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Jim Roberts? @nycjim 46m46 minutes agoTrump apparently tires of his overseas trip, leaves early and skips East Asia Summit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/donald-trump-skips-east-asia-summit-on-final-day-of-12-day-tour
Donald Trump has ended a marathon trip to Asia by skipping an international summit after the event was delayed by about two hours.
Trump told reporters on the plane he had already delivered his final remarks during a lunch with other leaders and would send the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, in his place.
Carl Thayer, an Asia expert from the University of New South Wales, had said missing the meeting would be an act of political vandalism.
The United States claims the US is a resident power, China claims it is an outside power. Trumps actions will speak louder than his words, he said, speaking before the president was confirmed to attend the summit.
read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/donald-trump-skips-east-asia-summit-on-final-day-of-12-day-tour
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)the leader of the free world accumulates every day.
Botany
(70,581 posts)Look at Tillerson and Kelly. Both of them are thinking what a fucking moron. What a Dick.
The real reason Trump skipped the summit meeting was that it would expose the
fact that he really doesn't understand anything.
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greymattermom
(5,754 posts)What does this say to you?
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)n/t
spotthebird
(171 posts)What is truly telling is that they want the world to know what they feel. These men know how to hide their emotions, but they chose not to.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"Fucking moron!"
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)wanted this guy.
They should be happy with China or some other country taking over the role played by the U.S. since WWII.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)Isnt Trump potentiality hurting the bottom lines of the big corporations who supported him by screwing up trade deals right and left?
spotthebird
(171 posts)You're right, it seems impossible.
haele
(12,676 posts)Drumpf screwing up international trade deals affects their bottom line far less than the U.S. trade, environmental, safety, labor, and financial regulations his administration are tearing up right and left in the rush to become a Dominionist Kleptocrat coalition paradise.
As for the U.S. based corporations and companies, honestly, I think the Drumphf administration believes they're not "big enough" to be worth the concern - except in how much they would be in competition with the companies that belong to the Russian creditors.
This is about Mafia politics, not national politics. The citizens and country of the U.S. are just commodities to Drumpf and his handlers.
Haele
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,775 posts)The US has been politically overtaken by Russia and relinquished its World standing to China. I do believe The Old Dotard has accomplished part of his agenda.
Only 36 tortuous months left.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)bigtree
(86,005 posts)...a satire unto itself.