2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack
CLEVELAND Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday that if he were elected, he would not pressure Turkey or other authoritarian allies about conducting purges of their political adversaries or cracking down on civil liberties. The United States, he said, has to fix our own mess before trying to alter the behavior of other nations.
I dont think we have a right to lecture, Mr. Trump said in a wide-ranging interview in his suite in a downtown hotel here while keeping an eye on television broadcasts from the Republican National Convention. Look at what is happening in our country, he said. How are we going to lecture when people are shooting policemen in cold blood?
www.nytimes.com
Trump basically says he will not honor NATO.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)countries to the mercy of Putin.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Is Trump really a Putin kiss ass?
writes3000
(4,734 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)From the Times...
For example, asked about Russias threatening activities that have unnerved the small Baltic States that are the most recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations have fulfilled their obligations to us.
The idjit doesn't understand that the threat of our response is fundamental to keeping the Russians at bay. Of course it's possible we may not respond, but the point is to never admit that and keep them guessing.
President Trump had just given Putin permission to take over the Baltic states and reinstate the old Soviet Union.
Way to go, Don.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)Reischstag moment.
Trump, if elected, has a real good chance to execute his own false flag operation to discredit BLM, Latino organizations, DU and Democrats in general.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Incompetence ?