Video footage depicts this actually did happen and it was not by accident....and he did not say excuse me either.....
Wow. Trump shoves Montenegro's leader to get to the front of the group at NATO Summit.
Gets in the front for his PR photo op but blasts NATO at the same time....and yet one wonders why the EU Tusk stated we are not 100% on the same sheet of music when it comes to Russia....
Trump will now use this to deflect from the FBI Russian investigation....which is what many of his supporters in the House have been complaining about these last weeks....
Trump Condemns ‘Alleged Leaks,’ After Complaints From Britain
https://nyti.ms/2r0BuUy
'Words matter': Trump might face a harsh reception at NATOOriginally Posted by OUTLAW 09
http://read.bi/2qTawhq
Failing to mention collective security (Art V) in his big speech, Trump sends a message which Putin will not miss.
Allies wanted Trump to say one thing at NATO: that Art 5 is rock solid. Putin wanted Trump to skip that line. Putin won this round.
Trump's Nato speech. Judge for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSaNMGpKo0#
Michael McFaul
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Regarding NATO, Trump still doesn't get it. Reposting: Mr. Trump, NATO is an alliance, not a protection racket
http://wapo.st/2askShP?
PM May, Merkel, Trudeau all taking questions from press at NATO today. Not the case with Trump.
For those who think #Trump's refusal to explicitly endorse #NATO Art. 5 is insignificant -
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order...le-5-problem/#
First #Trump had fierce handshake with #Macron. Then he shoved Prime Minister of #Montenegro #Markovic. Violence escalating at #NATO summit
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First Trump cheers on Brexit now this...just what did he think was going to happen after he cheered Brexit in.....
Trump is reportedly concerned that Brexit will lead to US job losses
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-bri...ource=twitter#
Speaker Ryan on GOP candidate who 'body-slammed' reporter: “It should not have happened.”
http://cnnmon.ie/2rljVj6
Admin official had told NYT yest. that Trump would endorse Article 5. Either that was never the case or something changed late in the game
The question of the day is what on earth happened? Did Trump personally veto it? Or his advisors? Or was it never true?Trump refuses to commit to defense of NATO allies a day after aides said he would.
Putin will be thrilled at Trump's refusal to endorse Article 5. Unimaginable under any other president.
Issue seems to be POTUS himself as US military, intel community and GOP & Dem leadership all see Russia as clear adversary
AND there is absolutely no Russian connections....really????
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-25-2017 at 05:32 PM.
Trump should not forget that six European security services have provided information on Trump Russian connections....
Just got this msg from a pal who's a snr Europe scty official: "After [Trump NATO speech] it's obvious he's Putin's boy. Now we will act."
From this same individual....European have lost lives in NATO fighting along side US after 9/11 in AFG, Iraq and Syria....
Dutch rep...who does he think he is..we lost 60 troops and several hundred wounded....and then Trump bashed NATO in front of the new 9/11 memorial, which is the only time Article V has ever been invoked and it was in the defense of the US.....
Canada was the first to respond. Given the treatment by Trump, it may not be soo fast next time. Goodwill and respect matter.
Merkel at NATO in clear rebuke of Trump: "it is not isolation and the building of walls that makes us successful but shared values"
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Совок in Russia is so in the 7th heaven as Donald Trump's behaviour is so rude and unhewn he represents everything they want to be.
Richard N. Haass
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public lecturing of NATO allies unseemly & counterproductive; hard not to see contrast between this & overly-solicitous treatment of Saudis
In 1987, after USSR visit, Trump paid $94K for ads in major papers lambasting our no-good allies. A big change from his previous RW view.
By getting Americans to regard NATO as some kind of Mar-A-Lago with membership fees and annual dues, Trump has done Putin's work handily.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-25-2017 at 05:58 PM.
Tax Doc: Ivanka Trump had 2 tax liens placed on her jewelry company for $320,310.53-for not paying taxes-in 2015.
What is unusual in this...normally one would have to explain themselves in detail as this must be indicated on a SF86 in order to get a security clearance to work in the WH....evidently was not entered on the SF 86...
Reuters Top News
JUST IN: U.S. Appeals Court in the 4th Circuit keeps block to Trump's travel ban in place
Former campaign chief Manafort remained in contact with the president and aides after FBI launched its Russia probe:
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...238803#…
4th Circuit upholds injunction on Trump's travel ban, stating that POTUS has "broad" but "not absolute" power to deny entry to immigrants.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-25-2017 at 07:04 PM.
Trump denied he supported National Front's Le Pen in France's election. "You were my guy'' he told Macron today, French officials say.
NEW: Russians stole and disseminated Democratic voter-turnout analyses
How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative
Political consultant Aaron Nevins received documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog; Guccifer called the blog to the attention of Trump adviser Roger Stone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-all...ive-1495724787
Former campaign chief Manafort remained in contact with the president and aides after FBI launched its Russia probe: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...dvise-238803#…
Trump handed Putin a big win at NATO meeting. My latest: (I'll be updating this with interviews throughout the day)
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/25/...tic-alliance/#
The New York Times
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President Trump refused to endorse Article 5, which states that an attack on any NATO member is an attack on all
http://nyti.ms/2r0fJlO
Estonia (NATO) and Georgia (non-NATO) are two countries that had more soldiers in Afghanistan, per capita, than the US.
Seems Trump advisors failed to tell him this small fact....
Trump tells EU leaders: "The Germans are bad, very bad", will "stop" German car sales to US
http://m.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/a-1149282.html#
Is Trump setting the stage for an open trade war with the EU and Germany...DOES he in fact understand that 120,000 well paid US jobs depend on Germany and does he understand that they could in fact move to Mexico costing Trump 120,000 well paying jobs..."The Germans are bad, very bad. Look at the millions of cars they sell in the USA. Terrible. We will stop that."
Outside of the 120,000 jobs there are thousands of others in the supply chain depending on the first 120,000...
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-25-2017 at 08:04 PM.
From a well known US journalist based in Ukraine and who has been writing for three years about Russian aggression in Ukraine and the Baltics....
At NATO HQ Trump talked about immigration, which has nothing to do with NATO, terrorism which NATO is firmly committed to combating
NATO shares intel with US, participates in ops against ISIS & other threats, many members actively fighting terror cells
AND YET it's the US which leaks intel to the press, Wikileaks, or to the damned KREMLIN, not the NATO members
Members directly threatened by Kremlin aggression. Estonian agent kidnapped from Estonian soil in 2014. This is the real threat to NATO
Trump spreads disinformation, Kremlin talking points, division, domestic politics, instead of addressing & inspiring/encouraging members
A REAL leader would commit to NATO, announce plan to help members, demand more commitment from members, be specific, be visionary
If I were a NATO member I would consider creating a new parallel alliance: intel sharing & mutual defense, without the US
If the American people are so untrustworthy they elected Trump, they could elect someone even worse, more isolationist, more anti-NATO
US credibility is in tatters. We aren't the leaders of the free world. If there's still a "free world" it should lead itself. Sad/true
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-25-2017 at 08:15 PM.
Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
A third of my 38 yrs in the Army was served in & around NATO, a valuable, adaptive alliance. What happened today was embarrassing, saddening
General Hertling commanded US troops in Europe and Iraq
He had been the Commander USAREUR in 2012
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