Robert Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst?

[kaerin]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

 

[jmotivator]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

He couldn't do a better job of extinction in Zimbabwe than Mugabe, that's for sure.

quite frankly I don't mind a bit that these brutal, murderous tin pot dictators think that Trump might actually do harm to them, Mugabe included.

 

[Bum]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

And when Goliath got to Zimbabwe, he found someone had already done his work....

 

[chuckiechan]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

Coming from a cannibal who also eats elephants, I think Goliath might want to have a word or two with him!

 

[joG]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

Trump does have an unfortunate turn of tongue at times. But he is quite right that NK is running the risk of creating a situation in which only sudden and massive destruction it the only way to solve the problems. Trump Sorrily did not work that out very well in his speech and nobody really wants to understand that. Because the issue is quite clear. Iran is working closely with the thug in NK, who is in breach of SC Resolutions and it is primarily the responsibility of the UN to ensure it is enforced. Instead the UN has not done so after about two decades of negotiations. As a matter of fact, the UN has just let it get more and more dangerous. They are proving again that they are worse than irrelevant.
If Mugabe wants security, he must push the UN to enforce it. Otherwise the dead are on his shoulders and the others that didn't get their act together and shoulder their responsibility.

 

[Lovebug]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

I wouldn't call lil Kim a Goliath, but rather a gnome.

 

[rocket88]

Trump does have an unfortunate turn of tongue at times. But he is quite right that NK is running the risk of creating a situation in which only sudden and massive destruction it the only way to solve the problems. Trump Sorrily did not work that out very well in his speech and nobody really wants to understand that. Because the issue is quite clear. Iran is working closely with the thug in NK, who is in breach of SC Resolutions and it is primarily the responsibility of the UN to ensure it is enforced. Instead the UN has not done so after about two decades of negotiations. As a matter of fact, the UN has just let it get more and more dangerous. They are proving again that they are worse than irrelevant.
If Mugabe wants security, he must push the UN to enforce it. Otherwise the dead are on his shoulders and the others that didn't get their act together and shoulder their responsibility.

I agree, he's not wrong. Don't you think that a President who can control his mouth is better though?

 

[Dittohead not!]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

"Goliath" is just there to get rich:

U.S. President Donald Trump was met with silence from African leaders Wednesday when he tried to congratulate them for the economic progress the continent has made.
"Africa has tremendous business potential. I've so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich," Trump told them at a luncheon Wednesday in New York, according to CNBC. "I congratulate you. They're spending a lot of money," he said.

 

[trouble13]

Another self important progressive who is under the illusion that their opinion is important to anyone but themselves

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[Mason66]

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

What other countries is he talking about?

 

[joG]

I agree, he's not wrong. Don't you think that a President who can control his mouth is better though?

No question. But we made this guy President. Now we must live with it and complaining is for babies.

 

[southwest88]

Quo vadis?

Zimbabwe's president Mugabe on Trump: ''Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?''

Who is Mugabe that we (the West in general, the US in particular) should listen to him? Yah, he was educated early on by Jesuits @ a mission school (thus his reference to Goliath). He took control of Zimbabwe, & apparently it's been an economic & political disaster ever since. Again, what words of wisdom does he have for us? (For anyone, really. Here it's just a rhetorical point.) If he wants to impress me or the World, he can put his own country in order. But after 37 years of driving it into the ground, I don't expect any great change from him.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe for background info.

 

[Deuce]

Another self important progressive who is under the illusion that their opinion is important to anyone but themselves

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d..did he just call Mugabe a progressive

 

[trouble13]

d..did he just call Mugabe a progressive

That's what he is not to mention being far left

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[Deuce]

That's what he is not to mention being far left

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Which progressive policies has he implemented

 

[trouble13]

Which progressive policies has he implemented

For starters this is from the Wikipedia link a few posts up

Pursuing decolonization, Mugabe's government emphasised the redistribution of land controlled by white farmers to landless blacks, initially on a "willing seller-willing buyer" basis

Is not wealth distribution from the white devil not one of the tenants of progressivism?

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[southwest88]

Burning your bridges before you get to them

For starters this is from the Wikipedia link a few posts up

Is not wealth distribution from the white devil not one of the tenants of progressivism?

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Merely seizing wealth - like working farms or ranches - & expecting them to automatically generate further wealth (without any labor or capital inputs) is essentially the same as Soviet forces stealing faucets & light switches from Germany in WWII, & getting upset when the faucets et al. fail to produce back in the Great Rodina. In this case, the Soviets didn't even seize the right objects - but no matter. I don't think anyone can really classify Mugabe as a Progressive with a straight face.

I don't know enough about Zimbabwe's history nor Mugabe himself. Except to say that his policies seem to have driven off the managerial & technical people - whether British or Asiatic or from India or what-have-you - that might have made possible a smoother economic transition to Zimbabwean ownership & management. That kind of mistake is often fatal to the nation - we'll have to wait a decade or so to see about Zimbabwe, once Mugabe is safely out of the way. Yah, Mugabe may think of the colonial powers as white devils - I don't know one way or the other. But making that kind of statement on the record can't be helpful in persuading managers & farmers & other technical people to stay & feel comfortable about staying in country.

 

[TurtleDude]

He couldn't do a better job of extinction in Zimbabwe than Mugabe, that's for sure.

quite frankly I don't mind a bit that these brutal, murderous tin pot dictators think that Trump might actually do harm to them, Mugabe included.

Ian Smith will be reviled in history for not killing Mugabe when he should have

 

[Deuce]

For starters this is from the Wikipedia link a few posts up



Is not wealth distribution from the white devil not one of the tenants of progressivism?

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Nope. That's the Sean Hannity version of it. It's roughly as accurate as the Michael Moore version of conservatism

 

[jmotivator]

Ian Smith will be reviled in history for not killing Mugabe when he should have

It would be a catch 22. Without the benefit of hindsight he'd be reviled for stopping Mugabe as well. But then the white leadership of Rhodesia can't be held harmless either since they created the environment that invited the backlash.

 

[Fletch]

"Goliath" is just there to get rich:

Maybe you are unaware of this, but it was people trying to get rich that made America the greatest and richest nation in the history of the planet. Do you want me to let you in on a little secret as to what will make the African continent rich? Or are you starting to figure that out now all by yourself?

 

[Dittohead not!]

Maybe you are unaware of this, but it was people trying to get rich that made America the greatest and richest nation in the history of the planet. Do you want me to let you in on a little secret as to what will make the African continent rich? Or are you starting to figure that out now all by yourself?

Yep, sure, Africa is a land of opportunity where people get rich and enrich the rest of the nations as well. I'm surprised there aren't a lot of people going there, just as people came to America back in the day, in order to make their fortunes.

 

[code1211]

I agree, he's not wrong. Don't you think that a President who can control his mouth is better though?

What makes you think he did not say exactly what he was scripted to say about the murderous proprietor of concentration camps?

What makes you think that this should not have been said previously and often by Trump's predecessors?

 

[Fletch]

Yep, sure, Africa is a land of opportunity where people get rich and enrich the rest of the nations as well. I'm surprised there aren't a lot of people going there, just as people came to America back in the day, in order to make their fortunes.

You don't get it. Not sure why. Its not that complicated, but you aren't getting it. Lets try it this way: what is it about the continent of Africa that prevents it from being aw wealthy and prosperous as the US?

 

[code1211]

d..did he just call Mugabe a progressive

He sounds like a Progressive to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe

<snip>
Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist-Leninist although after the 1990s self-identified only as a socialist; his policies have been described as Mugabeism.
<snip>