Before President Trump threw his temper tantrum on Saturday
"Canadians … stood shoulder to shoulder with American
soldiers in far off lands in conflicts from the First World War onward,"
the prime minister said at a press conference at the end of the summit.
Evidently, Justin Trudeau will not be pushed around. But we
know who will be pushed around.
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“Canadians, we’re polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will
not be pushed around,” Trudeau continued.
President Trump, who has never met an ally he couldn't
scold, on Friday had urged the G-7 to readmit Russia and former Vice President
Biden noted
Putin’s Russia invaded its neighbors, violated our
sovereignty by undermining elections, and attacks dissidents abroad. Yet our
President wants to reward him with a seat at the table while alienating our
closest democratic allies. It makes no sense.
Then on Saturday, President Trump, asked whether
"Crimea should be recognized as Russian..." responded
Well, you know, you have to ask President Obama, because he
was the one that let Crimea get away. That was during his administration. And
he was the one that let Russia go and spend a lot of money on Crimea, because
they’ve spent a lot of money on rebuilding it. I guess they have their
submarine port there and such. But Crimea was let go during the Obama
administration. And, you know, Obama can say all he wants, but he allowed
Russia to take Crimea. I may have had a much different attitude. So you’d
really have to ask that question to President Obama — you know, why did he do
that; why did he do that. But with that being said, it’s been done a long time.
Asked why in the world he’s urging Russia’s readmission to
the G-8 despite Ukraine & Crimea, Trump could only say it was Obama’s fault
that Russia illegally invaded the former & annexed the latter. What a
pathetic, puerile response. We’re governed by a dumb, nasty infant.
Joe Biden has been uncharacteristically silent. More
significant- and more serious- the man he served for eight years has been
characteristically silent.
Barack Obama is silent in the face of an attack by the man
who led the crusade to convince the nation that Obama was born in Africa and claimed he created ISIS. When five years ago Damascus crossed President Obama's red line, Donald Trump tweeted "Why do
we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack Syria. Why can't we just be
quiet and, if we attack at all, catch them by surprise?" He followed that
with "In war, the element of surprise is sooooo important.What the hell is Obama
doing." There was not a peep of protest from Obama.
And now President Trump leaves the USA and claims his
immediate predecessor "was the one that let Russia go" and
"allowed Russia to take Crimea."
Perhaps Obama is following the unwritten, informal code that
ex-Presidents should not criticize an incumbent President. But this is no
George Herbert Walker Bush or George W. Bush, let alone Gerald R. Ford. It is
Donald J. Trump. More likely, Obama's motive is similar to those GOP members of
Congress refusing to criticize President Trump because they are afraid he'll
tweet mean things to them.
Voting with the President, they are more complicit in the
lies and deceit of Donald Trump and the right-wing havoc he's
causing. Admittedly, Barack Obama is keeping it
classy, yet- like those Republicans- reinforcing the rule of a President
undermining his predecessor's legacy at every turn.
We are reminded -over and over again- that President Obama
in 2012 won voters, counties, and states that Hillary Clinton did not. If Mr.
Obama is that popular (or at least credible), it's time for him to risk some of
the crowd's adulation by standing up for himself, his Party, and the country.
In this period of unusual peril, it's time for the last Democratic president to
prove there is no "kick me" sign on his posterior.
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