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eppur_se_muova

(42,361 posts)
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:47 AM Jul 2023

Jesse Watters Condemns Biden For Not Physically Shoving Aside Other World Leaders Like Trump Did ...

Jesse Watters Condemns Biden For Not Physically Shoving Aside Other World Leaders Like Trump Did: ‘Biden Doesn’t Do That’

Fox News’ Jesse Watters criticized President Joe Biden on Wednesday because he does not shove other world leaders aside for photo ops.

The host referenced a 2017 summit in which then-President Donald Trump shoved Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic to get prime position during a 2017 visit to NATO’s headquarters in Brussels.

Biden is in Vilnius, Lithuania meeting with other NATO leaders at a summit where Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken center stage. Ukraine is requesting NATO membership, which means the mutual defense organization would be obligated to join the fight under Article 5 of the group’s founding document.

On Wednesday, Watters expressed disappointment at Biden’s lack of pushiness – literally:
The American president usually dominates every room. When [George W.] Bush went overseas, he commanded authority. Every leader was trying to get facetime. Optics is always important in politics, especially overseas. The world’s watching.

Trump knew that – 2017, when all the leaders were heading to a photo op, Trump pushed the president [sic] of Montenegro out of the way so he could be front and center. Sorry, Montenegro. we got the F-35s. Biden doesn’t do that. Looks like a freshman on the first day of school.
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Jesse Watters Condemns Biden For Not Physically Shoving Aside Other World Leaders Like Trump Did ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 OP
Watter is truly an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #1
Not The Onion? Ocelot II Jul 2023 #2
IKR? Sadly, there wasn't room for "not The Onion" in the lede. eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #6
For sure! We enjoyed it so much had to warn Hortensis Jul 2023 #10
He is a friggin idiot chicoescuela Jul 2023 #3
Waitwaitwait. Holdonholdon. This isn't satire? Aristus Jul 2023 #4
Satire is not only dead, it just got a stake through its heart Ocelot II Jul 2023 #8
My exact question malaise Jul 2023 #13
Yep, they don't love Trump in spite of him being an asshole--they love him because he's an asshole. tanyev Jul 2023 #5
Precisely. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #9
+ riversedge Jul 2023 #14
Which of them should he have shoved? Maybe he should have established total dominance Ocelot II Jul 2023 #7
Obviously, the ones with the fattest wallets Hortensis Jul 2023 #11
It really damages the soul to read of such stupidity. Responsible journalism? Firestorm49 Jul 2023 #12
Yeah, I remember Bush "commanding authority" in China gratuitous Jul 2023 #15
Joe doesn't have to push his way in. pwb Jul 2023 #16

Ocelot II

(131,110 posts)
2. Not The Onion?
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:53 AM
Jul 2023

If this isn't satire, I have to conclude that Fox has finally done it: They found someone even more awful than Tucker Carlson to replace him.

eppur_se_muova

(42,361 posts)
6. IKR? Sadly, there wasn't room for "not The Onion" in the lede.
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:55 AM
Jul 2023

Onion or not, you'll still "laugh 'til you cry".

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. For sure! We enjoyed it so much had to warn
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 10:09 AM
Jul 2023

my husband about a driver about to merge into us. Guessing a Trump admirer.

The more of this the better.

Ocelot II

(131,110 posts)
8. Satire is not only dead, it just got a stake through its heart
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 10:00 AM
Jul 2023

and its bloody corpse was nailed to Fox "News" HQ.

tanyev

(49,562 posts)
5. Yep, they don't love Trump in spite of him being an asshole--they love him because he's an asshole.
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:54 AM
Jul 2023

Ocelot II

(131,110 posts)
7. Which of them should he have shoved? Maybe he should have established total dominance
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:59 AM
Jul 2023

over the entire show by wrestling Stoltenberg to the ground and stealing his wallet?

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