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The president believes that the United States owes nothing to anyoneespecially its allies.
The best distillation of the Trump Doctrine I heard, though, came from a senior White House official with direct access to the president and his thinking. I was talking to this person several weeks ago, and I said, by way of introduction, that I thought it might perhaps be too early to discern a definitive Trump Doctrine.
No, the official said. Theres definitely a Trump Doctrine.
What is it?, I asked. Here is the answer I received:
The Trump Doctrine is Were America, Bitch. Thats the Trump Doctrine.
It struck me almost immediately that this was the most acute, and attitudinally honest, description of the manner in which members of Trumps team, and Trump himself, understand their role in the world.
I asked this official to explain the idea. Obama apologized to everyone for everything. He felt bad about everything. President Trump, this official said, doesnt feel like he has to apologize for anything America does. I later asked another senior official, one who rendered the doctrine not as Were America, Bitch but as Were America, Bitches, whether he was aware of the 2004 movie Team America: World Police, whose theme song was America, Fuck Yeah!
From The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/a-senior-white-house-official-defines-the-trump-doctrine-were-america-bitch/562511/?utm_source=atltw&__twitter_impression=true
0rganism
(23,996 posts)it's the sound of every nation in the industrialized world throwing their treaties and trade deals with the USA into the incinerator.
we do not recover from this shame anytime soon.
Runningdawg
(4,533 posts)Whatever- I will do what I want!
lame54
(35,368 posts)"Screw you guys, I'm going home."
Runningdawg
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Oneironaut
(5,550 posts)Who else would speak like that?
My theory is that Trump made being an obnoxious man-child acceptable again. With that comes misogyny, over the top displays of masculinity, and idiotically childish behavior.
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Vinca
(50,342 posts)Another one is how horrified they were that "Obama bowed" to world leaders. I can't wait to see if Don bows, hugs or kisses Kim.
lame54
(35,368 posts)That's what he does
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 11, 2018, 05:49 PM - Edit history (1)
They don't even realize how offensive it is to women to use the term "bitch" do they?
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Not to mention, emasculating insults is what they want.
ooky
(8,942 posts)which is why I have no doubt it was said.
KelleyKramer
(9,022 posts)So much so, I would bet money on it
ooky
(8,942 posts)Ilsa
(61,721 posts)of the US. Ages ago, I argued with a friend about this, so I printed, cut and pasted the exact text of a speech he gave to the Japanese, and guess what? No apology in it. Her remark? "We'll just have to disagree on this."
kentuck
(111,111 posts)...must speak up!