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Judi Lynn

(160,544 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2019, 07:43 PM Oct 2019

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Former IMF chief Lagarde takes swipe at Trump's Twitter habits

By AFP 7 hours ago

Former IMF chief Christine Lagarde said President Donald Trump's trade offensive against China could slash global economic growth and she critiqued his Twitter habits in an interview with US television program 60 Minutes.

Lagarde, who takes over leadership of the European Central Bank on November 1, called for world leaders to act like grownups and negotiate a solution to the trade conflicts, and called for "rational decisions."

Newly freed from the restraints of her previous post, where she would have had to guard her language, Lagarde said, "market stability should not be the subject of a tweet here, a tweet there."

"It requires consideration, thinking, quiet and measured and rational decisions," she said of Trump in the interview due to air Sunday night.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/former-imf-chief-lagarde-takes-swipe-at-trump-s-twitter-habits/article/560103#ixzz62qXzl1hl

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Former IMF chief Lagarde takes swipe at Trump's Twitter habits (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2019 OP

Ooooo ... if she doesn't have to hold her tongue, I'm looking forward to fierywoman Oct 2019 #1

+1 2naSalit Oct 2019 #3

I'm guessing you're referring to that picture of Ivanka trying to play with the grown-ups. I don't alwaysinasnit Oct 2019 #4

Yup! That's exactly the one I was thinking of! fierywoman Oct 2019 #6

I'm sure Rhiannon already posted this when it first came out: fierywoman Oct 2019 #7

Thanks for the refresher (and to Rhiannon for the original post). alwaysinasnit Oct 2019 #8

"It requires consideration, thinking, quiet and measured and rational decisions" Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #2

I've been rooting for Christine Lagarde Golden Raisin Oct 2019 #5

fierywoman

(7,685 posts)

1. Ooooo ... if she doesn't have to hold her tongue, I'm looking forward to

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 07:49 PM

Oct 2019

her next encounter with Ivanka !!!

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

3. +1

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 08:12 PM

Oct 2019

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

4. I'm guessing you're referring to that picture of Ivanka trying to play with the grown-ups. I don't

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 08:45 PM

Oct 2019

like the stereotype of the "dumb blonde" but I can't help Ivanka's image immediately popping into my head.

fierywoman

(7,685 posts)

6. Yup! That's exactly the one I was thinking of!

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:14 PM

Oct 2019

fierywoman

(7,685 posts)

7. I'm sure Rhiannon already posted this when it first came out:

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:26 PM

Oct 2019

Christine LeGard and Trevor Noah:

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

8. Thanks for the refresher (and to Rhiannon for the original post).

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 20, 2019, 01:08 AM

Oct 2019

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

2. "It requires consideration, thinking, quiet and measured and rational decisions"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 08:07 PM

Oct 2019

YEAH, UH, NOPE

Golden Raisin

(4,609 posts)

5. I've been rooting for Christine Lagarde

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 09:48 PM

Oct 2019

ever since she gave the "Death Stare" to Ivanka at the G20 meeting.

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