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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Shoots the Breeze With the Prime Minister of Japan
So the prime minister of Japan flies to New York to meet with Trump, and Trump shows up to shoot the breeze with him all by himself. No advisors. No State Department briefing. No prep. Just Trump and the Japanese team.
Oh, and Ivanka. Why? Here's my incredibly depressing guess: Trump is convinced that Japanese men consider it a sign of respect to have a pretty assistant in the room who listens attentively and silently. So he nabbed Ivanka and told her to act as decoration. This is a common belief among a certain kind of businessman, and Trump is that certain kind.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/donald-trump-shoots-breeze-prime-minister-japan
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)It's the surest sign yet of the massive corruption we can expect during the next four years when the ostensible head of Trump's business empire (Ivanka) is sitting in on meetings with foreign heads of state.
Perhaps if she was working on her laptop with Outlook open then maybe people would give a damn.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Does anyone else think this is odd? Is Ivanka the acting First Lady?
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)tanyev
(42,613 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Or pussy?
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)after they left the meeting.
Or even to each other right in front of him.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Can I curl up into a fetal ball now?
(Stern voice): No. No you can't
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)UTUSN
(70,740 posts)Satch59
(1,353 posts)Did the prime minister come to the U.S. to meet the new president? Why wouldn't our current state Dept be involved? And having Ivanka there is just so wrong...everything about this photo is wrong...wow...
MissB
(15,812 posts)Of course.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Not the religious one, but the horrible movie/TV kind. "The Omen 3" and "Omega Code" and " Left Behind."
I think it's an obvious case of possession - Liberace is back!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)seriously. Honestly, what could he possibly have to say to them that won't make him sound like the total ignorant fool that he is? He knows NOTHING about world affairs. He probably doesn't even know where Japan IS!
Hekate
(90,793 posts)No cookies. Nothing but bottled water.
THIS is hospitality to a great ally? Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch. Peasants in mud huts would do better.
God this is embarrassing.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)after Trump gets done redecorating.