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Reminds me of a tweet I saw

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:54:42 +0000

In reply to Biden campaign quickly taking

Reminds me of a tweet I saw eons of news cycles ago when the subject of Uncle Joe being too touchy feely was hot. It said something like "stop bashing Uncle Joe; Trump fears Uncle Joe." Implying that he is the one who best knows how to disarm Trump tricks, bring him down to size.

Biden campaign quickly taking

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:47:44 +0000

In reply to Trump Calls Trudeau ‘Two-Faced’ After Comments Caught on Video

Biden campaign quickly taking advantage and using the meme:

Joe Biden said in a release of a new campaign video featuring world leaders seemingly chuckling about President Trump on a hot mic at the NATO summit, "The world is laughing at President Trump. They see him for what he really is" https://t.co/9bCzUyYTGG
— Axios (@axios) December 5, 2019

This seems like a pretty good ad in that: a) Biden has been hammering away at this theme; and b) It will drive Trump crazy. https://t.co/5mqt0Mz9hy
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 5, 2019

From Friends to Frenemies?

artappraiser — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:03:47 +0000

In reply to Trump Calls Trudeau ‘Two-Faced’ After Comments Caught on Video

From Friends to Frenemies? Trump’s Relationships With World Leaders

President Trump has a history of falling out with his friends. President Emmanuel Macron of France is the latest.

By Megan Specia @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 3

LONDON — Their bromance once made headlines. But on Tuesday, it was clear that the days of President Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France trading cheek kisses and clasping hands were gone.

On the sidelines of a gathering for the 70th anniversary of NATO, Mr. Trump took his one-time friend to task, denouncing comments Mr. Macron made last month criticizing the American president’s leadership of NATO, and calling into question several of the French leader’s policies.

Mr. Trump is known for trying to build personal relationships with his counterparts, but he also has a penchant for public feuds, fueled in part by his off-the-cuff approach to the news media and his regular Twitter rants [....]