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kpete's JournalCNN: There will be no escape! Donald Trump is in for the trolling of a lifetime
(CNN)The British government is in crisis, the Prime Minister losing ministers on what feels like a daily basis and the country riven by arguments about how -- or even whether -- to leave the European Union.
What better time to turn our collective angst outwards, with the delicious distraction of a world leader more ridiculous than our own sorry bunch.
Donald Trump is in for the trolling of a lifetime when he arrives in Britain or at least its environs. The orange baby blimp flying over London will be only the start as my countrymates show off their famous sense of irreverent satire.
There will be no escape. Even if Trump manages to break his TV habit and even if his schedule has been carefully arranged to minimize time in London, he will be unable to miss the jibes.
Already, a social media campaign has helped propel the 2004 Green Day hit "American Idiot" back up the charts. It's not subtle -- "Don't wanna be an American idiot, Don't want a nation under the new media" -- but when it comes to Trump, well what's the point of that?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/opinions/donald-trump-is-in-for-the-trolling-of-a-lifetime-crilly/index.html
Autocrats drawn together like moths to a flame.
Picture THIS if you will:
Pool report from @seungminkim on the NATO leaders' photo:
"One cluster of the leaders began walking toward the photo location, then another cluster, then POTUS walked in with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and another man who was not identified."
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1017019548086784001
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/1017015505851428864
MERKEL Responds!
Angela Merkel:"I've experienced myself a part of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union, and I’m very happy today that we are united in freedom ... and can thus say that we can determine our own policies and make our own decisions and that’s very good."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1017015710982262784
Heading into a NATO meeting in Brussels, Merkel noted that she had grown up in communist East Germany.
Without mentioning Trump’s comments specifically, she told reporters Wednesday: “I’ve experienced myself a part of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union and I’m very happy today that we are united in freedom as the Federal Republic of Germany and can thus say that we can determine our own policies and make our own decisions and that’s very good.”
Earlier, Trump had suggested that because of a new pipeline deal to bring more Russian gas to Germany, “Germany as far as I’m concerned is captive to Russia.
https://apnews.com/5d9af207650e42cd9fbf96ce7d8c59d1?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter
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