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In reply to the discussion: "Dear POTUS, I'm being attacked in this photo" [View all]Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Not a peep (or a Tweet) out of the White House about this, just whining about how badly shitgibbon is being treated. I finally ended up writing my own episode of 'The West Wing' in my head.
After the episode at the Turkish Embassy, Bartlett summons the Turkish Ambassador to the Oval Office and firstly proceeds to rip him a new one. Then declares the entire contingent of Erdogan's bodyguards as persona non grata and tells the Ambassador they are to be out of the country in within 24 hours. Then, just for good measure, expels about 20 other Turks working in the Embassy and tells the Ambassador that he should consider going back to Turkey for a couple of months for 'consultation with his government'. Then Bartlett tells the Ambassador 'you can go now' and, studiously ignoring the Ambassador, goes back to reading papers on his desk.
Later he makes an address to the nation from the Oval Office, telling the world what he has done and telling the American people that 'this country will not stand for this type of behavior from any country, friend or foe'.
Unfortunately, at that point, my brain was interrupted with a Tweetstorm from 45 applauding Erdogan and saying the protesters are the ones who should be locked up.