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https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/1005807265818075136
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a 'historic meeting between two dictators'
“There is the president of the United States, Donald Trump, about to walk down those [Air Force Once] stairs, stepping foot in Singapore as we wait this historic summit with the North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un.”
“Anthony, talk to us about this moment,” she said, turning to Scaramucci. “This is history. We are living — regardless of what happens in that meeting between the two dictators — what we are seeing right now, this is historic.”
Scaramucci agreed that Trump is a “disruptive” force in the world.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/fox-friends-host-slips-trumps-north-korea-summit-historic-meeting-two-dictators/
https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/1005816106551046144
Sr G7 Official: "He's like Heath Ledger's Joker -- but without the operational excellence."
“He’s like Heath Ledger’s Joker—but without the operational excellence.” That was the grim after-action assessment of one senior G7 official with whom I spoke in the shocked aftermath of President Donald Trump’s savage post-summit tweets.
MORE:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/trump-g7/562487/
An Amway salesman with a face full of curry powder.
Trudeau looks like a superhero. The rest, like heads of government. The stupid one, like an Amway salesman with a face full of curry powder.
https://twitter.com/Only4RM/status/1005558183883141120
WE DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THIS SHIT LYING DOWN.
https://twitter.com/ThornCoyle/status/1005157324074307584
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KRUGMAN re: G7 --- He didn't put America first; Russia first would be a better description.
He didn’t put America first; Russia first would be a better description. And he didn’t demand drastic policy changes from our allies; he demanded that they stop doing bad things they aren’t doing. This wasn’t a tough stance on behalf of American interests, it was a declaration of ignorance and policy insanity.
Trump started with a call for readmitting Russia to the group, which makes no sense at all. The truth is that Russia, whose GDP is about the same size as Spain’s and quite a bit smaller than Brazil’s, was always a ringer in what was meant to be a group of major economies. It was brought in for strategic reasons, and kicked out when it invaded Ukraine. There is no possible justification for bringing it back, other than whatever hold Putin has on Trump personally.
Then Trump demanded that the other G7 members remove their “ridiculous and unacceptable” tariffs on U.S. goods – which would be hard for them to do, because their actual tariff rates are very low. The European Union, for example, levies an average tariff of only three percent on US goods. Who says so? The U.S. government’s own guide to exporters.
True, there are some particular sectors where each country imposes special barriers to trade. Yes, Canada imposes high tariffs on certain dairy products. But it’s hard to make the case that these special cases are any worse than, say, the 25 percent tariff the U.S. still imposes on light trucks. The overall picture is that all of the G7 members have very open markets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/opinion/debacle-in-quebec.html
Coward Trump Unsigns G7 Communique (but not until he is safely aboard AF 1 & can tweet insults)
Saturday June 09, 2018 · 4:44 PM PDT
Donald Trump agreed an anodine Communique following the G8 summit. Then Justin Trudeau gave a press conference not exactly praising him as the bestest world leader ever. Trump tripped over the 15 boxes of documents he claims he is reading on the way to Singapore and promptly unsigned the comminique by tweet.
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PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
4:04 PM - Jun 9, 2018
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Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!
4:03 PM - Jun 9, 2018
Trump also managed to reveal his lie that the tariffs on Canada were national security related, note:
Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
By that he admits breaching World Trade Organisation rules that require 30 days notice of tariff measures, unless national security is invoked.
https://twitter.com/Kevinliptakcnn/status/1005606715176488960
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/9/1770669/-Trump-Unsigns-G7-Communique
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