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June 29, 2019

Ivanka and Jared get to play like negotiators at g20

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner take a seat at the table for high-stakes G20 talks
US president’s daughter and son-in-law emerge as key aides at Donald Trump’s side during multilateral and bilateral meetings in Osaka
They could play a bigger role in relations with China in the future, analyst says



https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3016638/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner-take-seat-table-high-stakes-g20

When Chinese President Xi Jinping met his US counterpart Donald Trump in Osaka on Saturday, agreeing to restart trade talks, the American side of the table included two surprise negotiators – Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

The US president’s daughter and son-in-law – neither of whom had any government experience before they were appointed senior White House advisers – emerged as key aides at the two-day Group of 20 summit, seen at Trump’s side during multilateral and bilateral meetings in the Japanese ci

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June 29, 2019

look at all this diversity!!

and Trump before he touched up his hair for his date with Putin



June 29, 2019

Trump's Ignorant Comments About Japan Were Bad Even for Him

Trump’s Ignorant Comments About Japan Were Bad Even for Him
His needlessly provocative remarks should take everyone’s breath away.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opinion/trump-japan.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

President Trump reserves some of his worst behavior for foreign trips, such as abasing himself before President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Helsinki a year ago, skipping a ceremony in France last fall to honor American soldiers killed in World War I (too rainy, the White House said) and insulting the mayor of London earlier this month. Yet even by Mr. Trump’s dismal standards, his performance this week before the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, should take everyone’s breath away. More than yet another demonstration of his erratic behavior, this was also an object lesson in the dangers of his context-free hostility to the world beyond the United States.

Before arriving in Japan, Mr. Trump had reportedly been musing about withdrawing the United States from the security treaty with Japan signed in 1951 and revised in 1960 — the cornerstone of the alliance between the United States and Japan and a pillar of American foreign policy. On Wednesday, asked about the treaty on Fox News, Mr. Trump sneered, “If Japan is attacked, we will fight World War III.” Then he added: “But if we’re attacked, Japan doesn’t have to help us at all. They can watch it on a Sony television.”

Mr. Trump’s comment demonstrates a strategic cluelessness and historical ignorance that would disqualify a person from even a modest desk job at the State Department.

Though Mr. Trump implied that the security treaty favors Japan, it was largely dictated by the United States. After Imperial Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945, ending World War II, the country was placed under an American-led occupation overseen by the domineering Gen. Douglas MacArthur. When that occupation ended in April 1952, Japan had turned away from militarism to embrace ideals of pacifism and democracy. Under Article 9 of a new Constitution that was originally drafted in English at MacArthur’s headquarters, Japan renounced war and pledged never to maintain land, sea or air forces.

June 28, 2019

name calling and bragging tweets from Trump

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I am in Japan at the G-20, representing our Country well, but I heard it was not a good day for Sleepy Joe or Crazy Bernie. One is exhausted, the other is nuts - so what’s the big deal?

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The Stock Market went up massively from the day after I won the Election, all the way up to the day that I took office, because of the enthusiasm for the fact that I was going to be President. That big Stock Market increase must be credited to me. If Hillary won - a Big Crash!

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