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stopdiggin

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9. right -- this looks like a MAJOR diplomatic slap in the face
Sun Aug 25, 2019, 11:59 AM
Aug 2019

certainly not unintentional .. and hardly subtle. About as in your face as these things get at upper levels.

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Good . . . . Iliyah Aug 2019 #1
Ha ha ha! karin_sj Aug 2019 #23
And even if he did know what to do (..BIG IF...), he wouldn't do shit anyway cuz he a coward. nt iluvtennis Aug 2019 #54
Love it! The French are playing Trump like a fine violin! machoneman Aug 2019 #2
More like a kazoo. A fine violin would be wasted on Trump. hay rick Aug 2019 #32
True! machoneman Aug 2019 #47
Oh Ouch! BlueIdaho Aug 2019 #3
right -- this looks like a MAJOR diplomatic slap in the face stopdiggin Aug 2019 #9
Trump's an amateur C_U_L8R Aug 2019 #4
Macron is having much fun... OneBlueDotBama Aug 2019 #5
I just looked up piperade, sounds really good. nt Hotler Aug 2019 #22
It does sound good karin_sj Aug 2019 #25
Not to mention... OneBlueDotBama Aug 2019 #28
Good times! Chemisse Aug 2019 #6
Vegetables? Tuna? He has the palate of a toddler. Bet he left the dinner hungry. Cousin Dupree Aug 2019 #7
The US has lost its standing in the world PSPS Aug 2019 #8
A highchair ... or a separate kiddie table (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #29
They should just have a toilet for Trump to sit on. Meadowoak Aug 2019 #30
For a while the standing was only symbolic. Igel Aug 2019 #42
"No comment?" Sure. kag Aug 2019 #10
My first thought too karin_sj Aug 2019 #26
Wait for it... Fritz Walter Aug 2019 #51
Macron flips trump the bird with this move The Liberal Lion Aug 2019 #11
tRump with no comment? Bayard Aug 2019 #12
WELL DONE FRANCE. riversedge Aug 2019 #13
Excellent. dalton99a Aug 2019 #14
As much as I love what France just did, this could be very dangerous. We are not Raven Aug 2019 #15
Eh Cosmocat Aug 2019 #17
Good point. I guess I just have to get used to feeling like I need an air raid shelter! Raven Aug 2019 #21
"dems being so friggen scared of their shadows" Duppers Aug 2019 #38
I go with that. LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #45
fuck that. people need to start doing more of this shit JI7 Aug 2019 #19
Here comes the tariffs on wine. notdarkyet Aug 2019 #33
Sorry wrong. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #43
They aren't reporting to you, donald. They don't work for you calimary Aug 2019 #16
Exactly this! pandr32 Aug 2019 #18
Isn't it odd? ChazInAz Aug 2019 #34
Or he didn't listen because it was over his head pandr32 Aug 2019 #39
They were more likely afraid to say anything about it. LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #46
It's probably announced in the G7 meeting agenda but Chump never read it FakeNoose Aug 2019 #20
We as a nation and the world too, may be lucking out here bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #24
Now Trump will invite Putin world wide wally Aug 2019 #27
Don't work that way. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #44
Next year he can world wide wally Aug 2019 #49
well, drumpf has been blindsiding the entire world from day one, so... Kali Aug 2019 #31
Expect Trump to now put tariffs on French Fries. WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2019 #35
Kim Jong-un..Xi Jinping..Putin..Angela Merkel..Elizabeth II.. Maxheader Aug 2019 #36
Maybe he should pay attention to his reports? malthaussen Aug 2019 #37
They were Recursion Aug 2019 #40
tRump got rickrolled by the French! B Stieg Aug 2019 #41
Trumpkins will probably argue Macron put Trump at risk for assassination by Iran Submariner Aug 2019 #48
"blindsided" - just like tariffs bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #50
A modern day "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" CanonRay Aug 2019 #52
Viva Macron! SallyHemmings Aug 2019 #53
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