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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:30 AM Feb 2017

Pence heads to Europe on reassurance tour

Source: Reuters

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will seek on Saturday to soothe allies unnerved by his boss' unorthodox statements on Russia and NATO as he stresses America's commitment to Europe during the first major foreign address for the Trump administration.

Pence will tell the annual Munich Security Conference that Europe is an "indispensable partner" for the United States, a message he will repeat privately in meetings with a dozen leaders over the weekend and on Monday, a senior White House foreign policy adviser told reporters.

"We are the most secure and most prosperous when both the U.S. and Europe are strong and united," the adviser said, previewing Pence's trip.

President Donald Trump alarmed allies during his campaign for office by breaking with traditional Republican views on the transatlantic relationship.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-europe-idUSKBN15W0BB?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=58a6cad404d3011b8d6b9cab&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

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Pence heads to Europe on reassurance tour (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2017 OP
oh here we go Skittles Feb 2017 #1
Pence is just a glob of grease in the well oiled machine. gordianot Feb 2017 #2
Oh goodie...maybe he will ask the allies if they have any funerals for fetuses scheduled or Frogg Feb 2017 #3
. demotux Feb 2017 #4
Looks like Pence is trying to distance himself from the unhinged boss by mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #5
+1 Vinnie From Indy Feb 2017 #15
yep it is clear they cannot send Trump starshine00 Feb 2017 #19
The only distance he can put that would mean something other than empty words would be cstanleytech Feb 2017 #26
The man selected by an insane person will be going to Europe to say everything's... NNadir Feb 2017 #6
Apology tour BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #7
+1 dalton99a Feb 2017 #21
Yep, ain't America grand. Actually we are mostly.. just Cha Feb 2017 #31
Pence's role will diminish Buckeyeblue Feb 2017 #8
Yeah, until he becomes our next president. Native Feb 2017 #9
I never thought I'd see the day that Max Headroom Friend or Foe Feb 2017 #10
LOL! So that's who Pence reminds me of! eom fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #23
Hide the wimmin and lock up the likker. malthaussen Feb 2017 #11
Good luck with that. MBS Feb 2017 #12
Europe to Pence: Piss off! muntrv Feb 2017 #13
Pence is probably exploring opportunities for political asylum for #45 and his V-P. nt NCjack Feb 2017 #14
"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will seek on Saturday to soothe allies..." pangaia Feb 2017 #16
Are they planning to knock off Trump while Pence is abroad so he won't be tainted? Nitram Feb 2017 #17
Yep. DK504 Feb 2017 #24
"I'm an extremist nutjob who hates everything modern and functional about your countries" not fooled Feb 2017 #18
Haha! "Reassurance Tour" When has this ever happened? forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #20
Shouldn't there first be an assurance tour? n/t Orsino Feb 2017 #22
An apology tour? MiniMe Feb 2017 #25
The idea that anyone could think that Pence... potone Feb 2017 #27
the Netherlands is amping up KT2000 Feb 2017 #28
How can all these slim bags lie njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #29
Is he going to be going around and telling people "don't worry, he'll be gone in two months"? Spider Jerusalem Feb 2017 #30
The new whitewashing of Pence is unacceptable .He is part of the tainted ticket. delisen Feb 2017 #32
more "protect President Pence" strategy librechik Feb 2017 #33

Frogg

(365 posts)
3. Oh goodie...maybe he will ask the allies if they have any funerals for fetuses scheduled or
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:39 AM
Feb 2017

Maybe a request to tour their gay conversion centers. This loon can only make things worse...remember, he is supposed to be the reasonable one in this shitshow.

demotux

(76 posts)
4. .
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:50 AM
Feb 2017

He can try to reassure all he wants while his boss f*cks up everything every day. I hope Pence gets so much anger thrown at him that he ponders resigning.

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
5. Looks like Pence is trying to distance himself from the unhinged boss by
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:59 AM
Feb 2017

going on a foreign policy mission trying to behave like a grown up.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
19. yep it is clear they cannot send Trump
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 10:43 AM
Feb 2017

which is terrible.

you know, Trump's admirers are so far gone, if he is impeached, many of them may literally go insane.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
26. The only distance he can put that would mean something other than empty words would be
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 03:57 AM
Feb 2017

to submit his resignation and issue a press release that Trump is to crazy even for him to deal with.
He wont though because he sees the potential for him to move up to become President either after Trumps term is up or after Trump is impeached so Pence as far as I am concerned can go fuck himself.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
6. The man selected by an insane person will be going to Europe to say everything's...
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:02 AM
Feb 2017

...wonderful and anyone who doesn't agree is buying into fake news, the term invented for the supporters of the insane SCOTUS?

Sending Pence to Europe is like sending ISIS to a Christmas party.

Cha

(295,903 posts)
31. Yep, ain't America grand. Actually we are mostly.. just
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 07:12 AM
Feb 2017

the government blows big chunks of fascist bullshit

Buckeyeblue

(5,491 posts)
8. Pence's role will diminish
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:52 AM
Feb 2017

I think we will begin to see less and less of him. I'm guessing he and 45 don't like each other. I think his religious views are genuine (which makes him dangerous). But those views make him loathe 45. He's taken one for the team. And he'll be ready if called upon.

Friend or Foe

(195 posts)
10. I never thought I'd see the day that Max Headroom
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:24 AM
Feb 2017

became President

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(character)&h=473&w=628&tbnid=nnEPd1c1ON7_7M:&vet=1&tbnh=151&tbnw=200&docid=dotwGBufKIo0hM&itg=1&usg=__HgenS_AQpD18SLYkJFjskALPM6c=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3iIehnZfSAhWFSiYKHYQHDPEQ_B0IfzAK

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
16. "U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will seek on Saturday to soothe allies..."
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 10:19 AM
Feb 2017

Like that is really going to work.

Just look at the guy..look at his haircut, his eyes, his movements.. he's an alien !!

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
18. "I'm an extremist nutjob who hates everything modern and functional about your countries"
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 10:41 AM
Feb 2017

"Please take me seriously"

potone

(1,701 posts)
27. The idea that anyone could think that Pence...
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 03:59 AM
Feb 2017

would be capable of being reassuring to our allies (former allies?) is in itself an alarming sign of unreality. Those poor Europeans!

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
28. the Netherlands is amping up
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 04:04 AM
Feb 2017

their military training. Retired military are being called back to train their active troops for combat in case of war. This is according to a woman who lives there. I wonder what other countries are doing in response to tRump.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
30. Is he going to be going around and telling people "don't worry, he'll be gone in two months"?
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 04:31 AM
Feb 2017

Because that seems like the only thing that'd be reassuring, at this point.

delisen

(6,039 posts)
32. The new whitewashing of Pence is unacceptable .He is part of the tainted ticket.
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 07:53 AM
Feb 2017

Pence can never be acceptable if we are to be a democratic republic. The Republican party and its role in undermining our form of government is what is at issue.

The election manipulations by the Republican Party and its candidates has been going on since 2000 and the failure to halt them has gotten us to the point as a country where we are on the brink of dictatorship and rule by a foreign power.


Blatant Lies in a presidential campaign can no longer be accepted as just the way politics is played.

librechik

(30,663 posts)
33. more "protect President Pence" strategy
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:50 AM
Feb 2017

why, Pence wasn't even in the country when Trump... fill in the blank. He's completely innocent. So go ahead impeach Trump.

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