UK ambassador to US called Trump 'inept,' 'incompetent'

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  1. clarkeT

    clarkeT Well-Known Member

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    And former UK PM David Cameron called Obama a self-absorbed narcissist, so what? The UK is upset at being made to pay their fair share of defense.

    The lowest unemployment in 50 years is hardly incompetent.
     
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    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The UK's ambassador was right in writing........"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept." Baby Donald shows himself to be more of a clown every day.

    Anecdotally, having just been on a tour of Scotland with the Scottish tour guide, a man from Italy, a couples from S. Africa and Australia, brothers from the Czech Republic, and a family from Hong Kong............I can say Don's buffoonery is well understood around the world. My wife and I were asked how it happened that a fool like Trump could get elected in a country as great as the US. I explained we are no longer a great country. No nation that elects a racist moron can be considered great.
     
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    Just A Man Well-Known Member

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    Most of the people connected to the inept UN is a bunch of eggheads. Who cares what any one of them thinks of the man we voted to be our leader.
     
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    If a country wants to be a world power, they need to accept that the views of others IS important.
     
  6. Just A Man

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    Hogwash. What's important is our opinions. I guess you would have accepted of the views of Yasser Arafat who addressed the UN wearing a pistol in a holster. Would you accept the views of Nikita Khrushchev who said to the United States "We will bury you"? I won't ask you about Hitler's views.
     
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    IRRELEVANT due to the fact we had better economies when the unemployment rate was 1 to 2% higher than today, such as;

    Clinton's 4.8% unemployment rate economy VERSUS Trump's 3.8% unemployment rate economy
     
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    Who can possibly find fault with the U.K.ambassadors assessment???
     
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    You don't see a difference between Arafat, Khruschev or Hitler and leaders from the UK?
     
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    The UK hasn't been relevant in almost 100 years... Made up of bad teeth, lousy food and serfs.
     
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    Seriously ? Trump isn’t responsible for farmers going under in response to his foolish tariffs ? How many coal mines has Trump reopened ?
     
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    Why don't you supply the number of farmers and the number of coal mines and any news articles that you have been informed by.?
     
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    I agree that the UK needs to accept that the views of the US and President Trump are important, and treat them as being important.
     
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    And, if one wants respect, they need to show respect to others. It is not a 'given'.
     
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    I agree, the UK ambassador needs to show more respect to President Trump if he expects to get anything in return from the US. It's diplomacy 101.
     
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    You are asking that of a leftist? Isn't that sort of like asking a seal if it likes swimming?
     
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    Obama is a self absorbed narcissist
     
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    Nope. Why that opinion, and that's all it is, exists maybe of some import, but the opinion itself is without value.
     
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    Yay! It took a while, but I'm finally considered a 'leftist'! Praise be!
     
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    The UK issued a statement that the UK ambassador's statement does not represent the views of the UK government, and they've launched an inquiry as to how it happened.
     
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    Why don’t you read ?
     
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    Trump, the man with a vocabulary less then a trained chimp and self confessed sexual abuser claims to be smarter then science.
    Who’s the self absorbed narcissist ?
     
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    Do we have any allies left?
     
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    Well, we have the thanks of Putin and Kim. Of course, Trump expects more help from Putin again and Kim expects a hug and a kiss. Great allies, for Trump.
     
  25. Just A Man

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    I do but the only place I have read it is in your post.
     

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