Here is what Trump said on the campaign trail last year, which thrilled Republican voters as much as it must have angered Chinese leaders:
‘We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what they’re doing.’…
Sunday marks the first time in this campaign that Trump has used the term ‘rape’ to refer to what he views as China’s dominance in trade with the US.
(CNN, May 2, 2016)
And here is what he said in Beijing today, which thrilled Chinese leaders as much as it should anger all Americans:
I don’t blame China. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for benefit of their citizens? I give China great credit.
(CNN, November 9, 2017)
Of course, Trump himself is an alleged rapist. Therefore, it probably comes more naturally than some might think for him to blame the victim and hail the rapist.
But, as I telegraphed in my related commentary, idle flattery could get this narcissist to sell out his mother. Therefore, it’s no surprise that being feted with such pomp and circumstance got him to sell out his country with this historic flip-flop.
Indeed, I wish a reporter had the balls to ask Trump this question:
Mr. President, besides having your ego stroked, what has this state visit done to advance America’s national and regional security interests, especially with respect to the clear and present danger posed by North Korea’s nuclear missiles?
Because, I assure you, his reply would be as garbled as Daffy Duck trying to explain the Theory of Relativity.
Meanwhile, Trump has embarrassed and demeaned the United States like nobody has ever seen before. For this has to be the first time in history that a US president traveled to the capital of a foreign adversary and lavished it with praise for “raping” the United States.
Mind you, this is the same Trump who spent much of his campaign ridiculing Obama as weak for traveling abroad and “apologizing for America.” IDIOT! #kowtowinghypocrite #treasonous #MakeAmericaMissObama (MAMO)
Related commentary:
Trump in China…