrump’s repeal push just took a massive new hit
ReplyDeleteThe study, which was released this morning by Avalere Health, a consulting firm, finds that many states will see sizable cuts to the federal money that would flow to their states, relative to current law. Some of those states are represented by the GOP senators who are currently deciding whether to back the bill, including *Lisa Murkowski* (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Rob Portman (Ohio) and John McCain (Ariz.).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/09/20/this-new-study-deals-a-blow-to-trumps-latest-obamacare-repeal-push/
There are 10 governors that oppose the new bill. I don't remember the entire list but I do remember Alaska and Ohio being on it. Kasich is Ohio, right? Montana governor is also against it. I would hope these governors would contact their own senators and tell them they are against the bill and to please vote no.
DeleteIranian President Hassan Rouhani Rips Trump’s U.N. Speech: ‘Ignorant, Absurd, and Hateful’
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mediaite.com/online/iranian-president-hassan-rouhani-rips-trumps-u-n-speech-ignorant-absurd-and-hateful/
Yeah, who really cares what a third-world muslim dictator has to say, right? I know there are a lot of you here that are christians and he sends your type to the firing squad, or worse.
Delete@;58 PM - a lot here that consider living under Trump brutal.
Delete2:58
Deletedipshit,
what exactly's worse than a firing squad ?!?
Mueller Seeks White House Documents Related to Trump’s Actions as President
ReplyDeleteThe document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller’s investigation, and show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump’s behavior in the White House.
In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller’s office sent a document to the White House that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about. Since then, administration lawyers have been scouring White House emails and asking officials whether they have other documents or notes that may pertain to Mr. Mueller’s requests.
One of the requests is about a meeting Mr. Trump had in May with Russian officials in the Oval Office the day after James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was fired. That day, Mr. Trump met with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey I. Kislyak, along with other Russian officials. The New York Times reported that in the meeting Mr. Trump had said that firing Mr. Comey relieved “great pressure” on him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/us/politics/mueller-trump-russia.html
Manafort was not just hot mic’d. His phone was key logged which means every keystroke was recorded - Bank acct info, passwords, texts, email
Deletehttps://twitter.com/kelly2277/status/909942170618130432
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley could have offered any number of statements, however misguided, to explain his support for the Republicans’ devastating repeal bill.
ReplyDeleteInstead, Grassley made a candid confession about why his party’s pushing so hard. “Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign,” he told reporters. “That’s pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill.”
His admission came immediately after Grassley hinted that it might be easier to come up with reasons to oppose the bill.
“You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn’t be considered.” That’s because the bill, a joint effort by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, would eviscerate protections for those with pre-existing conditions and cause catastrophic premium increases. Thirty-two million fewer Americans would have coverage by 2026 if it passes.
Contrary to Republicans’ claim that Graham-Cassidy would give the states more control over health care, the senators’ bill would cut funding to 34 states. And that’s a substantive feature of the bill Grassley might want to heed. Arizona alone stands to lose $19 billion by 2027, while Alaska and Maine would lose $2 billion each. These costs may prove a sticking point for John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins, whose “no” votes sank the last repeal bill in the Senate.
Grassley’s slip is just the latest evidence of Republicans’ unraveling in the face of an onslaught of criticism.
https://shareblue.com/senior-republican-senator-admits-heartless-repeal-bill-isnt-even-about-health-care/
That photo of Trump, with his tongue extended out of his mouth, absolutely makes me want to extract it so that we never hear another word from his nasty mouth again.
ReplyDelete$wamp $erpent's 'T'ongue
DeleteTaxpayers in Arizona are being forced to cover nearly half a million dollars in costs associated with Donald Trump's recent campaign, where he went on a white supremacist tirade.
ReplyDeletehttps://shareblue.com/trump-forces-taxpayers-to-foot-450000-bill-for-his-unhinged-racist-campaign-rally/
I did not read much that was favorable about Trump's speech except that he made his point of America first. I am not in favor of calling people and leaders names to ridicule them especially by a POTUS. Trump supporters probably love that bully behavior.
ReplyDeleteNext up, Melania Trump reads a speech about not having a DJT modeling behavior because she lives one way and speaks the opposite.
Yes, she blew wearing the dress that was not camera friendly. Both of them read speeches as if they are insincere and words are meaningless except for the Rocket Man...I will
destroy North Korea.
Its bad. Its bad when even the worst countries call the so called us prez "IGNORANT" good gosh no country has come close to calling a us prez "IGNORANT" until, no us prez has ever been ignorant, and now there is no respect for the rigger and liar of usa.
ReplyDeleteAn Out Of It Trump Invents An Imaginary Country While Congratulating Africa On Being Exploited
ReplyDeleteTrump first congratulated Africa on being a place where his friends can get rich, and then he invented an imaginary African country because he doesn't know that there is no such place as Nambia.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/20/trump-invents-imaginary-country-congratulating-africa-exploited.html
DISGUSTING!
Robert Mueller is Pushing At Warp Speed To Determine if Trump Has Been Compromised by Russia
Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking at President Trump's actions while President, including interactions with Russian agents. So Mueller is not only focusing on obstruction of justice. Mueller is pushing at warp speed to answer the critical question of whether or not Trump has been compromised by a foreign power.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/20/mueller-pushing-hard-fast-determine-trump-compromised-russia.html
Isn't Nambia right next to Covfefe?
DeleteMan, he should be unpresidented . Without amnity.
mlaiuppa, you make me laugh! Love your sense of humor ;)
DeleteIsn't Netanyahus wife going to jail soon?
ReplyDeleteGOOD ?
DeleteMeanwhile, Melania gave her anti-bullying speech (snort) today in hot pink? Good LORD.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they left because they're scared.
ReplyDeleteI think it's more like disgust. They know what's coming and see no reason to sit there and listen to the madman rant. It's about as insulting as they can get. They're ignoring him. They're sending a message that whatever he has to say isn't important enough for them to sit there and listen.
I think more leaders should do the same. Shun him. Until he's ranting to an empty hall save for a few die hard, like-minded crazies.
You make good points. I can only add that Trump contradicts his self, denies what he previously said so he has no credibility.
DeleteTrump talks a big talk. Melania sounds Russian, and her voice shook.
ReplyDeleteShe knows she will be criticized about her husband. He does the opposite of what her speech ask for. They are both hypocrites and only the peasants believe in them.
Let her go model lingerie.
DeleteShe's no lady, let alone "first."
Well, Bibi the Bully aka the Israeli Bigot liked it. Pornyflotus should start her anti-bullying campaign right at home - lots to keep her busy.
ReplyDeleteWith Melanoma, there's no there, there. A real Stepford wife. take out the money battery and the thousand watt smile dims to a single candle with a very short wick.
ReplyDeleteLet her voice shake to eternity. She knows exactly who she married, why she still hangs on to him, and how she is not liked and then some.
DeleteHer choice, OUR democracy.
His tongue sticking out in that picture personifies his personality. Trog. Uncouth. The list goes on.
ReplyDeleteLol, the pills are losing there potency...
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