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Cierzo · M
Powerful but unreal. The West is almost done. Asia is about to take over.
Northwest · M
@Cierzo: Unreal? As in you don't believe it?
The speech was 36 minutes
He opened up by telling the crowd that his wife is the most beautiful ambassador the US has
Spent the next 18 minutes, doing a recap of WWII, and thanking the Poles for helping us in our revolutionary war (the person he meant, is actually from Lithuania/Belarus).
He then moved on to thank Polish Americans for voting for him. There are no actual polls to support this claim.
He then moved on to some fluff, basically filling air time with haikus.
Then he spent 30 seconds to say that he now supports NATO Article 5
Then he moved on to claim that billions and billions of dollars more were contributed to NATO, and that would not have happened, had he not demanded it. I recall him using the words "you would not believe it" when talking about how many more billions were contributed. That part is true, but this has been the case since 2014, and not something new. NATO nations have been increasing spending steadily, but it's not clear that they all want to jack it up to 2% of their GDP. Last year 5 met that goal, this year, 6 will.
Then he went back to WWII, for the last 10 minutes or so of the speech.
Asia has already taken over, and for the first time ever, the leadership of the G-20 summit was not firmly in the hands of the US President. On the plus side, Ivanka, his daughter, who is not an elected official, stepped in, and sat at the G-20 Summit, between PM May and President Xi of China, when Trump got up and left the meeting.
In my opinion, that was not a speech, it was pandering, haikus, and an attempt to provide political cover to a conservative ally in Poland.
The speech was 36 minutes
He opened up by telling the crowd that his wife is the most beautiful ambassador the US has
Spent the next 18 minutes, doing a recap of WWII, and thanking the Poles for helping us in our revolutionary war (the person he meant, is actually from Lithuania/Belarus).
He then moved on to thank Polish Americans for voting for him. There are no actual polls to support this claim.
He then moved on to some fluff, basically filling air time with haikus.
Then he spent 30 seconds to say that he now supports NATO Article 5
Then he moved on to claim that billions and billions of dollars more were contributed to NATO, and that would not have happened, had he not demanded it. I recall him using the words "you would not believe it" when talking about how many more billions were contributed. That part is true, but this has been the case since 2014, and not something new. NATO nations have been increasing spending steadily, but it's not clear that they all want to jack it up to 2% of their GDP. Last year 5 met that goal, this year, 6 will.
Then he went back to WWII, for the last 10 minutes or so of the speech.
Asia has already taken over, and for the first time ever, the leadership of the G-20 summit was not firmly in the hands of the US President. On the plus side, Ivanka, his daughter, who is not an elected official, stepped in, and sat at the G-20 Summit, between PM May and President Xi of China, when Trump got up and left the meeting.
In my opinion, that was not a speech, it was pandering, haikus, and an attempt to provide political cover to a conservative ally in Poland.
Cierzo · M
@Northwest: Unreal as in telling the passengers of the Titanic how a great boat it is after it has already crashed against the iceberg.
Northwest · M
@Cierzo I see, well I'll agree with you on this point. There's another time I like to use: it's like re-arranging the lounge chairs on the deck of the Titanic.
Personally I don't believe there's a single Western point of view. There are multiple European points of view, and a flip-flopping US point of view.
Personally I don't believe there's a single Western point of view. There are multiple European points of view, and a flip-flopping US point of view.