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kpete

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Fri Aug 4, 2017, 02:14 PM Aug 2017

"He speaks loudly and carries a small stick."






McClatchy: The world's diplomatic community is laughing at Trump over the leaked Mexico transcript.


WASHINGTON
When Jorge Guajardo, one of Mexico’s most senior and seasoned foreign policy hands, got out of bed Thursday morning, a couple of interesting messages were waiting on his cell phone.

One was a link shared by a U.S. diplomat to the leaked transcript of a phone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. In the second, a former Mexican official offered the quick analysis.


“He’s the opposite of Teddy Roosevelt,” that official quipped to Guajardo about Trump. “He speaks loudly and carries a small stick.”


Seven months into the Trump administration, the world’s diplomatic community has gone from throwing its hands in the air to now leaning back in their chairs and laughing, albeit morosely, at Trump’s cringe-worthy display of diplomacy during the infancy of his presidency.


http://amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article165303667.html
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"He speaks loudly and carries a small stick." (Original Post) kpete Aug 2017 OP
one should invest in the stock market .............. the laughing stock market Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #1
Type in that tweet Cosmocat Aug 2017 #2
and he carries that small stick Kali Aug 2017 #3
lol red dog 1 Aug 2017 #4
K&R red dog 1 Aug 2017 #5
aka malaise Aug 2017 #6
But he guarantees it dalton99a Aug 2017 #9
I think he spelled that last word incorrectly. nt LWolf Aug 2017 #7
Small hands and small stick Gothmog Aug 2017 #8
My laugh for the day, ✅ peacebuzzard Aug 2017 #10
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