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Trump: I could let Russia pay the Taliban to shoot American Troops in the middle of 5th Ave &... (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2020
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)1. Even Military Veterans have their limits.
There is an underlying brotherhood that will not tolerate such garbage.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)2. Trump lost no votes in U.S. Senate. nt
KS Toronado
(17,364 posts)3. Or the House, our new "Party before Country" Party. Very sad.
Leith
(7,813 posts)4. He has already done similar
on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington DC in May, 2017.
He allowed Erdoğan's "security detail" to attack protesters and chumpy did nothing. He refused to stop it. He refused to say anything about it.
On May 16, 2017, about a dozen members of the security detail of Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, attacked a group of mostly American protesters outside the Turkish ambassadors residence in Washington, D.C. The bodyguards overran local police officers, punched and choked demonstrators, then kicked them repeatedly as they lay on the ground. Nine people were hospitalized for concussions, lacerations, and other injuries.
The attack occurred shortly after Erdoğans first official meeting with President Donald Trump, at the White House. Erdoğan had just arrived at the residence after that meeting. He was captured on video speaking to the head of his security team, who appeared to give an order to a nearby bodyguard; the bodyguard nodded and walked over to a cluster of security personnel, who then rushed the protesters. (Theyd been demonstrating against the Turkish leader, about 100 yards away.) Erdoğan watched the attack impassively.
The reaction in Washington was furious. The House of Representatives voted 3970 in favor of a resolution to bring the perpetrators to justice. Senator John McCain called for the expulsion of the Turkish ambassador. Federal prosecutors eventually indicted 15 of Erdoğans bodyguards, though all were back in Turkey by then.
Less troubled by the incident was Trump, who was silent in the aftermath of the attack and has subsequently demurred when reporters have asked him about it. He offered no public comfort to the victims of the attack, no rebuke to the perpetrators, no statement of support for the bedrock rights of free assembly and free expression. Sean Spicer, then the White House press secretary, referred reporters to a State Department communiqué condemning the attack, and declined to comment further.
The attack occurred shortly after Erdoğans first official meeting with President Donald Trump, at the White House. Erdoğan had just arrived at the residence after that meeting. He was captured on video speaking to the head of his security team, who appeared to give an order to a nearby bodyguard; the bodyguard nodded and walked over to a cluster of security personnel, who then rushed the protesters. (Theyd been demonstrating against the Turkish leader, about 100 yards away.) Erdoğan watched the attack impassively.
The reaction in Washington was furious. The House of Representatives voted 3970 in favor of a resolution to bring the perpetrators to justice. Senator John McCain called for the expulsion of the Turkish ambassador. Federal prosecutors eventually indicted 15 of Erdoğans bodyguards, though all were back in Turkey by then.
Less troubled by the incident was Trump, who was silent in the aftermath of the attack and has subsequently demurred when reporters have asked him about it. He offered no public comfort to the victims of the attack, no rebuke to the perpetrators, no statement of support for the bedrock rights of free assembly and free expression. Sean Spicer, then the White House press secretary, referred reporters to a State Department communiqué condemning the attack, and declined to comment further.
Allowing other countries to attack people in the US IS what the abomination is all about.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)5. I Would Change The Word "Shoot" To "Kill" n/t
Dreampuff
(778 posts)6. Thank you for that.
I needed a good laugh. Unfortunately, it's probably true.
czarjak
(11,299 posts)7. You're darned tootin', he likes Vlad Putin!