German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on as President Donald Trump accuses a German reporter of engaging in ‘fake news.’ (Screen cap).
Take a moment, and look at that screen cap, again. Most people have seen it, the look of “unfuckingbelievable” on Ms. Merkel’s face when Trump pulls his fake news clown act on a German reporter. I cherish that expression, because it’s a clear divider between adult / child. Unfortunately for us in uStates, we’re stuck with the terrible infant.
Naturally, having to limit his childish outbursts during the press conference, as soon as possible, unpresident Jekyll found a dark corner, and let the craven Mr. Tweet loose, to spew forth all the shit he knows he can’t get away with saying in person. He’s doing all this, by the way, from his hidey mansion in Florida, y’know, the place he swore up and down he wasn’t going to go. This makes his 5th weekend there, at a cost of over $3 million a trip, so all us taxpayers are on the hook for more than 16.5 million dollars for Jekyll & Tweet to play, all while his sputtering temper adds more instability to the world.
As is his custom on Saturday mornings when he is vacationing at his Mar-a-Lago resort, President Donald Trump jumped on Twitter to complain about something — this time taking shots at both the media and Germany.
Following a meeting and press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel — where Trump refused to shake hands with the German leader and she gave him a dismissive glance when he brought up surveillance of both of them — Trump felt the need to set the record straight in typical Trump fashion on Twitter.
“Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,” Trump began in his first tweet before getting to his latest complaint.
“Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” he continued.
Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2017
Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes…
…vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2017
…vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!
:Drops head gently onto desk: No. Just No. It’s the weekend, I slept in, and I was feeling kind of good, and then … No. I’ll content myself with a “Hey, Donnie! Go Fuck Yourself!”
Via Raw Story.
I thought ‘vacations’ was something only lazy presidents like Obama did. Hmm.
Merkel is priceless. There was also that clip about shaking hands as a photo-op where… well, the look on little Donnie’s face says a lot. I’m not even sure he’s listening, because he certainly doesn’t look like he wants to be there.
By the way, one of the NPR announcers the other day said “President Tweet,” then corrected it to “President Trump.” So apparently the phrase is catching on.
Of course Trump’s proclamation is exactly what the military contractors in America want. Instead of countries building up their own military, just pay us protection money and we’ll spend it on sending those tanks and planes to your country. Profit! And, to a large extent, that has been happening for a long time. And now we extort even more money from these “allies”. Hopefully they’ll be smart enough to tell us to fuck off.
Bruce @ 2:
Here at Affinity, it’s Unpresident Jekyll and Mr. Tweet.
Kengi:
I don’t think that’s going to be a problem. Of course, first, they’ll need to get over the shock of a fucking president being completely ignorant as to what NATO is and how it works.
Trademark it, you’ll be a millionaire in no time!! :)
rq:
:Snort: Right. Doesn’t trademarking something cost money? :D
Caine
Yeahbut it’s just a small initial investment, don’t you value the potential pay-off in the loooonnng run? ;)
What a shock that the same people who don’t understand how insurance is supposed to work also don’t understand how mutual defense treaties work. Who need competence, or that fancy-smancy book learnin?