July 19, 2018
Trump v. Putin
Dana Matewwson
I have been hearing lots (and have tuned out most) of the criticism of Trump's performance in Helsinki. If you listen to some of the "respected pundits," you'd think -- to use Star Trek terminology -- that Trump "gave away the home world." I've kept in mind that most of the criticism is from people who have never sat down at a desk across from a foreign leader, even a friendly one, so it's mostly Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking.
I think William Katz, of Urgent Agenda, puts things in very good perspective here, and I'll quote him:
And so it goes. Democratic complaints are a joke. However, the criticism of President Trump's performance at yesterday's press conference with Putin is bipartisan, and the president has to take note. His comments were sloppy and poorly chosen. In truth, this president is not terribly articulate on his feet. He exaggerates, he brags, he is far too effusive, especially in his attitude toward Putin, a thug if ever there was one.
Oh yes, it's true, other presidents have done the same or worse. President Nixon actually quoted Chairman Mao during his visit to China, honoring a man who'd killed millions. President Roosevelt sat down with Joe Stalin, and gave plenty away at Yalta. And Obama restored relations with the criminal Fidel Castro without asking for anything in return that would help the Cuban people. Jack Kennedy got completely rolled by Nikita Khrushchev at a summit in Vienna in 1961. All true.
But people forget, and Trump is president, intensely disliked by the press and by most of the Washington swamp dwellers. They want to bring him down, and he gave them the chance with his loose tongue.
As Laura Ingraham remarked, his rhetoric is one thing, but his record is far better. He generally gets what he wants, and gets far more than Field Marshal of the World Barack Obama ever dreamed of. But then he steps all over his achievements with his open mouth. We forgive him, but we're getting tired of it.
This from Tim:
.Katz does a good job here, although I don't think it's helpful for Trump to apologize for his actions. He should make it clear we as a country had nothing to gain by being combative here. The fact is, the Democrats, the media, and the RINO's had this all planned. They were going to go ballistic no matter what Trump did, because they knew Trump has always done well when he met with foreign leaders and they had ;to revive the Russian collusion meme. And they wanted Trump to go after Putin because then he would be tacitly admitting his own guilt. The indictments that went down were intended to manuever this very thing.
I have been hearing lots (and have tuned out most) of the criticism of Trump's performance in Helsinki. If you listen to some of the "respected pundits," you'd think -- to use Star Trek terminology -- that Trump "gave away the home world." I've kept in mind that most of the criticism is from people who have never sat down at a desk across from a foreign leader, even a friendly one, so it's mostly Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking.
I think William Katz, of Urgent Agenda, puts things in very good perspective here, and I'll quote him:
And so it goes. Democratic complaints are a joke. However, the criticism of President Trump's performance at yesterday's press conference with Putin is bipartisan, and the president has to take note. His comments were sloppy and poorly chosen. In truth, this president is not terribly articulate on his feet. He exaggerates, he brags, he is far too effusive, especially in his attitude toward Putin, a thug if ever there was one.
Oh yes, it's true, other presidents have done the same or worse. President Nixon actually quoted Chairman Mao during his visit to China, honoring a man who'd killed millions. President Roosevelt sat down with Joe Stalin, and gave plenty away at Yalta. And Obama restored relations with the criminal Fidel Castro without asking for anything in return that would help the Cuban people. Jack Kennedy got completely rolled by Nikita Khrushchev at a summit in Vienna in 1961. All true.
But people forget, and Trump is president, intensely disliked by the press and by most of the Washington swamp dwellers. They want to bring him down, and he gave them the chance with his loose tongue.
As Laura Ingraham remarked, his rhetoric is one thing, but his record is far better. He generally gets what he wants, and gets far more than Field Marshal of the World Barack Obama ever dreamed of. But then he steps all over his achievements with his open mouth. We forgive him, but we're getting tired of it.
This from Tim:
.Katz does a good job here, although I don't think it's helpful for Trump to apologize for his actions. He should make it clear we as a country had nothing to gain by being combative here. The fact is, the Democrats, the media, and the RINO's had this all planned. They were going to go ballistic no matter what Trump did, because they knew Trump has always done well when he met with foreign leaders and they had ;to revive the Russian collusion meme. And they wanted Trump to go after Putin because then he would be tacitly admitting his own guilt. The indictments that went down were intended to manuever this very thing.
Trump's biggest mistake was not anticipating the explosion. He missed it
there. But is anyone surprised Paul Ryan used this opportunity to bash Trump?
McCain? Graham? They saw a freebie and took it.
THIS FROM JACK KEMP:
At American Thinker today there is a piece about how Mexicans
coming into the U.S. and voting illegally UNDER OBAMA swayed the California and
other elections and the 2016 Presidential vote totals. But no one in the
Democrat Party wants to discuss THAT topic.
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