Trying to Defend President Trump’s Derision, Diplomatically

WASHINGTON — The United States’ ambassador to Panama resigned. The top envoy to Pakistan was scolded by the government in Islamabad. And American diplomats across Africa have been made to explain President Trump’s vulgar description of their nations.

These are disorienting — and some say depressing — times for the country’s diplomatic corps, which was already wilting after a year of Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson’s leadership style and a lackluster department reorganization. Then Mr. Trump derided “shithole” African countries during an immigration debate last week and questioned whether Haitians should be allowed to move to the United States.

The blowback was fierce.

On Wednesday, more than 80 former ambassadors to African nations over the last several decades sent a letter of protest to Mr. Trump. They said his description undermined American interests across the continent that has the world’s fastest growing population and five of the 10 fastest growing economies.

“We hope that you will reassess your views on Africa and its citizens,” the letter pleaded.

The Haitian ambassador to the United States was sharper in his criticism. “We felt this was an attack on our dignity as a people and a country, and we’re intending to push back on it,” Paul Altidor, the Haitian envoy, said in a Facebook Live interview with The New York Times on Wednesday.

Steve Goldstein, the State Department’s under secretary for public affairs, acknowledged that the president’s remarks had made diplomats’ jobs more difficult.

“I’ve advised people to keep their heads down and focus on the job at hand,” he said, adding: “It’s not easy.”

How to win friends and influence people!

I wonder how many Trumpsters know we invaded and just took Haiti's treasury in 1915 or that we helped overthrow two Haitian governments in the 50's and 90's? We put Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier in power....two of the worst dictators the world has ever seen.

One of the SNL Weekend Update guys addressed this recently: "So the president of the United States calling Africa a shithole is like telling the kid you molested, 'Boy, did you grow up to be weird.'"

daca was pushed down the road over and over again by the republicans....then trump the anti -immigrant gave congress 6 months to give him a bipartison bill...with about 45 days before trump said he would deport the dreamers graham/durbin gave him a bipartison bill......then trump links it to the funding bill and most importantly of all...labels it not bipartison.
most people think these people are american.....they actually serve in our military and produce enough money in tax revenues every year to fund the wall...it was never trump's intention to save the dreamers.......otherwise he would never have created the deadline.....as in dead line.......it was always his plan to deport all or most......he is a black heart.

i am proud that dems and many many republicans too are standing up for these people and not letting trump take our humanity down more notches without a fight.....this is about the values of being american...of being human...good people......so much of this is.

the dems did accept what trump wanted on the wall...it is all about the evil intransience on the dreamers.

Fifth porn star in past three months dies.

How many of them had NDA's with Trump? Stormy Daniels better have her head on a swivel!

My ideas on DACA. As this thread is primarily liberal, I would love to hear your pros and cons of it. I posted it in another thread, but it didn't garner much discussion for or against, and it appears it is something you guys enjoy discussing.

Grant them permanent resident alien status. This takes any threat of deportation off of the table. Offer a passage to citizenship through 1 of 2 venues. Either they serve a term in the military or they graduate from college.

PATS WIN

TB12 = GOAT!

Posted by strikeout26 on 1/21/2018 7:42:00 PM (view original):
My ideas on DACA. As this thread is primarily liberal, I would love to hear your pros and cons of it. I posted it in another thread, but it didn't garner much discussion for or against, and it appears it is something you guys enjoy discussing.

Grant them permanent resident alien status. This takes any threat of deportation off of the table. Offer a passage to citizenship through 1 of 2 venues. Either they serve a term in the military or they graduate from college.

thats why they had status thru obama...they had to go to college or serve and no crimes.....that is already the requirement.

Posted by dino27 on 1/22/2018 12:27:00 AM (view original):

Posted by strikeout26 on 1/21/2018 7:42:00 PM (view original):
My ideas on DACA. As this thread is primarily liberal, I would love to hear your pros and cons of it. I posted it in another thread, but it didn't garner much discussion for or against, and it appears it is something you guys enjoy discussing.

Grant them permanent resident alien status. This takes any threat of deportation off of the table. Offer a passage to citizenship through 1 of 2 venues. Either they serve a term in the military or they graduate from college.

thats why they had status thru obama...they had to go to college or serve and no crimes.....that is already the requirement.

Obama didn't grant them permanent resident alien status. Had he, then it wouldn't be issue right now.

Strikeout's idea sounds mostly reasonable to me.

The latest from Tom Tomorrow:

Snowflakes at it again, LOL.

So rude and so arrogant. They try to shame people with an opposing point of view. Just ridiculous.

Posted by cccp1014 on 1/22/2018 10:03:00 AM (view original):
Snowflakes at it again, LOL.

So rude and so arrogant. They try to shame people with an opposing point of view. Just ridiculous.

Yes... HOW DARE the liberal left shame racists who call latinos and africans shitholes...

Posted by cccp1014 on 1/22/2018 10:03:00 AM (view original):
Snowflakes at it again, LOL.

So rude and so arrogant. They try to shame people with an opposing point of view. Just ridiculous.

So rude! So arrogant! BTW, I wonder who else is known for being rude, arrogant, and shaming the other point of view. Could it be..... DUN DUN DUN CCCP?