No Manners, No Class, No Clue

The so-called president has managed to disgrace us all at the NATO meeting in Brussels, even after the other nations had arranged to dumb it all down to accommodate him.

For example, here is is shoving aside the Prime Minister of Montenegro so he could be on the front row of the group photo.

He refused to schmooze with the other leaders:

But, in truth, these issues were the least of his offenses. He still seems to think the other NATO countries are deadbeats, for example.

Trump used a very high profile and public moment to chastise our NATO allies for not paying enough for their own defense and actually owing the US vast sums of money. As I explained below, this is demonstrably false, both in a general and specific sense. Beyond the inaccuracy, Trump’s comments clearly envision a transformed and debilitated NATO, one that is one half protection racket, one half high-dollar membership golf resort. You pay your dues or you’re out. It’s a service, not a commitment.

Trump also declined to pledge his support for Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the provision that commits all members states – but most importantly the US – to defend members who are attacked. Article 5 isn’t a key part of NATO. It’s the cornerstone. In many respects it is NATO.

Meanwhile, a report in der Spiegel suggests Trump viciously attacked German and its export practices in a meeting of NATO/EU leaders. His team also created confusion among their EU interlocutors by appearing not to understand that EU member states only make trade deals as a group. It’s a bit hard to decipher precisely what was being discussed here. Was this really a misunderstanding or a bullheaded effort to make a point?

It’s a bullheaded effort to make a point that the Trumpettes don’t understand themselves. But the Trumpettes are hardly in a position to be lecturing anybody.

If NATO allies were nervous about the United States’ commitment to Europe’s security before, they must be fuming now. The NATO summit comes as reports surface that British police are withholding intelligence from the United States after leaks to U.S. media about the Manchester bombing investigation, and weeks after Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russians about operations against the Islamic State. For all of Trump’s fire and fury about the United States getting the raw end of the deal from NATO, from an optics standpoint, it is the United States that is looking like the irresponsible partner.

We learned just a couple of days ago that the so-called president bragged to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte about two nuclear submarines positioned offshore of North Korea, which of course is now universal knowledge. And now Britain is furious because intelligence photos of the Manchester terrorist attack turned up in the New York Times. Britain believes the Times must have gotten those photos from the White House. The Times isn’t saying what its source was. But Trump has asked the Justice Department to investigate the “alleged” leaks, which I find amusing.

12 thoughts on “No Manners, No Class, No Clue

  1. ” But Trump has asked the Justice Department to investigate the “alleged” leaks, which I find amusing.”

    Of course he did; YOUR parents favorite vase shattered, blame it on your kid brother. Or the neighbor’s kid.

  2. tv has Jared Kushner meeting subject of investigation. I want to know about Ivanka’s trip to Europe last summer and everyone she met with, took money from.j

  3. t-RUMPLE-thin-sKKKin acts like a bullying physical boor at these functions, because he knows in his (tiny little hardened) heart, that everyone up there with him, is at least 10 times smarter than he is! And so he ‘acts-up’ to keep everyones attention on himself.

    Hell, the people who moved the chairs and tables are at least 5 times smarter!

    He dissed Angela Merkel – AGAIN! – because pretty much everyone ackowledges her as the new ‘Leader of the Free World’ – something that all prior US Presidents were considered to be.
    Add on the fact that t-RUMP hates smart, capable, and powerful women – which he considers Ivanka to be. But she’s not fit to shine Merkel’s shoes. She’s just “Daddy’s Little Grifter.”

    And he knows deep down – like an unfunny Rodney Dangerfield – that he “gets no respect!”
    But how can he, a Putin ass–kissing, secret-spilling, pussy-grabbing, grifting moron be the ‘Leader of the Free World?’
    He’s can’t.
    He’s not.
    And he never will be.

    And he hates it that pretty much most of the world respected President Obama.
    And you know that’s just killing him, inside.
    That, and that behind his back, every one talks about what a stupid/ignorant/bigoted asshole he is. And, since he’s t-RUMPLE-thin-sKKKin, a very, very deeply insecure person, he’s just smart enough to notice that everthing is “dumbed-down” just for him.

    He has some extremely serious mental issues – and they’re getting worse with time, and with him under ever increasing pressure.
    And that should scare the living hell out of anybody and everybody!
    I know it does me.

  4. Look at the visit in geopolitical terms. We sell 100 billion in arms to the Saudi Arabia. The principal rival is Iran – suppose there is a war between them and the Middle East is engulfed. The winner is the other big oil producer – Russia. Look at NATO – Trump sows division there and refuses to commit to honor our commitments there. If NATO comes unglued, who stands to win? Russia again.

    I have no inside information but Trump couldn’t do much more or much better for the Russians than he’s doing.

  5. Does anybody still wonder why I refer to Trump as being a big bag of shit? Well if you do than just replay that video and watch it closely.
    I think what’s worse than the video are the people who try to make excuses for Trump’s behaviour as shown by the video. He’s a social clodhopper.

    Fred Trump did the master’s work in fucking up that boys head. Trump is 70 years old and still exhibiting behaviours like in that video.. you can be sure that the damage done by Trump’s parents is going to stay with him all the way to the grave.

  6. G U L A G – “Moderation in all things. … The essential thought is found in the work of the Greek poet Hesiod (c.700 bc)” The twit filter thinks you’re a Greek poet.

  7. Doug,
    A Greek poet, eh?
    Hmmmmm…………..
    I like the sound of that!

    I know!
    I must have been Philemon in a prior life.
    Because whenever I was in a bar in my youth, and drinkin’ beer, I’d tell the barkeep to, “Please keep Philemon up, and keep it filled, barkeep! And there’ll be a nice tip in it for you, before I hit the floor!”

  8. Isaiah Chapter 3:

    4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

    5. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and everyone by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

    This is our president, and these are their people, in our times.

  9. Boy, don’t you miss No Drama Obama? I do. The one thing America should never have for President is a rookie. He will either purposely or accidentally start a war. Either way America is doomed.

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