President Trump sat beside Akie Abe, wife of the Shinzo Abe who is the Prime Minister of Japan, at the Couples Only dinner of the G20 Conference. Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world. Incredibly, Trump got up from the table and went around to visit with Vladimir Putin, dictator of Russia.
It was a huge insult to Akie Abe. One more insult to a woman, and one from a major country. Trump says she didn't speak English, but he had a Japanese translator with him. Of course Putin had a Russian translator with him. As Trump's translator only was good in Japanese, Putin's translator was the only one to take notes or recordings. So what was the difference?
It is unbelievable that Trump's backers then claimed that Akie Abe snubbed President Trump! The rudeness of all this is unbelievable. Talk about the "ugly American."
I don't know how you feel about this, but I''m embarrassed for my country that our President is so obsequious to Putin. There is word from the Russian Foreign Minister that they may have met several other times at the Congress, e.g. in the bathroom (what we used to call "pissing partners.").
Trump says he was going to talk to his wife who was sitting next to Putin, but talked for about 15 min. with Putin. Others say the visit was mor like an hour. Everyone at the dinner noticed it which is why we know about it.
It would be nice if Trump was so smitten with his wife that he couldn't stay put with one of the major dignitaries at the dinner, but Trump managed to survive 3 or 4 months while his wife Malania stayed with their son in New York so he wouldn't have to change schools in the middle of a term.
Well, it looks like congress is overwhelmingly going to pass a sanctions bill on Russia, North Korea and Iran.* Will Trump veto it? Will congress override his veto (looks like they could). Trump says this bill will restrict his powers because he has to go back to congress before he can get rid of any sanctions on Russia. President Trump, that's exactly what its all about.
* http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/22/congress-reaches-bipartisan-agreement-on-sweeping-russia-sanctions.html
About Me
- Everett Estes Ford
- Sandhills Area, NC, United States
- Born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, the author is a published poet and author of the monograph "Lead Isotopes." He received a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1960 and a D.Sci. (Honorus causa) from the University of Missouri in 1989. As a scientist, he published more than 100 technical papers in the areas of isotope geology, mineral resources, and environmental concerns. He was involved in the Apollo Program and post Apollo Program in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the National Acid Precipitation Program with the National Park Service in the 1980s. He was the first Western scientist to give the Vernadsky Memorial Lecture in Moscow during detente in 1976. He worked for 34 years for the U.S. Geological Survey in a variety of research and administrative positions, including tours as Chief of the Branch of Isotope Geology and as the Assistant Director of Research. He was president of the Geochemical Society, and, as an amateur tennis player, he served as President of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Golden Racquets Tennis Club for two years.
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