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msongs

(67,417 posts)
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:31 AM Apr 2017

boy the chinese president came and went with nary a whisper

like oh was he really here? no news about it at all. I guess ivanka placed a few billion dollars in orders for new junk to peddle and donald was playing war games. hope he had some good eats at least

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boy the chinese president came and went with nary a whisper (Original Post) msongs Apr 2017 OP
President Xi was preempted by drumpfanov's military show of force. democratisphere Apr 2017 #1
The smart thing to do would have been to play out the China meeting for the media and TeamPooka Apr 2017 #2
then Xi would not have gotten the message that donny is a manly leader & shit. mulsh Apr 2017 #13
The bombs were targeted to destroy the Russia collusion story and missed the mark. TeamPooka Apr 2017 #15
Xi played it smart ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #3
He didn't want "his wired tapped" jpak Apr 2017 #6
My guess is that he ate his dinner, drank his fill of wine Warpy Apr 2017 #4
+1 dalton99a Apr 2017 #10
I wonder how the Chinese delegation felt about not being invited to the White House SticksnStones Apr 2017 #5
Disrespectful, definitely, but guessing they're all Hortensis Apr 2017 #8
I wonder how the Chinese First Lady felt about being shown around Tanuki Apr 2017 #16
Yup. There's that, too. nt SticksnStones Apr 2017 #17
I'm wondering how he could get a "good" meal at Mar-A-Lago if it's anything at all like Trump Tower world wide wally Apr 2017 #7
Move along. Nothing to see here. Achilleaze Apr 2017 #9
he has political challenges back home bigtree Apr 2017 #11
'we the people' will find out on a need-to-know basis..meanwhile we shouldn't worry our little heads spanone Apr 2017 #12
That whole thing looked more like a business meeting than a political summit... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #14
Once Trump placed his order for a gross of new ties, their business was concluded. bluedigger Apr 2017 #18

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
1. President Xi was preempted by drumpfanov's military show of force.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:44 AM
Apr 2017

It was poor timing and just plain vulgar. drumpfanov is a total embarrassment.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
2. The smart thing to do would have been to play out the China meeting for the media and
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 01:53 AM
Apr 2017

for all it was worth and bomb Syria after they left.

mulsh

(2,959 posts)
13. then Xi would not have gotten the message that donny is a manly leader & shit.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 10:11 AM
Apr 2017

When the actions were announced my first thought was "wow a stunt to try to impress Mr. Xi" no new information has caused me to change my unfounded assumption.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Xi played it smart
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 02:02 AM
Apr 2017

He stayed down the road from Li'l Donnie. Xi was in and out before Donnie had enough time to insult or embarrass him. These world leaders are beginning to catch on to how you handle a meeting with the president of the US.

Warpy

(111,274 posts)
4. My guess is that he ate his dinner, drank his fill of wine
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 02:06 AM
Apr 2017

and had maybe even played a round of golf, but at dinner he realized just how little he could manage to accomplish with a boob like Dolt, went to bed, and got out of Dodge the next day.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
5. I wonder how the Chinese delegation felt about not being invited to the White House
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 03:34 AM
Apr 2017

I wonder if there's any diplomatic fallout - or a perceived lack of respect - to be hosted at MAL rather than the more historic and noteworthy American WH.

Trump may think they prefer MAL, but I'd bet some see the invite as disrespectful.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Disrespectful, definitely, but guessing they're all
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 04:13 AM
Apr 2017

way too smart not to consider the source. If leaders of 180 nations don't all have extensive psychological profiles on Rump, I'll eat my screen.

They also have to be considering that America elected this astonishing boob, who can't begin to understand the issues or even hold a halfway intelligent conversation over dinner, and wondering what we might elect next.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 05:45 AM
Apr 2017

the KGOP has other plans to entertain you. Trust them. They have plans.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
12. 'we the people' will find out on a need-to-know basis..meanwhile we shouldn't worry our little heads
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 09:04 AM
Apr 2017

not a press conference... nothing.

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