Posted on 07/06/2017 6:13:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump’s visit to Poland — a great U.S. ally and a nation with strong personal links to ours — has become the latest pretext for Trump bashing by the U.S. media. The Washington Post (paper edition) tells us, darkly, that Trump “shares ideological affinities” with Poland’s right-wing ruling party. In particular, he shares its aversion to immigration by Muslims and its combative relationship with the press.
The Post also suggests that the visit is a slap in the face of European allies, especially Germany, who are estranged to some degree from the current Polish government. In addition, it tells us that Trump picked Poland because the ruling party will be able to bus in cheering crowds from rural areas. The folks in Warsaw are too sophisticated to like Trump, the Post assures its readers.
Thus, Trump’s visit to Poland serves as a perfect confluence of anti-Trump talking points. He’s a right-winger; he’s anti-Muslim; he’s anti-free press, he’s against the European alliance; he depends on rubes for support; he’s an egomaniac in search of adoring crowds.
But one key anti-Trump talking point cannot be enlisted — the bogus Trump-Putin collaboration theme. As the Post gets around to acknowledging, grudgingly, very late in its story:
Poland also remains a strategically critical European nation that is particularly sensitive to the threat of rising Russian power. Despite Trump’s efforts to pursue warmer relations with Putin, the Polish government expressed optimism that Trump remains committed to the security of Central and Eastern Europe.
And after the Poland visit, it can’t be the case that Trump is under the sway of Putin. It’s still early in his presidency, but so far Trump is, I think, the hardest-line U.S. president on Russia/the Soviet Union since Ronald Reagan.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Kirk's words from that essay may be appropriate here on this day:
"The patrimony of a civilization can be lost at the very moment of that civilization’s material triumph. In any culture worthy of the name, men must be something better than the flies of a summer; generation must link with generation. Some men among us are doing whatever is in their power to preserve and reinvigorate our common heritage. This is not a work that can be accomplished through positive law or the creation of international commissions. Yet if a people forget the ashes of their fathers and the temples of their gods, the consequences soon will be felt in the laws and in international affairs. Without cultural community between America and Europe, there is little point in political alliance."
I don’t think it’s an overestimation to state that the speech was a game-changer. The WaPo and company are welcome to greet it with the same lofty disdain that they displayed toward Reagan’s speeches, because it just doesn’t matter what they think.
Reagan was going to blow up the world...but he only had ABC CBS and NBC..there were 100,s of thousands marching in Europe when he put missiles in Turkey..
Trump may win this time...people are more aware..
The press is way over the top now..
Yes.
They have really crossed the line.
Poland is strong today because they will not forget.
Worth Watching: City in Ruins.
Scumbag media...
If it wasn’t for bringing in resolute jihadism along with, there shouldn’t be a need to care about bringing in green Martians. Why, why, why, is soi-disant liberal Europe not caring about jihad and its periodic uprisings?
As for the press, if they are asses, they should be treated as asses.
Lech Walesa was booed.
I didn’t know his domestic popularity had gone to shiite.
bmp
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