Sohrab Amari at Commentary called it his "Turtle Bay Triumph." Amari highlights what Trump had to say about each of the world's bad guys.
Trump named each of the world's bad-guy players - North Korea, Iran, the Sunni jihadist threat, Venezuela, China and Russia - and remarked on the particulars of each case. I especially liked what he had to say about Venezuela:
“The problem in Venezuela isn’t that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented."
Came right out and called the Iran deal worthless, too.
Rich Lowry at NRO characterized the reaction of those in attendance as basically "holy s---."
Erick Erickson at The Resurgent said it was Trump's best speech so far.
The takeaway seems to be that the president served notice that the US will not tolerate obvious threats to its security and will speak forcefully about why failed states are failed. And that the US is once again going to lead, not take its place among equals in some sort of imaginary "international community."
And, yes, I heard about the "rocket man" moniker. Squirrel-Hair gonna Squirrel-Hair.
Who wrote this one? That 31 yo Hebrew nerd from Santa Monica again? Head for the hills, little Donnie's cuttin' loose...
ReplyDeleteNo Fire & Fury bombast from the Tweeter Man today? I'll bet our enemies are sayin Holy Shit. He's playing right into ISIS' hands for one.
ReplyDeleteEither Trump or his speechwriter don't know the difference between socialism and communism or are we going to blow the Scandanavian countries off the map too?
ReplyDeleteOh, stop it. Scandinavian nations have had mixed economies and readily admit mixed success with them.
ReplyDeleteVenezuela is an example of socialism.
Just how does this play into ISIS's hands?
I would indeed like to know who wrote it. That person really served his or her boss well. Great speech.
Barney have you travelled to other countries?
ReplyDeleteCompletely agreed Barney. This criticism of the IN has been long overdue. The speech was direct and correct.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who can honestly defend the UN's blatant hostility towards Israel, or their ability to turn a blind eye to human rights violations is either misinformed, or so blindly anti-Trump that facts are no longer relevant.
Michael, I spent a week in Portugal, two weeks in the former Soviet Union, two weeks in Japan, and have taken vacations in St. Lucia, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cancun, Mexico, and Ottawa.
ReplyDeleteBarney I to have travelled. I always came back believing in our country truly is best among nations, I still do.
ReplyDeleteYet I have enough doubt of our President to believe the President's removal by democratic process might be paramount.
Travelled to: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Columbia, Chile, St Matins, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, St Johns, Grand Cayman, Mexico, and as always it was best to come home.
Oh sure great speech. If you're in to the uncouth braggadocio of a madman. He wants to bring a bazooka to a knife fight. He is heinous!
ReplyDelete"Polls show the American people are not confident in Trump's ability to handle the North Korea situation, with 61 percent saying they are "uneasy." Trump's words Tuesday likely won't calm many fears, but he's clearly gambling on North Korea backing down in the face of big talk."
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Just how does all this play into ISIS' hands? They want World War. And you know that meme has been floating around for a long long time. Bad, very very bad. Now I see the tide turning that some people hate Trump so much they can't see the forest for this tree of egotism and ignorance, bearing rotten fruit.
DeleteYou got that "can't see the forest for the trees" part right.
DeleteI have the same view of Trump I did before the speech. It's the same view I had two years ago.
But that speech could have been given by any number of Republicans who might be serving in that office today. It was the kind of bracing candor about the world's bad actors that has needed to be delivered from the General Assembly podium for decades.
I still don't see how this plays into ISIS's hands. Should the speech not have mentioned them at all? The fact that the US views them as an evil force that must be eradicated is a proper thing for such a speech to include. ISIS is going to wage jihad no matter what public pronouncements come out of the US or any other country.
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