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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:20 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
How Ivanka Trumps Painfully Awkward Global Posturing Harms U.S. Diplomacy
July 3, 2019, 12:33 PM EDT
By Daniel B. Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Imagine being Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Or national security adviser John Bolton. Here are two of President Donald Trump’s most loyal lieutenants. They have taken no small number of slings and arrows from bipartisan critics in the U.S. foreign policy community on his behalf. As befits their positions, they have a reasonable expectation they will be the president’s key advisers on foreign policy and seen to be such by American and international observers. How, then, do they explain their relative place in the Trump hierarchy after Ivanka Trump’s prominent participation in the president’s trip to Asia last week? Ivanka, who holds the title of adviser to the president, was seemingly everywhere. Here she is offering a video readout, tweeted by the White House, of the president’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here she is standing in a photo line of world leaders. Here she is inserting herself — painfully, awkwardly — into a conversation among French President Emanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Theresa May and International Monetary Fund Chairwoman Christine Lagarde. She was publicly thanked by Trump as Pompeo’s equal on a stage before U.S. forces in South Korea. And, most shockingly, she accompanied Trump to the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas before his sit-down with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. More... https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ivanka-trump-s-asia-trip-wasn-t-just-awkward-it-ncna1026231 Just the fact that "Daniel B. Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel" is whining here causes me to believe Ivankas presence is a good thing. Poor neocons Bolton/Pompeo where sidelined... ![]() ![]()
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RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | OP |
Rebeca42 | Jul 2019 | #1 | |
imwithfred | Jul 2019 | #2 | |
Nostrings | Jul 2019 | #3 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #6 | |
Nostrings | Jul 2019 | #7 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #8 | |
Nostrings | Jul 2019 | #10 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #12 | |
Nostrings | Jul 2019 | #13 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #4 | |
BigKahunna2.0 | Jul 2019 | #9 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #11 | |
Fred Sanford | Jul 2019 | #5 | |
Badsamm | Jul 2019 | #14 | |
RCW2014 | Jul 2019 | #15 | |
Badsamm | Jul 2019 | #16 | |
oldenuff35 | Jul 2019 | #17 |
Response to RCW2014 (Original post)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:41 PM
Rebeca42 (380 posts)
1. NBC "news" opinion piece?
![]() OMFG!!! You're getting more ridiculous each day... |
Response to Rebeca42 (Reply #1)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:44 PM
imwithfred (8,030 posts)
2. Geezuz gawd, this was alerted on.
Too bad the alerter doesn't get his way. No violation, no hide.
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Response to Rebeca42 (Reply #1)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:46 PM
Nostrings (25,397 posts)
3. Written by a former obama cabinet member, no less.
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Response to Nostrings (Reply #3)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:48 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
6. See #4. Then check in...
Response to RCW2014 (Reply #6)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:51 PM
Nostrings (25,397 posts)
7. I've seen number 4. He was under obama just like I said.
Are you having reading troubles?
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Response to Nostrings (Reply #7)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:56 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
8. But he's your favorite obamanite type. The neocon ones that are crying over Ivanka crowding
out your bigtime neocon heros, Bolton/Pompeo.
Wearing your blue and white colors quite well tonight, I might add... ![]() |
Response to RCW2014 (Reply #8)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:06 PM
Nostrings (25,397 posts)
10. I don't have a favorite obamanite type.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
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Response to Nostrings (Reply #10)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:15 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
12. What I do know from your postings is, you sure love you some "neocon", indeed...
Response to RCW2014 (Reply #12)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:38 PM
Nostrings (25,397 posts)
13. Oh? Do tell.
Is it my support for the second amendment?
Is it my belief in strong borders and successful border security? I haven't been one to push for war. You're talking out your ass. ![]() |
Response to Rebeca42 (Reply #1)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:47 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
4. No, a opinion piece written by "By Daniel B. Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel"
Why do you hate israeli/jewish opinions.
Not being "anti-semitic" now...are you? |
Response to RCW2014 (Reply #4)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:05 PM
BigKahunna2.0 (2,574 posts)
9. You look like a fool when you post an opinion piece like it's real news....
Oh comrade,...Better up your game or your handlers will stop paying you for all your posts
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Response to BigKahunna2.0 (Reply #9)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:13 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
11. Sadly, this forum doesn't have a sub-forum for opinions/editorials now does it?
Only place to post it is in news/politics.
Piss and moan but you'll just have to "deal with it, as is"... ![]() |
Response to RCW2014 (Original post)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:48 PM
Fred Sanford (15,150 posts)
5. Is that from a blog, poster?
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Response to RCW2014 (Original post)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:41 PM
Badsamm (15,581 posts)
14. Obama didnt have Ivanka, why didnt he go to NK for a chance a peace?
Response to Badsamm (Reply #14)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 11:45 PM
RCW2014 (23,184 posts)
15. Bet Ivanka wished she "had" Obama versus that pasty wimp she married...
OK, its late and I'm nipping a bit!!!
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Response to RCW2014 (Original post)
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 12:39 AM
oldenuff35 (23,667 posts)