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bigtree

(85,999 posts) Tue May 22, 2018, 03:49 PM May 2018

Why is Trump honoring this ruthless dictator with a commemorative coin?

https://twitter.com/McFaul
twitter.com/Acosta/status/998625923992903680

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer
twitter.com/nytimes/status/998839663807942656

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Why is Trump honoring this ruthless dictator with a commemorative coin? (Original Post) bigtree May 2018 OP

Obama did the same thing... cynatnite May 2018 #1

bet this idea came from don himself. spanone May 2018 #2

we don't negotiate with terrorists. unblock May 2018 #3

I got confused JustAnotherGen May 2018 #4

Good one ! pwb May 2018 #5

the coin was not created or approved by the White House oberliner May 2018 #6

Let's Face It--Trump Is So Jealous Of Kim! DoctorJoJo May 2018 #7

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

1. Obama did the same thing...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 03:51 PM

May 2018

Oh, wait. If he had the RW would have lost their Borg mind in one massive exploding head.

spanone

(135,847 posts)

2. bet this idea came from don himself.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 03:53 PM

May 2018

it's all a teevee show to him. that's as deep as he goes.

unblock

(52,261 posts)

3. we don't negotiate with terrorists.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 03:53 PM

May 2018

we just make commemorative coins in their honor.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)

4. I got confused

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 04:01 PM

May 2018

I though 45 WAS the ruthless dictator - but ahhh . . . Those types are all the same to me. Trump, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Putin, Stalin, Duterte, etc. etc.

pwb

(11,278 posts)

5. Good one !

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #4)

Tue May 22, 2018, 04:20 PM

May 2018

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

6. the coin was not created or approved by the White House

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 04:25 PM

May 2018

But the coin -- which members of the White House Communications Agency create for every presidential trip abroad -- was not created or approved by the White House nor was it paid for using government funds.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/north-korea-us-coin/index.html

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)

7. Let's Face It--Trump Is So Jealous Of Kim!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2018, 04:57 PM

May 2018

No press, Supreme Leader, massive military parades in his honor, off his opponents at will: This is Trump's wet dream of a position!

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