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.
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Skittles
(152,964 posts)if they're smart across the pond, they'll protest that asshole too
gordianot
(15,226 posts)Frogg
(365 posts)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.
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)going on a foreign policy mission trying to behave like a grown up.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)starshine00
(531 posts)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)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)...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.
BumRushDaShow
(127,300 posts)carried out by a Christo-fascist on behalf of the unhinged lunatic in the Oval Office.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Cha
(295,903 posts)the government blows big chunks of fascist bullshit
Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)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.
Native
(5,935 posts)Friend or Foe
(195 posts)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
fleur-de-lisa
(14,615 posts)malthaussen
(17,066 posts)Or is it t'other way 'round?
-- Mal
MBS
(9,688 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Like that is really going to work.
Just look at the guy..look at his haircut, his eyes, his movements.. he's an alien !!
Nitram
(22,671 posts)not fooled
(5,791 posts)"Please take me seriously"
forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)"Encouragement! Boom!"
Orsino
(37,428 posts)MiniMe
(21,676 posts)potone
(1,701 posts)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)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.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)with such impunity.They are all well suited to each other.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Because that seems like the only thing that'd be reassuring, at this point.
delisen
(6,039 posts)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)why, Pence wasn't even in the country when Trump... fill in the blank. He's completely innocent. So go ahead impeach Trump.