Posted on 06/15/2018 3:50:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Singapore summit actually made the world a safer place. The president’s critics won’t admit it.
For congressional Democrats, it’s payback time. Ever since 2015, when Barack Obama struck a nuclear deal with Iran, prominent Republicans—including Donald Trump and his top foreign policy advisers—have accused Obama and his Democratic supporters of, in Mike Pompeo’s words, “surrender.” They’ve accused Obama of signing a deal that doesn’t meaningfully restrain Iran’s nuclear ambitions and, by seeking a warmer relationship with its regime, of betraying Iran’s long-suffering people.
The irony, therefore, is nearly irresistible. In his nuclear summit this week in Singapore, Trump gave up more—and got less—than Obama did with Iran. He flattered Kim Jong Un in ways Obama never flattered Hassan Rouhani or Ayatollah Khamenei. And so, having been offered a free shot on goal, congressional Democrats are taking it. It’s satisfying to expose your political adversaries as frauds.
But the Democrats are wrong. They’re not wrong that Trump proved a weaker, dumber negotiator than Obama. They’re wrong to suggest that makes the Singapore summit a failure. In their desire to prove themselves savvy and tough, Democrats are proving myopic. And they’re making themselves de facto allies of ultra-hawks like John Bolton, who may try to derail the Trump-Kim peace process, and revive the threat of war....
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And most of the AR-15s...
They’re going to be REAL surprised when they find themselves on the wrong end of millions of Deplorable-owned baby Harp seal clubs...
“They’re not wrong that Trump proved a weaker, dumber negotiator than Obama.” These people are truly mentally ill.
They can not because demo_rats are leftists and all leftists are horrible people.
JoMa
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