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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:20 AM Jul 2016

Kerry poker-faced as press takes Johnson to task for 'outright lies'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kept his composure -- just -- as he endured an awkward joint press conference with his new British counterpart, Boris Johnson.

The pair faced journalists at the Foreign Office in London Tuesday in Johnson's first news conference since his controversial appointment by the UK's new Prime Minister, Theresa May.

The two met to discuss the world's most pressing issues and to reaffirm the two country's oft-vaunted "special relationship" in the face of the UK's decision to leave the EU, but the tone from the assembled reporters was combative.

Johnson was taken to task by the AP's Brad Klapper for what he cast as insulting references to world leaders and other notable figures, including accusing U.S. President Barack Obama of having a "ancestral dislike for the British Empire" and describing presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as a "sadistic nurse in a mental hospital."

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/boris-johnson-john-kerry-presser/index.html


Richard James

John Kerry's face when a US journalist accuses Boris of making "outright lies" is quite something.

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Kerry poker-faced as press takes Johnson to task for 'outright lies' (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2016 OP
BoJo confused Turkey with Egypt ? TubbersUK Jul 2016 #1
As you likely know already, Boris has much less excuse BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #2
Thanks :) TubbersUK Jul 2016 #13
If that's Kerry's pokerface then he shouldn't play poker MowCowWhoHow III Jul 2016 #3
Hah! AllyCat Jul 2016 #4
I had exactly the same thought. IADEMO2004 Jul 2016 #6
LOL! Same thought. 5 internets for you. NT Adrahil Jul 2016 #8
Indeed. Looks more like a grimace. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #9
Maybe he's not used to hearing an adversarial press? gratuitous Jul 2016 #11
in the uk SheriffBob Jul 2016 #5
Hey SB, What? Please explain. downeastdaniel Jul 2016 #7
Do you know what a poker face is? That isn't one. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #10
Reading is Fundamental n2doc Jul 2016 #12
Gee, could they ask our right-wing those questions? AwakeAtLast Jul 2016 #14

TubbersUK

(1,439 posts)
1. BoJo confused Turkey with Egypt ?
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:32 AM
Jul 2016
He also referred -- twice -- to a deteriorating situation in "Egypt." It is widely understood that he misspoke and was indeed referring to the attempted coup in Turkey -- a country whose leader he recently insulted in a crude limerick.


What an embarrassment!

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
2. As you likely know already, Boris has much less excuse
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:41 AM
Jul 2016

for that confusion than almost anyone else.

See, e.g., Ali Kemal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Kemal

From the link:

Ali Kemal is the paternal grandfather of the British politician Stanley Johnson and great-grandfather of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, former Universities minister Jo Johnson, and journalist Rachel Johnson.

TubbersUK

(1,439 posts)
13. Thanks :)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:06 AM
Jul 2016

I was vaguely aware that he had family connections to a figure in Ottoman politics but didn't know the details.

Fascinating.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Maybe he's not used to hearing an adversarial press?
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:59 AM
Jul 2016

After all, the media folks in the States won't say boo to a goose when a politician lies right to their faces. It's got to be a little disconcerting to hear something besides the usual scraping and bowing; aren't they afraid of losing access, calling Boris a liar like that?

SheriffBob

(552 posts)
5. in the uk
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:26 AM
Jul 2016

the haters be hating. we whipped their asses in two different wars. stop fucking with americans right wing motherfuckers.

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