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struggle4progress

(118,196 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:14 PM May 2017

Foreign leaders told to praise election win

BY MARK HENSCH - 05/19/17 08:48 AM EDT

... Embassies and leaders who have met with Trump have been speaking among themselves .. and a number of themes have emerged ...

Among them are suggestions to compliment Trump on his election win, and compare him favorably to former President Obama; not to expect him to know your country's history or hot-button issues; and make a short presentation tailored to his attention span, and don't try to bring up a long list of issues ...

“If you were prepping people for Donald Trump, the two or three points would be one, bear in mind this is still a guy who focuses on wins,” Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador to the U.S., told the Times.

“Secondly, he is a deal maker, a pragmatist. Third, this is a guy with a limited attention span. He absolutely won’t listen to visitors droning on for a half-hour — or longer if they need an interpreter” ...


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/334193-foreign-leaders-told-to-praise-trump-on-election-win-report

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Foreign leaders told to praise election win (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2017 OP
What a fracking snowflake. aquamarina May 2017 #1
Just talk to him as if he were a 5-year-old child with MineralMan May 2017 #2
I would prefer if they just pretended that he isn't even in the room... Txbluedog May 2017 #3
Don't forget to heap praise on his spawn dalton99a May 2017 #4
Why do they have to kiss his fat ass? smirkymonkey May 2017 #5
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aquamarina

(1,865 posts)
1. What a fracking snowflake.
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:19 PM
May 2017

Any by the way, SKINNER, if you are reading we desperately need a snowflake emoji.

 

Txbluedog

(1,128 posts)
3. I would prefer if they just pretended that he isn't even in the room...
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:23 PM
May 2017

How do you think Cheeto will respond to that

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Why do they have to kiss his fat ass?
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:27 PM
May 2017

He's an adult, why can't he be expected to be treated like one. This is why he is the way he is in the first place. His whole life, everyone has just praised him and kowtowed to him and he has never had to hear the truth about himself or harsh words from anybody. It is the reason that he is the monster he is today.

Won't anyone ever be honest with this guy and tell him who he is?

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