European temper tantrums - so embarrassing

[The Green Barbarian]

How embarrassing is this? European leaders are going to have to do a lot of "back-pedaling" and apologizing, now that they have gotten their first expressions of pure stupidity out of the way. These are world leaders, acting horribly, to someone who was democratically elected, in a landslide. Shame on them all.

European Temper Trumptums

Europe Holds "Panic Dinner"

by Judith Bergman


"A world is collapsing before our eyes", tweeted the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud, as it became clear that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election. Although he later apparently deleted the tweet, the sentiment expressed in his tweet encapsulates the attitude of the majority of the European political establishment.

Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, described the reaction to Trump's victory across Germany's political spectrum as "shock and uncertainty." Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen described Trump's win as a "heavy shock." German Justice Minister Heiko Maas tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more crazy".

Green party leader Cem Özdemir called Trump's election a "break with the tradition that the West stands for liberal values."

Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, said:


"Trump is the trailblazer of a new authoritarian and chauvinist international movement. ... They want a rollback to the bad old times in which women belonged by the stove or in bed, gays in jail and unions at best at the side table. And he who doesn't keep his mouth shut gets publicly bashed."

In a fine touch of irony, EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, who recently referred to the Chinese as "slanty eyed," told Deutschlandfunk radio that the U.S. election was a "warning" for Germany: "Things are getting simplified, black or white, good or bad, right or wrong. You can ask simple questions, but one should not give simple answers."

In France, the media reaction was summed up by the left-leaning newspaper, Libération:


"Trumpocalypse... Shock... The world's leading power is from now on in the hands of the far-right. Fifty percent of Americans voted in all conscience for a racist, lying, sexist, vulgar, hateful candidate."

Critics omitted, however, the runaway lawlessness, divisiveness and corruption that American voters declined to reinstate.

President François Hollande described Trump's victory as marking the start of "a period of uncertainty." Previously, Hollande had said that Trump made him "want to retch."

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Just how hysterical European political leaders' reaction has been to Trump was manifested in the fact that they felt compelled to hold an informal "crisis meeting" -- some diplomats called it a "panic dinner" -- on Sunday evening, to deal with the "shock" of the presidential election. "We would never have had a similar dinner if Hillary Clinton had been elected. It shows just how much we're panicking," said a diplomat from one of the smaller EU states.

Not everyone is "panicking." UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson rejected the invitation and told his colleagues to end their "collective whinge-o-rama" about the U.S. election result.

There is indeed an unmistakable infantility about the reactions of European political elites to the election of the new US president, which are reminiscent of a young child lashing out after being denied candy. More significantly, the reactions reveal an overbearing disrespect for the American people's free and democratic choice of a leader. Most important, however, is that the arrogant claim to the moral high ground by European elites has no basis in reality. It simply is not true that, as Merkel claimed, freedom and democracy, rule of law and respect for people's race, religion and gender are at the foreground of European policies.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9328 ... rope-panic

[Bsuds]

to someone who was democratically elected, in a landslide.

I got as far as this and pretty much figured the rest would be BS as well.

[rustled]

LOL:

"Trump is the trailblazer of a new authoritarian and chauvinist international movement. ... They want a rollback to the bad old times in which women belonged by the stove or in bed, gays in jail and unions at best at the side table. And he who doesn't keep his mouth shut gets publicly bashed."

One could point out that the more socialist we become, the more the government dictates what happens in our lives and what we'll pay for it, the more difficult it is for any adult to find time to cook a meal or get enough sleep. I figure it would be nice to roll back to the times when a household could be run on a single income, particularly during the child-rearing years.

But what really made me laugh was the holier-than-thou attitude about the potential to be publicly bashed for not keeping our mouths shut. Who's getting publicly bashed now, and by whom?

[The Green Barbarian]

I got as far as this and pretty much figured the rest would be BS as well.

What is "BS" about the comment that Trump was democratically elected? Are you going to also state that Justin Trudeau's majority win is "BS" as well? If not, why not? I just love how actual truth is denied by those who just don't want to hear it. It's actually embarrassing that people want to be so willfully blind to something they don't want to accept. I fully admit that I was a big detractor of Justin Trudeau, but now that I see so many acting so childishly to a democratic result that I realize how childish I was acting. You people have shown me the error of my ways, exponentially so.

[The Green Barbarian]

But what really made me laugh was the holier-than-thou attitude about the potential to be publicly bashed for not keeping our mouths shut. Who's getting publicly bashed now, and by whom?

I knew you would see the irony Rustled. Thanks for weighing in.

[maryjane48]

trump never won by a landslide . but obama when he got over 300 college votes was both times . second who are you to tell democraticaly elected officials what to think (

[maryjane48]

*removed*

[The Green Barbarian]

trump never won by a landslide . (

Yes, he actually did. I realize that is hard for you to swallow.

[The Green Barbarian]

second who are you to tell democraticaly elected officials what to think (

And who are they to call out a democratically elected leader. Shame on them.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 5h5 hours ago

If the election were based on total popular vote I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily

[maryjane48]

lol nohe didnt . because if he did then what was obamas win with 320? plus hrc has almost a million more votes

[maryjane48]

they arent calling trump out . they are voicing freedom of speech . is trump that much of a baby ?

[The Green Barbarian]

hrc has almost a million more votes

last count I saw she was leading by 668,483 votes, but by leftist math I guess that is "almost a million". Who cares. Just as relevant to this discussion - Doctor Strange was the number one movie at the Box Office this weekend.

[The Green Barbarian]

they arent calling trump out . they are voicing freedom of speech .

Which is extremely rich. If Hillary had been elected and this Euro-trash was acting like this, you'd be screaming in agony at how horrible they are for criticizing the will of the American people and the democratic process. The hypocrisy being demonstrated here is stunning. Just stunning.

[The Green Barbarian]

Here is Donald Sutherland weighing in on Trump's election:

“How can I give them a hopeful view?” he asked. “I have a wife, I have a daughter, a daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter. What do I say to them? Their women’s rights have gone, the environment has gone, minimum pay has gone (sic), what can I say to them? I can only say one thing: I am a comedian. And that’s what I am.”

You heard it here first. Women's rights are now "gone". Yup. That's the level of crazy we are dealing with right now.

[GordonH]

For myself worst line up of candidates for a US Presidential election, people of the US made a choice.
Trump is next US President like it or not, how he carries himself on the international stage is still to be seen.... could not be any worse then GWB, if he is then