Trumps pledge to keep the world from laughing at us hits another setback

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was supposed to attend this week’s Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Union meeting in Berlin, but suddenly canceled his travel plans on Tuesday. Ross was scheduled to give an address at the conference immediately before German Chancellor Angela Merkel, so he instead gave his remarks by teleconference from Washington.

Ross was allotted 10 minutes to speak. After he spoke for more than 20, the conference organizers cut his feed mid-sentence. The audience “laughed and clapped” in response, according to Bloomberg News. Merkel then rose and, during her remarks, disagreed with one of Ross’s points.

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[vkkv]

1. !!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Makes me long for the good old days.

[Scarsdale]

37. Exactly.

When we had a president with intelligence, class and RESPECT.

[WinstonSmith4740]

39. Pretty sure the whole world is also.

I miss so much about Obama. His intelligence, his demeanor...just everything. I think the world has gone from laughing at us to feeling sorry for us. Trump's gotta go. I understand the wheels of justice turn slowly and we've got to make sure this is done right, but he's gotta go. We can't wait until 2020 to vote him out. First of all, I don't think Putin would allow it, but I'm also not sure anymore that even our Constitution can withstand him. And when you consider that those assholes control enough state legislatures to demand a Constitutional Convention, with these guys in charge, we'll lose it all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Arrogant Republicans. The "America First" policy does not intimidate powerful counterparts worldwide

[montana_hazeleyes]

26. Every time i see this, I think to myself, what an arrogant

pompous ass. The worst thing to me is at the end, with that "king of the world" look on his face, then the last little prickness with his coat.

[Chemisse]

28. This tiny video clip reveals exactly who he is.

It shows he is mean and ugly right down to the core of his soul.

[Grammy23]

42. Notice how he scans the room to see who is looking at him.

He really is a lowlife pig. Apologies to pigs everywhere who wouldn't share a trough with that scumbag.

[Hieronymus]

32. The epitome of a pompous ass ..

[joshdawg]

36. He reminds me of how Mussolini used to pose.

Smug, self-righteous asshole!

[avebury]

4. The world is not laughing at us, they are laughing

at Trump and his idiotic minions.

[progressoid]

7. 63 million idiotic minions

[logosoco]

13. WHen I think of Trump and myself, there is no US!!!!nt

[Freethinker65]

5. Headline of the day

[lark]

6. Ha, laughing more than ever before in the history of this country, by a mile!

The fear and loathing quotient is also up in the stratosphere. the world knows he's "unpresidented" (lol), but also fear his extreme ignorance and bigotry and what he will do for Russia and against them.

[Gothmog]

8. Trump is making the US the butt of the world's jokes

[Achilleaze]

9. republicans are such an embarassment

no ethics. no competency. no respect for truth, honor, or integrity.

Shameful.

[aeromanKC]

11. Bumper sticker Worthy.

I'd proudly put that on my car!!

[TygrBright]

10. "If you don't want them to laugh, don't send a clown." n/t

[JDC]

12. We truly DO need to make America great again. We need these turds out of Office.

ASAP

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. I wonder if he feared being arrested upon entering Germany

Or returning to the US.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-connection-and-wilbur-ross-2017-5

[Turbineguy]

15. I don't think the World is laughing much anymore.

It's a bit like laughing at the Disabled.

[sandensea]

16. Frau Merkel does not suffer kleptocrats gladly.

And the fact that they're from the U.S. - rather than some unstable third world country (which Trump is pushing us toward, besides) - makes no difference to her.

[Norbert]

17. It's going to take 2 good presidents

and 16 years to undo the damage these ass holes have done.

[maddiemom]

38. And that's just SO FAR.

[DFW]

18. If Trump wanted to keep the world from laughing at us

Then he should have stepped down before the inauguration.

[mdbl]

19. The world will continue to laugh because we are being led by

mindless, greedy, uncaring people who don't even bother to inquire for information about a subject. They just open their mouths and their brains fall out. Or you could say, they open their Twitter account and their beaks fall off.

[Bob Loblaw]

27. I would contest that we are being led

nt

[lastlib]

30. led by a pResiDunce.

[judesedit]

20. The majority of Americans laugh at him...in between the crying jags

[riversedge]

21. good views from Germany under Obama, then Trump came along........

.....Views of the American people have held fairly constant over the years among Germans, Pew’s polling revealed. But views of our government and president slipped during the George W. Bush administration, rose under Obama — and then collapsed this year.





https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=480

German confidence in the American president followed the same pattern. Last year, 86 percent of Germans had a lot of or at least some confidence in America’s president. This year, more than half have none at all.

[ailsagirl]

22. Keep the world from laughing at us?

They've never stopped!!

[Ducksworthy]

23. Germany's Pretty Close to Russia

And Wilbur still has some outstanding debts to the Russian mob from his Cyprus money laundering days. Best not to take any foreign trips.

[Honeycombe8]

24. That's too funny. Guess he was too lazy to go over there, like Trump is lazy. nt

[Matthew28]

25. He did the opposite

He has destroyed our image and our friendships.

[czarjak]

29. More wealth for the wealthy...

Huh, Wilber?

[Alice11111]

31. Please retire...call the fam together and plan it so you win

& appear magnanimous.

[Hieronymus]

33. This is one link to Trump's unpopularity worldwide .. you might have seen it.

[link:http://www.newsweek.com/trump-approval-rating-putin-global-629195|

[barbtries]

41. thank you

i put it on fb

[Cha]

34. The World wasn't "laughing at us" until the Russians

hacked the vote and got trump rigged in.

The moment he and spicerLiar started trying to screw with the crowd size.. it was off and running.

Dimwitted asshole.

[LakeArenal]

35. As my relatives in Canada say:

Ha hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[barbtries]

40. really when i saw the headline i thought the post would be about

trump and his tweeting.