New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg argued with her fellow panelists on MSNBC’s "Meet the Press Daily" Friday about whether President Donald Trump is the leader of the free world or an aspiring despot.
RealClearPolitics reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns was criticizing Trump’s communication strategy when she called him "the leader of the free world." Goldberg interjected to say that, actually, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the leader of the free world.
"He’s not the leader of the free world, but, sorry," Goldberg said.
"By default he’s the leader of the free world," Commentary magazine editor John Podhoretz replied.
"Angela Merkel is the leader of the free world," Goldberg said, while Podhoretz laughed.
"Well, he is the most important person in the world in politics right now," Huey-Burns said, looking at Goldberg.
MSNBC's Katy Tur asked if Goldberg meant European countries don’t see Trump as a leader, but Goldberg went further than that.
"He’s a sort of junior player in a bloc of authoritarian countries," she said. "He’s part of a bloc that includes [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, [Philippine President Rodrigo] Duterte."
Both leaders she referenced have faced steep criticism for violence against their own citizens, prompting Tur to push Goldberg to clarify.
"[Trump] is not rounding people up and murdering them without any due process," Tur said.
"He would certainly like to," Goldberg replied.
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ReplyDeleteOk all past presidents obviously been doing this for decades and out with motel 6 shower curtains lol
ReplyDeleteHave your laughs now because SOON...for those that have committed sedition, treason and those msm whom assisted in a coup to overthrow this Country and Our President....will in fact be tried before military tribunals, because thats what happens when you commit acts of war against the USA. And the penalty for treason is death.
ReplyDelete5:58 PM - Um, only in time of war.
ReplyDeleteThis is a war!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the writer ought to do an article on Hillery She seems to fit the subject
ReplyDeleteOh and the Clinton's don't?? WTF, oh that's right they DO IT!
ReplyDeleteHe's going to take the Clinton tutorial on how to make it look like a suicide or "medical" issue....
ReplyDeleteOh you mean the like the Clintons
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