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spanone

(135,886 posts)
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:09 AM Feb 2019

Pence chastises EU, rejects Merkel's call to work with Russia -

MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on Washington’s traditional allies, rejecting a call by Germany’s chancellor to include Russia in global cooperation efforts.

Describing the results of Donald Trump’s presidency as “remarkable” and “extraordinary”, Pence told senior European and Asian officials the EU should follow the United States in quitting the Iran nuclear deal and recognizing the head of Venezuela’s congress, Juan Guaido, as the country’s president.

“America is stronger than ever before and America is leading on the world stage once again,” Pence told officials at the Munich Security Conference, listing what he described as U.S. foreign policy successes from Afghanistan to North Korea.

Addressing an audience that included Trump’s daughter Ivanka, Pence’s speech was the latest attempt by a Trump administration official to put the president’s “America First” agenda into a coherent policy plan.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/pence-chastises-eu-rejects-merkels-call-to-work-with-russia-idUSKCN1Q509J?il=0
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Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
1. It is rather remarkable and extraordinary....
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:12 AM
Feb 2019

Pence is really upping his game on his love of our dear leader....

America First Baby....



spanone

(135,886 posts)
2. he's a disgusting sycophant... what is Ivanka doing there?
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:14 AM
Feb 2019

two people elected by no one telling the world how fucking great donald is....

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
3. Ivanka was accompanying Jared as he introduces his Mid East Super Solution Plan to Europe and they
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:19 AM
Feb 2019

....all can shed tears at Auschwitz and she can go have a women's lunch with Merkel....

Maybe side meetings with foreign leaders and emissaries without translators on their next big project?

Sickening and Disgusting....and we the taxpayers fund this...

SWBTATTReg

(22,171 posts)
4. Remember this behavior on the part of Pence...a traitor to the true values of this country and...
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:21 AM
Feb 2019

unrespecting of the rights of others, especially those outside mainstream America.

Pence is showing how deliberately ignorant and obtuse about actual facts on the ground. I suspect everyone is ignoring him in Europe and no one is taking him seriously or talking to him. Why should they? After all, with Pence's incredible stupidity and rump's willful ignorance of the actual facts and perpetual lying, who can trust either man?

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
5. Pence is afraid he will be dumped and thrown to the doj......
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 11:37 AM
Feb 2019

The only thing keeping pence out of jail is being vp. If trump dumps him for someone else, he will be fodder for prosecutors. He also won't get one of those precious pardons on trumps way out the door.

If trump is good at anything, it's corrupting people into breaking the law and then blackmailing them.

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