Foreign leaders are done taking Trump seriously-He's now just dotty old aunt you shove in corner

[kpete]

Another ludicrous G7 with Donald Trump: How the "essential nation" became a joke
Foreign leaders are done with taking Trump seriously. He's now just the dotty old aunt you shove in the corner

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
AUGUST 26, 2019 1:20PM (UTC)

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The meeting at the G7 this past weekend couldn't have been more different from last year's when, as you may recall, Trump treated his colleagues like lackeys and strutted around as if he were a Roman emperor, refusing to sign the joint communiqué in a fit of anger over a comment by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This year the president of the so-called "essential nation" has been relegated to the status of the dotty old aunt about whom everyone speaks in hushed tones and smiles indulgently when she starts babbling. They seem to have finally realized that Trump can't be reasoned with like a normal leader and therefore they must gather together like members of the family and stage an intervention to cajole him into changing course.

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What is clear is that the other G7 leaders hammered Trump privately to end his nonsensical trade war. When asked if he was having second thoughts about that doomed enterprise, Trump snarled, "Sure, why not? I always have second thoughts." He was even publicly chastised by the most Trumpian leader present, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said, “Just to register the faint, sheeplike note of our view on the trade war, we’re in favor of trade peace on the whole." The White House later walked back Trump's "second thoughts" comment with a bellicose statement saying that he only had second thoughts about not raising the tariffs higher.

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Trump senses that he's no longer being taken seriously but because they all have smiles plastered on their faces and are being solicitous, he doesn't know how to respond. So, as usual, he lies.

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As I write this, Trump is trying to save face, claiming he's winning the trade war because "China called" and wants to make a deal. This isn't quite true either. Chinese officials merely responded that they would like a "calm" resolution to the dispute, so who knows where that's going? World leaders no longer taking him literally or seriously. He's just someone to be managed. Let's hope they have better luck than Americans have had so far.



the rest:
https://www.salon.com/2019/08/26/another-ludicrous-g7-with-donald-trump-how-the-essential-nation-became-a-joke/

[Timmygoat]

1. Just reading on another site

About Trump skipping the meeting about the fires in the Amazon and environmental affairs to do a selling job on hosting the next conference at his property.
He is so disgusting I worry about what will happen if he manages to steal the next election.

[Karadeniz]

3. He's an abject embarrassment.

[patphil]

2. I thought most of Trump's "seconds" thoughts had to do with cheeseburgers.

[usaf-vet]

6. Or something to grab. Tough to decide which come first grabbing or gulping.

[Pepsidog]

4. Best way to respond to Trump is to laugh at him. He is a clown, call him such.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. a wholly owned Russian clown ...

[Hekate]

5. This is frightening and sad. I am glad the other members of G-7 are trying to "manage" him....

...like a nutty relative.

[Lisa0825]

8. AUNT???? Um, I think he would be an UNCLE.

[Lisa0825]

9. SERIOUSLY! Why the FUCK is he being described as a FEMALE as if that were more insulting???nt