{"id":41614,"date":"2019-05-26T08:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41614"},"modified":"2019-05-26T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:54:46","slug":"in-japan-trump-finds-time-to-golf-become-a-national-embarrassment-and-betray-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41614","title":{"rendered":"In Japan, Trump Finds Time to Golf, Become a National Embarrassment, and Betray America"},"content":{"rendered":"

The national shame that is Donald Trump has outdone himself again during his junket to Japan. Ordinarily American leaders will suspend their partisan infighting while traveling abroad. There is an unwritten rule that “politics stops at the water’s edge.”<\/em> But Trump has never been one to follow rules – or even bother to learn them. His only guidance is what’s in his own selfish best interests. It’s a symptom of his malignant narcissism and myriad other psychoses<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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So not surprisingly, Trump shattered all precedent for diplomatic encounters when he arrived in Japan. He also broke with the traditions of patriotism and honesty that the American people expect of their leaders. And what’s worse, he did it with a deliberate and hostile disrespect for his fellow Americans. In the early morning hours of a Memorial weekend Sunday, Trump posted this shockingly inappropriate tweet:<\/p>\n

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North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that\u2019s sending me a signal?<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n