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Foreign leaders seek fresh ties with US governors, mayors
Associated Press ^ | Feb 22, 2018 12:42 AM EST | Ken Thomas and Zeke Miller

Posted on 02/21/2018 10:09:23 PM PST by Olog-hai

When Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Washington this week for consultations with President Donald Trump, he won’t be traveling solo.

Turnbull is bringing the most senior Australian political and business delegation ever to visit the United States in a trip aimed at building stronger relationships with America’s governors. While he’ll talk trade and security concerns with Trump, Turnbull will spend the weekend courting U.S. governors at their annual gathering.

Turnbull, a Goldman Sachs executive-turned prime minister, is the latest world leader to extend outreach to U.S. governors and big-city mayors in the age of Trump’s “America First” policies. It’s an end run — or at least a shift in focus — around Washington, as foreign leaders react to Trump’s unpredictability and occasional lack of interest in the sort of global cooperation they’re seeking. […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent trip to the U.S. included trade and tourism talks in Illinois with Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a stop in the San Francisco Bay area for meetings with California Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and a visit to Los Angeles, where he explored the city’s hiking trails with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. […]

… [G]overnors and mayors say there’s been an uptick in the interest of foreign leaders in reaching out to them since Trump’s election. “It’s political and it’s practical. On the political side, a lack of engagement, strength and leadership from Washington and the White House,” Garcetti said in an interview. “But the practical aspect is the world demands integration and work on these things.” …

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Business/Economy; Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antitrump; article1section10; australia; bloomberg; canada; climatechangehoax; eurabia; europeanunion; eussr; globalwarminghoax; justintrudeau; malcolmturnbull; michaelbloomberg; nato; rop; saudiarabia; tds; trudeau; trump; turnbull

1 posted on 02/21/2018 10:09:23 PM PST by Olog-hai
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This is quite serious. Doing a so-called “end run around Washington DC” subverts the US Constitution, especially Article 1 Section 10. Definitely surrounded by enemies who took over our former allies.


2 posted on 02/21/2018 10:33:07 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

COLLUSION!!!


3 posted on 02/21/2018 10:39:08 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

Of course this, the lib media cheers on. Constitution be damned, yet again.


4 posted on 02/21/2018 10:41:34 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

A Secretary of State should call in the ambassador from those countries, and explain to them that this “end run” is going to have severe consequences in terms of foreign aid and dozens of other areas.

Slap this crap down hard.


5 posted on 02/21/2018 11:10:55 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Olog-hai

Trump is already furious with Australia dumping those terrorists on us in that cheesy Obama deal. Add to that Hillary’s Pal the Diplomat in London that just happened to have drinks ...


6 posted on 02/21/2018 11:46:04 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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To: Olog-hai
occasional lack of interest in the sort of global cooperation they’re seeking.

Woukd that sort of global cooperation mean the kind of lopsided benefits that have lost so many American jobs over the past few decades? Or maybe the kind where the USA pays the lion’s share of some scheme like combatting global warming? No thanks.

MAGA

7 posted on 02/22/2018 12:58:34 AM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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McMaster may be heading out the door. Hooray!
8 posted on 02/22/2018 6:08:30 AM PST by cowboyusa (Ang)
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Sounds to me like the man is meeting with the left wing losers that are killing America.

He is hobnobbing with Ameritrash


9 posted on 02/22/2018 6:11:21 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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