Discussion: Haley Tweets Lukewarm Pushback After Trump Defense Of Kim Over Warmbier Death

That didn’t sound lukewarm. Not a fan at all, but that was pretty direct.

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Let’s see what nasty nickname does trump comes up for backstabbing, disloyal, ungrateful Nimrata …

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If it was direct it would call out Trump. This is standard boilerplate diplo pablum that doesn’t lay it at his feet.

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No, direct would have been namechecking Trump and denouncing his support of a tyrannical regime forthrightly.

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Yep, at least for Diplospeak.

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Haley may be the Republican VP candidate in 2020 if Trump isn’t running again.

“Americans know…”

So she’s saying Trump isn’t American.

Anyone seen his birth certificate?

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“We will never forget Otto. :heart::us:”

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No, it wasn’t really. For a contrast, compare the vitriol hurled at President Obama when he visited the middle-east, on first taking office. The swarm on the right dubbed it the “apology tour”, totally misrepresenting what Obama actually said.

Imagine if the words uttered by Trump yesterday were made by a Democratic President. The Democrat would be depicted as betraying this country.

Haley’s comments were a mild rebuke of Trump without the courage to mention him by name.

Let’s stop commending partisans spewing tepid pablum as some sort of profile in courage.

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I disagree. I think she was pretty direct. There was nothing ‘lukewarm’ about it. I think it requires that she also respect Otto’s parents in this process and whether she’s contributing to turning him into a political football.

I think she did it right.

After the week he’s had, this pushback is unlikely to merit his attention.

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Dear Ms. Haley - Have you forgotten the names of the two children who have died in border patrol custody?
Felipe Alonzo
Jakelin Caal

Please write a fulsome memorial of them, not some college guy who wanted to tour a murderous dictatorship and have a lark.

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I guess my standards against hypocrisy are a slight bit higher.

There is a new project in the works…“Do the wrong thing” a rapid fire group of vignettes depicting the Trump administrations ill considered,vapid,cruel policy decisions… in theaters soon…twelve hours with two intermissions…

As I would guess my standards for personal attacks are also. Have a good day.

That was hardly a personal attack. You seem enamored of Haley’s comment and I consider it tepid, at best. I explained the hypocrisy inherent in her comment and you dismissed my explanation to again commend Ms. Haley. Hence, my subsequent reply to you.

You seem satisfied with her comment and I, on the other hand, have higher expectations from those who imagine themselves to be leaders.

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A liar helps another liar .

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Chiselin’ Trump, never to be outshone:

Was trump’s defense of Kim Jong Un before or after talks broke down?

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