Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s latest attack on one of the U.S.’s closest allies, Germany, furthers their “disturbing” belief that “the President is more loyal to President Putin that to our NATO allies.”
During a breakfast with other NATO leaders on Wednesday morning, Trump blasted Germany for a pipeline project it has formed with Russia, claiming the partnership makes Germany “totally controlled” and “captive to Russia.” He then repeated his tired line that NATO allies should increase their spending on defense, especially if Germany is making deals with Russia.
Read the full statement from Pelosi and Schumer.
“President Trump’s brazen insults and denigration of one of America’s most steadfast allies, Germany, is an embarrassment. His behavior this morning is another profoundly disturbing signal that the president is more loyal to President Putin than to our NATO allies.
“If the president leaves the Putin meeting without ironclad assurances and concrete steps toward a full cessation of Russian attacks on our democracy, this meeting will not only be a failure – it will be a grave step backward for the future of the international order and global security. A successful meeting means real action, now.
“The president needs to remember that, as Commander-in-Chief, his duty is to protect the American people from foreign threats, not to sell out our democracy to Putin.”
This is good, but take it up a notch: tRump’s tantrums show he’s more loyal to Putin than the US.
As the leaders of our party, I’m sure Chuck and Nancy were well aware of the Justice Department’s zero tolerance policy. Why did they keep quiet about this until near the middle of June when it went into effect in the First week in April?
Had this become public sooner, maybe less children would be in cages now.
That’s exactly what I was going to say. Getting there, but still too milquetoast. Give him both barrels. Question his patriotism, mock him hugging the flag.
Most Americans won’t really care if he’s dissing NATO. But question his obvious lack of care for the US, continually, brutally, (with examples! plenty there) and you’ll start to peel more bark off this MF’er. And tie all of the GOP to him, all of the GOP inaction and coddling of this obvious monster. I’m not a big fan of appealing to the lowest common denominator with simplistic ads, but these are not normal times, and we need votes. From angry voters.
Not enough threads open for you to discuss this ? ? …
oh well … you got yer jab in —
Now let’s get back on topic … or would that involve posting something positive ? ? …
Dems need to start a ‘vote straight Democratic’ campaign yesterday. Just a simple call to vote straight-party Dem as a check on the GOP. Come up with some catchy slogan and hammer it. A call to arms to save our country. Every poll shows that voters think we’re on the wrong path, you’ve got a willing audience. Keep it simple, hammer it home. Vote Straight Democratic Party For Every Office. Your future depends on it.