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Let's face it: many of the world's "leaders" are sleazeballs.
Do you need names? No, you name 'em.
And am not just talking about sleazeballs in the "Third World" or the former USSR, but about every inch of our miniscule spot in the universe.
Trump arguably being the absolute USA "sleazeball," the sleazeballs of Mother Earth ... find much in common with him.
So: Trump the sleazeball will make "deals" with the other sleazeballs of the world.
Sleazeballs of the world, unite!
Keep the faith: Our sleazeball-controlled planet will survive ...
Just being “president” or “prime minister” is so passé now, so 1990s. Xi wants to be emperor, not president. Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to be czar, not president. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to be caliph, not president. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wants to be pharaoh, not president. Hungary’s Viktor Orban wants to be king, not prime minister. And Iran’s Ali Khamenei already has the most coveted ader, and he’s bent on keeping it. ’Tis the season.Updated - 6/8/2018: Alex Ward, "Trump just made 3 shocking statements about North Korea," Vox
President Donald Trump wants to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the White House if the June 12 nuclear summit in Singapore goes well.
During a press conference alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday afternoon, Trump said he would “certainly” have no issue hosting Kim in America — and would even be willing to do it at his Mar-a-Lago hotel if the North Korean leader doesn’t want to come to Washington.
That’s remarkable. American leaders typically reserve meetings at the White House as a major honor for key allies and top friends. Presidents don’t habitually welcome murderous dictators to the White House (although, as Vice pointed out, basically every president cozies up to a dictator at some point). Trump doesn’t see anything wrong with hosting Kim in America: “I think that could happen,” he told reporters.
Updated - 6/26/2018: From Michael D. Shear, "Anger Flares as G-7 Heads to Quebec," New York Times [luv 'em sleazeballs, screw 'em elected leaders from Europe -- wherever it is]
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Before the summit meeting, finance ministers from the other six countries that form the Group of 7, or G-7, condemned Mr. Trump’s trade decisions in an extraordinary rebuke of a member nation’s president. And some of the leaders themselves have threatened to boycott the usual end-of-meeting communiqué. ...Updated 6/12/2018: "Trump's feud with Canada's Trudeau leaves GOP senators baffled," ABC News
A pillar of Trump's "America First" agenda has been a retreat from conversations about human rights abuses, the rule of law and democracy around the world. Instead, he and his lieutenants grandstand over their narrow view of the national interest, the importance of sovereignty and the supposed global conspiracies and foreign threats undermining the United States. ...
Trump has now sparred to varying degrees with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. He has cast doubt on America's commitment to the ideals of transnational institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations. Yet he has been conspicuously tolerant of, and sometimes chummy with, a range of authoritarian figures, from Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sissi to Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. ...
Updated, 6/12/2018: Dana Milbank, "Finally, a president with the guts to stand up to Canada," Washington Post:
Inexplicably, these [G-7] foreigners are not putting America First. That’s why Trump needs to quit the group and make his own G-8 — the Great Eight — with more sympathetic world leaders:Updated 6/12/18: "What if Trump cannot be appeased?," Charles Lane, Washington Post
Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, who enjoys “a great relationship” with Trump as he deploys extralegal killing squads.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, who is “very open” and “very honorable” in running the most repressive regime on Earth.
Egyptian dictator Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who established himself as a “fantastic guy” with his bloody crackdown on dissidents.
The Saudi regime, which has been “tremendous” as it purges business leaders and critics.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is “getting very high marks” as he jails opponents.
China’s premier, Xi Jinping, who did something “great” in making himself president for life.
And, of course, Russian President Vladimir Putin, “getting an A” for his leadership and receiving a congratulatory call from Trump after his “election.”
For the time being, it’s the world’s despots — whether friendly to the United States, hostile or somewhere in-between — with whom Trump seems most eager to deal: Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and, of course, North Korea.
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