Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad.

[babylonsister]

The New York Times
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad.
By MARK LANDLER
1 hr ago


WASHINGTON — President Trump made one thing clear after his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday: He is willing to take Mr. Putin’s word over those of his own intelligence agencies about whether the Russians tried to fix the 2016 election.

Such an admission by a president sworn to be the principal defender of the Constitution and America’s sovereignty in the world is extraordinary enough. But it was only one of several statements made by Mr. Trump, the likes of which no other American president has ever uttered on foreign soil.

He condemned the Justice Department’s investigation of his campaign’s ties to Russia as a “disaster for our county.” He suggested that the F.B.I. deliberately mishandled its investigation of Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee. And he labeled an F.B.I. agent who testified about that investigation before Congress as a “disgrace to our country.”

In the fiery, disruptive, rules-breaking arc of Mr. Trump’s statecraft, the president’s remarks in Helsinki on Monday marked an entirely new milestone, the foreign policy equivalent of Charlottesville.

Just as Mr. Trump flouted the most deeply held traditions of the American presidency in equating the torch-wielding marchers and the leftist activists who fought them in Virginia last summer, he shredded all conventional notions of how a president should conduct himself abroad. Rather than defend America against those who would threaten it, he attacked his own citizens and institutions while hailing the leader of a hostile power.

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[Harker]

1. He's shredded all conventional notions

of how a decent human should conduct himself anywhere.

[Stuart G]

2. i think this event today proves just how stupid he is. It is not just about about conducting himself

yes, but what to say abroad and how to say it. If Trump cannot defend our own intelligence agencies, in a discussion with a foreign leader in front of the rest of the world, then he is stupid and treasonous. ....
....Your words are perfect:...."he attacked his own citizens and institutions while hailing the leader of a hostile power.'
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[dalton99a]

3. We have a president who is a traitor.

[smirkymonkey]

4. It is amazing what this stupid, narcissistic man will do for a little bit of praise from a

dictator. He is so easy to manipulate. It's laughable. It's like taking candy from a baby.

[Solly Mack]

5. Trump isn't acting like a president because he sees himself as more than merely a president

Trump sees himself as the single power, the sole arbiter of America.

Trump sees himself as the ultimate authority over America.

To Trump's thinking, a mere president doesn't have enough power and Trump wants more and more power.