Remember how the GOP, Fox News and even some MSM lost their lunch when Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ran President Obama down to get a handshake and a picture with him? Well, Donald Trump went out of his way to salute and pay his respects to a dictator's underling, a military general.
North Korea's state-run (and only) television station ran with it ...
If you're wondering what's wrong with this picture, let me explain. First, it sets the wrong standard because it takes an apologetic tone after Trump was so bellicose with "rocket man" in the past. Now he's saluting his underling.
Second, both our friends and our foes, will be quick to take advantage of a situation [in the future] if they think they're dealing with a weak president, or one who is not going to stand up and aggressively defend America's interests.
Oh, wait. My choice of words about standards, apologetic tone, and a weak president (in italics) may have been over the top. But they weren't mine. They were spoken by former Vice-President Dick Cheney, as he referred to Obama's handshake with Chavez.
I wonder what VP Cheney is thinking now ...
- Mark
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