After an interesting week-end, a take of the weekend by Seth Meyers who was subject to a tyriad by The Presidents' Tweets--as Puerto Rico continues to suffer and the FEMA Administrator dismissed the pleas by the San Juan Mayor as "Noise" and what we view as the Stunt by Vice President Pence:
This is as we wanted to feature this from the Conservative Commentator Erick Erickson in his website The Resurrengt the aftermath of The Hurricanes and the continued incompetence of the Trump Administration:
…. They are
dutifully back at work now that he’s done his due diligence in Texas.
Unfortunately, his performance in the wake of Hurricane Harvey does not invalidate
the actions he takes the rest of the time. His latest tweeting should make us
all wish it did.
Yesterday morning, President Trump shot
across the bow of South Korean leadership by presuming to tell them – via
Twitter, of course – that diplomatic efforts to save their people “will not
work.” North Korea had just tested an underground hydrogen bomb
that registered a 6.3 on the Richter scale. Maybe he thinks Twitter
is a better method of communication than traditional government channels.
Apparently, his real estate development experience has honed his foreign policy
skills, and informed his knowledge of what North Korea understands. We are to
assume his “good brain” knows
more about North Korean behavior than South Korean leaders do.
Oh ok. So, after 60 years, they’re NOW
finding out what Trump has been telling them for a few months? Got it. Six
hours later, presumably to show he means business, he threatened to stop all
trade with anyone who does business with
North Korea, including China, who represents 83% of
all DPRK trade.
So, they still only understand
sanctions? Or military threats? Which is it? That itself came hours after he
said he’s working on a plan to pull out
of our free trade agreement with South Korea, too. Why he’s
pushing them around on trade at the time we need military unity is unknown.
This has economic leaders there worried.
Add to this the disconnect between the public stance of our two countries,
which Korean experts are calling “Korean passing,” or, the passing over of
Southern interest to deal with North Korea unilaterally.
Yes, the President
is literally
taking a shotgun to everyone in
the room – both our allies, and our enemies, along with the negotiators,
all at once.
South Korea already has reason to
distrust the American president’s impulses, as he once demanded South Korea pay
for our military presence there. (They actually do subsidize 30% of
operations)
Many felt his
several statements over the years indicate he does not grasp the geopolitical
value of the region.
If Trump gets his
way (at least what he thinks the last 24 hours), our North Korean strategy no
longer includes the collaboration of 51 million South Koreans facing probable
death in a military conflict with their neighbors. But to make matters worse,
we will no longer trade with China, Russia, Indiaand even Brazil or Chile – because they conduct trade with North
Korea – and we will no longer have free trade with the South. This means more
than $1 trillion of economic activity will cease, if the U.S. government
performs according to Trump’s tweets.
No doubt, the reliable defenders will
rush to say:
1. He doesn’t mean it,
2. His administration will temper his
threats, or
3. That it’s a good idea.
So, in other words:
1. He doesn’t speak the truth,
2. He can’t make good decisions without
his administration stepping in, or
3. We’re headed for a global recession
in the next year, and millions may die.
Which is it? The fact that we can ask is frightening.
I’m just gonna say it: We told you so.
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