Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif unexpectedly showed up at the G-7 Summit in France on Sunday, a move that blindsided President Donald Trump.
Our government is never surprised by the movements of people like that, particularly one coming into the bubble around the President.
If the President and aides were shocked, it’s because the Intel folks chose not to give them a heads-up.
Excuse me, have to go answer the door…
It’s been one indignity after another for Trump at this G7. It looks kind our European friends were more than ready for him, and as a patriotic American, I offer them my heartiest congratulations.
From the French changing the agenda to emphasize climate change on the first day to Donald Tusk saying not only will Russia not be invited back in, but they may invite the Ukraine instead as an observer. Quite the slap at both Trump and Putin.
Furthermore, Tusk went on to say a no-deal Brexit -which Trump favors- is totally in the hands of Boris Johnson and the hard Irish border is his problem to figure out. And now, Trump is just completely blindsided by the Iranian foreign minister visit. It’s hard to read that as anything other than an overwhelming disregard for Trump. Not even the American (nor Russian) intelligence agencies gave him a heads up.
I’m so happy I’m not on that long plane ride back. There’s no way Trump goes to the next G7. That’s an easy guarantee.
Trump himself, however, simply told reporters “no comment” when asked for his response, according to the Post.
Chiselin’ Trump: “I have no comment. But, it was nasty of them to invite him.”
It surprised Trump — once several people had explained to Donnie who Zarif was and why it mattered that he was there.
The French are masters at trolling. “See, Donnie, the rest of the parties to the JOPCA are going ahead without the US. You didn’t kill it. Same with the Paris Climate Accords. You want to talk about how you’re ‘the leader of the free world’ again?”
Too bad Ivanka isn’t there for the French to troll her some more.
the only thing that would’ve been better than having the Iranian Foreign Mininster there to troll Trump would be if the Iranian Foreign Minister show up with Stormy Daniels on one arm and Karen McDougal on the other.
Has a reality TV show feel. Oh wait the whole last three years have had that.
précisément!
I’m going with the general notion that the heads-up would reveal that we’re tapping Macron’s phone.
And since Trump can’t be trusted to not have immediately blabbed that to Macron, the choice was made that the “embarrassment” of not knowing about this plane coming in (cough, cough, clearly bullshit) outweighed giving Trump advance knowledge.
Of course Trump was blindsided. This was an intervention, to try to encourage Trump to abide by the nuclear deal, that he reversed to spite Obama.
Worse! The Iranian foreign minister and Trump were wearing the same dress!
Oh snap! Humming Le Marseillaise.
That should chuckle his orange numbles. Is the foreign minister bringing a message from pootie?
given that the US is hosting the G7 in 2020, that might be problematic…
I don’t know how they let this picture happen. He is literally a small man here.
Why? He’ll just cancel it. And invite Russia and Brazil instead. Why wouldn’t he?
John Harwood says it was Macron’s invite to the Iranian, and a message to Chump that France and others are stepping into the void Chump has created. Chump wasn’t consulted, Chump wasn’t needed, Chump gets a massive reminder of how he is fukking around with shit he doesn’t understand and gets put in the corner with the Dunce Cap at the G7.
Trump probably didnt know anything until the press asked him what he thought about it. I suspect that the press could really eff with his head by asking him other questions. I would be so tempted if I was a press person.
They should have allowed Zarif to speak to him, he’d have reversed his decision in a second.
