by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald John Trump, the self-proclaimed master negotiator who somehow managed to start and lose a worldwide trade war in only a few weeks, is in Singapore where he plans to meet on Tuesday with the world's nuclear bad boy, Kim Jong Un of North Korea. The two leaders, neither of whom has garnered much respect from other major nations of the world, are promoting their sit-down with one another as a summit with the potential to make the world a safer place, and Trump, for his part, says that he is so astute that he will know within the first minute the event whether the meeting will be successful or not.
Trump is arriving in Singapore still over-heated in the wake of a tantrum that he threw regarding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While flying from the G-7 meeting in Quebec, Canada, to the summit in Singapore, Trump became enraged when Trudeau made it clear that Canada would not bend to economic pressures from the United States. Trump began tweeting insults at Trudeau, calling him "dishonest" and "weak," and then withdrew his support for the joint communique that had been signed by the G-7 leaders at the meeting.
And Trudeau is weak by Trump standards. One has only to remember the tearful Trudeau welcoming refugees from Syria to Canada at the Toronto airport one cold night in 2015 with the words, "You are home now!" - and compare that shameful behavior to that firm resolve of Donald Trump and his administration as they rip frightened children away from their parents who are seeking sanctuary in the United States, a country once thought to be a safe and welcoming harbor for the world's oppressed peoples.
One leader is guided by humanity, the other is fueled by white nationalism and greed. One has the strength to do what is right, the other is Donald John Trump.
Citizen Journalist
Donald John Trump, the self-proclaimed master negotiator who somehow managed to start and lose a worldwide trade war in only a few weeks, is in Singapore where he plans to meet on Tuesday with the world's nuclear bad boy, Kim Jong Un of North Korea. The two leaders, neither of whom has garnered much respect from other major nations of the world, are promoting their sit-down with one another as a summit with the potential to make the world a safer place, and Trump, for his part, says that he is so astute that he will know within the first minute the event whether the meeting will be successful or not.
Trump is arriving in Singapore still over-heated in the wake of a tantrum that he threw regarding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While flying from the G-7 meeting in Quebec, Canada, to the summit in Singapore, Trump became enraged when Trudeau made it clear that Canada would not bend to economic pressures from the United States. Trump began tweeting insults at Trudeau, calling him "dishonest" and "weak," and then withdrew his support for the joint communique that had been signed by the G-7 leaders at the meeting.
And Trudeau is weak by Trump standards. One has only to remember the tearful Trudeau welcoming refugees from Syria to Canada at the Toronto airport one cold night in 2015 with the words, "You are home now!" - and compare that shameful behavior to that firm resolve of Donald Trump and his administration as they rip frightened children away from their parents who are seeking sanctuary in the United States, a country once thought to be a safe and welcoming harbor for the world's oppressed peoples.
One leader is guided by humanity, the other is fueled by white nationalism and greed. One has the strength to do what is right, the other is Donald John Trump.
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