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By Matt Shuham | June 10, 2018 1:25 pm
Fellow G7 members responded harshly to President Donald Trumps refusal to sign a previously agreed-upon joint statement authored by all seven nations at a summit this weekend, with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Sunday pointedly condemning Trump and his advisers ad hominem attacks.
We spent two days to obtain a text and commitments. We will stand by them and anyone who would depart from them, once their back was turned, shows their incoherence and inconsistency, French President Emmanuel Macrons office said in a statement as translated by Politico.
International cooperation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks, the statement added, according to German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Lets be serious and worthy of our people. We make commitments and keep them. France and Europe maintain their support for this statement.
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas was quoted in the same DW article as saying Trumps late refusal to sign the painstakingly-crafted document was actually not a real surprise.
We have seen this with the climate agreement or the Iran deal, he said. In a matter of seconds, you can destroy trust with 280 twitter characters, Maas remarked, a reference to Trumps tweet rejecting the joint communiqué.
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KelleyKramer
(9,014 posts)And it's not just Trump, every Republican who remains silent is a traitor to the United States
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They are all traitors to our nation. I hope we see a massive turnover in 2018.
KelleyKramer
(9,014 posts)I can't help but keep thinking... if they stole it in 2016 and it worked, why would they NOT do it again
D_Master81
(1,823 posts)that I now look to these other countries around the world saying reasonable things and acting in a professional manner and consider them the hope of the world right now. The US under Pres Trump is in absolute world decline. We are not GREAT again, the world wonders what the hell is wrong with us.