Rex Tillerson to Miss Next NATO Meeting

[Linc]

kinda funny seeing the TrumpWorld folks cowering before PutinRussia & acting all big on PRNK ............ sounds about right ...........

Have you heard much about Russia's friend Iran lately ?

 

[Linc]

Just to keep it honest, he did not miss the meeting, he left a day early and for a friend's wedding. Did you not now that?

He's not interested in honesty, just trumpistan deflection syndrome---tds .

 

[Linc]

I would miss a NATO meeting and if that's what Tillerson is doing then he's spending his time more productively.

GOP lawmakers are answering as many questions on the trump dysfunction as Tillerson is on his job .

 

[iguanaman]

No it's not.
We're dealing in at least two conflicts (Syria and Yemen), involved with Russian client states.
To say that those are not valid reasons to meet with Russia is retarded.

LOL Don't break anything bending over that much. Contorsions aside, there is no valid reason to snub our most important alliance in order to meet with the nation who's belligerence caused it's creation. It's is beyond bizarre...and yet another huge reason to doubt the independence and allegiance of the Trump Administration. They look like they are in Putin's pocket and visuals are EVERYTHING in international relations. We need to fix this quick.

 

[mbig]

Responding to criticism...
A Bone to NATO.

Rex Tillerson, NATO Work to Reschedule Meeting
U.S. Secretary of State, with Xi talks and Russia trip on schedule in April, moves to reassure allies amid criticism
By JULIAN E. BARNES in Brussels/FELICIA SCHWARTZ in Washington
Updated March 21, 2017 6:46 p.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rex-tillerson-to-miss-next-nato-meeting-1490087558

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, facing complaints over his unusual plan to skip a formal meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign ministers in April, moved to reassure allies by suggesting alternative dates for the meeting, the State Department said. Mr. Tillerson’s travel schedule, which also revolves around a planned U.S. visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping and a trip to Russia, is raising questions at home and abroad as the Trump administration’s intentions toward Moscow and NATO remain under scrutiny.

After complaints from diplomats, the State Department said on Tuesday it had offered dates to NATO that would allow Mr. Tillerson to attend the meeting of foreign ministers, which is currently planned for April 5-6.

“The United States remains 100% committed to NATO,” spokesman Mark Toner said, adding that Mr. Tillerson would see most of his NATO colleagues at the State Department on Wednesday at a meeting of the anti-Islamic State coalition. He also said acting Deputy Secretary of State Tom Shannon would attend the meeting in Mr. Tillerson’s place.
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[humbolt]

These people are writhing on the floor, screaming *Russia, Russia.*

It's an emotional cry for help. After over 8 years of thinking they owned the country, they've discovered they don't. They failed. They have no political power. All they have is wild-assed, unfounded claims with no supporting evidence of anything but their failure.

 

[American]

Just to keep it honest, he did not miss the meeting, he left a day early and for a friend's wedding. Did you not now that?

Oh for a friends wedding? What a ****ing asshole, I guess our security comes second to a ****ing wedding. See how that works?

 

[Mac77]

Just to keep it honest, he did not miss the meeting, he left a day early and for a friend's wedding. Did you not now that?

Just to keeo YOU honest kerry saw the play and went to a wedding

Both were personal business not involving official business

This story is a good example of how the lying liberal and or official washington establilshment news media keeps liberals ignorant about what is going on.

The WSJ presents the tillerson story and an once-in-a-century occurance and the liberals here lap it up and go on a Hate Trump feeding frenzy.

When in fact the truth is reallyt quite different

 

[prometeus]

Oh for a friends wedding? What a ****ing asshole, I guess our security comes second to a ****ing wedding. See how that works?

Of course anyone can see. You post a moronic excuse and try to pass it as a relevant argument.

 

[prometeus]

Just to keeo YOU honest kerry saw the play and went to a wedding

The other way around. He went to the weddong then saw a play.

Both were personal business not involving official business

Nobody said they were.

This story is a good example of how the lying liberal and or official washington establilshment news media keeps liberals ignorant about what is going on.

What is the lie?

When in fact the truth is reallyt quite different

What is the truth in this case?

 

[reinoe]

Have you heard much about Russia's friend Iran lately ?

Oh yeah. The Iranians would like to express their thanks to Obama for sending them a completely functional advanced drone for their reverse engineering program. They appreciate the gift that their Muslim brother sent them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–U.S._RQ-170_incident

 

[American]

Of course anyone can see. You post a moronic excuse and try to pass it as a relevant argument.

No, I'm demonstrating the absurdity of this thread, and the lameness of your post trying to make up excuses.

 

[Linc]

Oh yeah. The Iranians would like to express their thanks to Obama for sending them a completely functional advanced drone for their reverse engineering program. They appreciate the gift that their Muslim brother sent them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–U.S._RQ-170_incident

Comrade Putin is Iran's biggest supporter.

Thus, nothing from dear leader trump on Iran for the last 62 days .

 

[Linc]

Oh for a friends wedding? What a ****ing asshole, I guess our security comes second to a ****ing wedding. See how that works?

Will you make it into 2017 before the primary elections in your state?

When will the cowardly comrade Tillerson answer his first question as Secretary of State ?

 

[American]

Will you make it into 2017 before the primary elections in your state?

When will the cowardly comrade Tillerson answer his first question as Secretary of State ?

What are you talking about?

 

[Linc]

What are you talking about?

Comrades Tillerson, Putin and trump.

And yes, you understood my post .

 

[Rogue Valley]

Here is the deal....

The 28 member NATO meeting in Brussels is scheduled for April 5-6. Tillerson knew this, it has been circled on the State Dept. calendar for almost a year. Instead of attending the Brussels NATO summit on April 5-6, Tillerson will be at Mar-a-Lago (driving the golf cart?) as Trump entertains Chinese President Xi Jinping (yup, another $3+ million taxpayer dollars down the Mar-a-Lago-Weekend black-hole). "Friend of Russia" Tillerson will then fly to Moscow to meet with his pal Vladimir Putin the following week (on April 12).

In short, Tillerson is snubbing 27 allied Foreign Ministers so he can golf with one autocrat and schmooze with another.

 

[Mac77]

The other way around. He went to the weddong then saw a play.

Nobody said they were.

What is the lie?

What is the truth in this case?

A lie by omission

Making this sound like a big deal by failing to inform the readers that kerry did the same thing for the most trivial of excuses

 

[Mac77]

Comrades Tillerson, Putin and trump.

And yes, you understood my post .

How ironic that a lefty would accuse others of being a comrade

If the democrats had been a dictatorship during the reagan years America would have lost the Cold War and we might all be speaking russian today

 

[reinoe]

Here is the deal....

The 28 member NATO meeting in Brussels is scheduled for April 5-6. Tillerson knew this, it has been circled on the State Dept. calendar for almost a year. Instead of attending the Brussels NATO summit on April 5-6, Tillerson will be at Mar-a-Lago (driving the golf cart?) as Trump entertains Chinese President Xi Jinping (yup, another $3+ million taxpayer dollars down the Mar-a-Lago-Weekend black-hole). "Friend of Russia" Tillerson will then fly to Moscow to meet with his pal Vladimir Putin the following week (on April 12).

In short, Tillerson is snubbing 27 allied Foreign Ministers so he can golf with one autocrat and schmooze with another.

That's going to be more productive than meeting with NATO to discuss how much more the U.S. needs to step up to subsidize the lifestyles of a bunch of socialist nations. They can't find the money to spend even 2% of their GDP but they have plenty of money to import terrorists from Syria.

 

[notquiteright]

The entire point of Trump is that we need to do things differently, so then we are going to jam him up for doing things differently? I pass.

Around here we when we say, "Well one thing for sure is he is different", what we really mean is "bless is little heart but he don't know any better, it was the way he was raised", and it damn sure ain't no compliment...

I reckon different covers many sins, doing dumb things to be different is what petulant children do... eace

 

[prometeus]

No, I'm demonstrating the absurdity of this thread, and the lameness of your post trying to make up excuses.

I made no excuses. Pointed to the facts, reality which of course does not support your narative.

 

[prometeus]

A lie by omission

Making this sound like a big deal by failing to inform the readers that kerry did the same thing for the most trivial of excuses

Except he did not. It is only in the eyes of the low intellect voters and Trump apologists that the two are even similar.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Around here we when we say, "Well one thing for sure is he is different", what we really mean is "bless is little heart but he don't know any better, it was the way he was raised", and it damn sure ain't no compliment...

I reckon different covers many sins, doing dumb things to be different is what petulant children do... eace

But since I currently give him 9/10 on job performance.....

 

[Praxas]

That's going to be more productive than meeting with NATO to discuss how much more the U.S. needs to step up to subsidize the lifestyles of a bunch of socialist nations. They can't find the money to spend even 2% of their GDP but they have plenty of money to import terrorists from Syria.

Gee that's like conservatives whining about our debt, while excusing Trump to go off gallivanting to his club almost every weekend and increasing defense spending which ISN'T lowering the debt. Trump supporters can shut the **** up and **** off.