Iran says Trump's White House 'afflicted by mental retardation' in protest at sanctions
Source: The Independent
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said the White House is afflicted by mental retardation after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on the countrys supreme leader.
In a live televised address, Mr Rouhani branded the sanctions against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials, including Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as outrageous and idiotic.
An exasperated Mr Rouhani said: You sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks?
Iran had earlier warned that Mondays sanctions meant the permanent closure of diplomatic channels between Tehran and Washington.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-news-crisis-rouhani-tensions-middle-east-latest-a8973326.html
So here we go again....
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Someone might doxx them for it.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)But their diplomatic corps got confused about the various formal epithets for Dirty Donny, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief. Apologies all around, I am sure.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Hell, we've been calling him an idiot, imbecile, boy child and a hundred other names ever since the golden elevator day...
I do however, think most on DU try to avoid using that certain "R" word due to some valid sensitivities....
I'm hoping Iran's leaders give him a good rounding at the UN podium soon, as well as maintaining good ties with the EU. After W, I never thought I'd speak out so strongly against a U.S. president again, but this one is destroying years of global diplomatic work that when into the 2015 nuclear agreement which will eventually have to be renewed after he's gone.
The world must indeed now think we're a bunch of hot-headed knuckle-draggers....
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Well, maybe not everyone...
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)A lot or Trump supporters had multi-years of right-wing brainwashing behind them prior to Trump. And, hard right-wing media painted President Obama as the devil incarnate for his entire term. So, they were more than ready for their savior. Doesn't seem to matter who the anointed one is - they will support him or her to the death.
The ones I know appear to be on some sort of drug and it's pitiful to witness, similar to the Jim Jones and Branch Davidian cults. Not at all like your cartoon, most I know are quite intelligent and skilled but missed the boat on learning humility, how government works, and world history. The majority are dedicated but fake Christians.
I'm not convinced they can be saved from that affliction...
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)said the the memo sanctions the late Ayatollah Kohmeni, not current Ayatolla Khamenei. Trump's crew got the name wrong.