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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 12:58 PM Jun 2018

Former Belgian Prime Minister "Just tell us what Vladimir has on you. Maybe we can help."





Guy Verhofstadt

@guyverhofstadt
“Just tell us what Vladimir has on you. Maybe we can help.”

3:47 AM - Jun 10, 2018
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Has any other president generated headlines like this on an overseas trip ?
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Former Belgian Prime Minister "Just tell us what Vladimir has on you. Maybe we can help." (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP
That is a good one. ChrisTee Jun 2018 #1
Why help him? dalton99a Jun 2018 #2
To save us. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2018 #3
To save everyone quakerboy Jun 2018 #10
Hi Cracklin Charlie syringis Jun 2018 #13
Boddhisattvas work to liberate all sentient beings vlyons Jun 2018 #20
"what does Putin have on Trump" should be the headline coming out of this summit renate Jun 2018 #4
This is hilarious. n/t janx Jun 2018 #5
It is hilarious. And potentially tragic Ilsa Jun 2018 #9
k&r bigtree Jun 2018 #6
probably money laundering over the decades to the tune of at least $10B lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #7
If you can't see what the rest of the world sees so clearly, world wide wally Jun 2018 #8
Hi WWW syringis Jun 2018 #23
About his quote. world wide wally Jun 2018 #24
He has a great sense of humor syringis Jun 2018 #25
"Donald, nobody likes you because you're a selfish asshole." hay rick Jun 2018 #11
"Remember what we told you? 'Use your words?'" BobTheSubgenius Jun 2018 #12
I'm proud of him syringis Jun 2018 #14
I am as well proud of this man TEB Jun 2018 #30
K&R red dog 1 Jun 2018 #15
Belgium to the rescue! Chipper Chat Jun 2018 #16
Do you think Trump could... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #42
He probably thinks "Belch Em" Chipper Chat Jun 2018 #43
Bravo! gademocrat7 Jun 2018 #17
Lol Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #18
Oh my. LOL! Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #19
HA!!! Nanjeanne Jun 2018 #21
The photo-meme that went global Hekate Jun 2018 #22
The rest of the world sees it. Why can't republicans? blueinredohio Jun 2018 #26
They can. Number three, Flake, just came out calling out the Republican party. ChrisTee Jun 2018 #27
Flake can push for subpoenas. If he really cared sharedvalues Jun 2018 #28
No different than with McCain and Comey. That was not the point of my post. ChrisTee Jun 2018 #32
The point is that Flake has power. He chooses NOT to use it. sharedvalues Jun 2018 #44
Oh wait, your posting privileges appear revoked sharedvalues Jun 2018 #45
Looking at the photo, Trump looks like a stubborn bad boy 6th grader. TryLogic Jun 2018 #29
Actually as a former 6th grade teacher, pazzyanne Jun 2018 #38
!!!!!!!!!!!!! kpete Jun 2018 #31
It's great to see the leader of the free world take charge of a meeting like that IronLionZion Jun 2018 #33
LOL Gothmog Jun 2018 #34
Funny,but I think it's "Belgian". trof Jun 2018 #35
Has any other president generated headlines like this EVER !!!!!!!!!! pangaia Jun 2018 #36
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2018 #37
"What?" sandensea Jun 2018 #39
Video snort Jun 2018 #40
Look at John Bolton over there. UGLY fucker. calimary Jun 2018 #41

renate

(13,776 posts)
4. "what does Putin have on Trump" should be the headline coming out of this summit
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 01:04 PM
Jun 2018

And for every other thing he does.

It really is the essential question of his presidency.

Ilsa

(61,720 posts)
9. It is hilarious. And potentially tragic
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 02:05 PM
Jun 2018

for us and most most of the world.

But yeah, I also can't hide the fact that I'm entertained and so many of us feel vindicated by this line of questioning by a foreign PM.

lapfog_1

(29,243 posts)
7. probably money laundering over the decades to the tune of at least $10B
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 01:36 PM
Jun 2018

of which Trump possibly got as much as 15% ($1.5B) that he has blown on his own projects, his airplane, the cheap ass gold plate his like to cover everything with, his various women (ones that married him and ones that he just screwed), etc.

SergeStorms

(19,205 posts)
42. Do you think Trump could...
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 04:27 AM
Jun 2018

find Belgium on a map?

Me neither. My guess is he'd think it's somewhere in the eastern bloc, or maybe Scandinavia.

Chipper Chat

(9,708 posts)
43. He probably thinks "Belch Em"
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 10:06 AM
Jun 2018

Is what he does after eating waffles. Or after downing five cheeseburgers.

 

ChrisTee

(63 posts)
27. They can. Number three, Flake, just came out calling out the Republican party.
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 03:50 PM
Jun 2018

Imploring Republicans not to be, this party.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
28. Flake can push for subpoenas. If he really cared
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 03:59 PM
Jun 2018

Flake doesn’t care about the country.

He only cares about his party and their coalition of billionaires and racists, held together by lies and propaganda.

If he actually cared about the country Flake would subpoena the president’s tax returns. Or arrange his GOP colleagues to do so. Flake doesn’t care. He’s just trying to justify getting whomped in the next Senate election by a racist. He doesn’t want to believe that his party created this monster by creating a propaganda machine to get votes for billionaires through hate and racism.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
44. The point is that Flake has power. He chooses NOT to use it.
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 01:13 AM
Jun 2018

He chooses instead to tweet strongly worded stern tweets - that are totally useless.

Fraidy-cat Flake is afraid of the GOP base, so he throws America under the bus while tweeting nice things.

Sorry, that is the point of Flake's actions. That's the whole point of Flake's actions, really.

(McCain is in the same boat, with even more power -- as chair of Senate Armed Services, he can personally issue subpoenas. Comey has zero ability to change anything. No one does - except the GOP Congress. And us, the voters, in Nov 2018. GOTV!)

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
45. Oh wait, your posting privileges appear revoked
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 01:14 AM
Jun 2018

So was this flimsy whataboutism to try to dun Comey with the same brush as sad, loser, weak Flake?

TryLogic

(1,723 posts)
29. Looking at the photo, Trump looks like a stubborn bad boy 6th grader.
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 03:59 PM
Jun 2018

I believe his psycho-emotional development pretty well stopped at that age.

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
38. Actually as a former 6th grade teacher,
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 05:54 PM
Jun 2018

most 6th graders behave much better than this. I still think he is an arrested 2 year old. He never developed past that stage.

IronLionZion

(45,667 posts)
33. It's great to see the leader of the free world take charge of a meeting like that
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 04:29 PM
Jun 2018

while the orange blob in the far right is completely useless and apparently not even strong enough to stand up.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
36. Has any other president generated headlines like this EVER !!!!!!!!!!
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 05:50 PM
Jun 2018

Of course not,
Why ask.. ?

We ALL need to stop asking WHY? Stop Saying "IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS," Or....


get out there and RESIST!!



I'm on a "no more why" tear these days..






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