Thread: G20 Ambush: Let's stump Trump

G20 Ambush: Let's stump Trump

By John Moody
Published July 03, 2017
Fox News

If you think President Trump has enemies in Washington, just wait until he gets to the G20 economic summit later this week in Hamburg. There, world leaders will be lying in wait to ambush the rogue American.

Unlike most sneak attacks, this one is being well advertised. China’s ambitious president, Xi Jinping, is traveling first to Russia, then to Germany in advance of the G20, which he will also attend. While Trump and Xi made nice at their April meeting in Washington, the two economic superpowers have wide differences on China’s support for North Korea, its alleged intellectual property theft, and its gaping trade surplus with the U.S.

Xi won’t be leading the charge against Trump. That honor will go to the host of the summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has been scalding in her criticism of Trump, especially since he withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord, and criticized Merkel for admitting tens of thousands of Middle Eastern refugees to Europe.

And that doesn’t even factor in the strategy of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who will try to align himself with other European leaders, effectively freezing out Trump. Never mind that Russia has drawn strong criticism for annexing the Crimea and propping up Syria’s Bashir Al Assad. When it comes to Trump, the enemy of my enemy…

“I don’t think the three of them see themselves as a group,” says Sourabh Gupta, a Washington-based policy analyst at the Institute for China-America Studies. “China and Germany both have current account surpluses, and an intensive economic relationship. To that extent, they will find common cause at the G20 against Trump.”

Gupta says Merkel bears part of the blame for the sour start to her dealings with the American. “Other countries like Japan have gone out of their way to keep a healthy relationship with Trump. But Merkel hasn’t done that. She has been kind of snooty and seems to be waiting for Trump to grow up and act like a mainstream politician.”

For his part, Putin is playing coy about the possibility of meeting Trump one-on-one at the summit. White House advisors are playing down that prospect, in case Putin snubs the American at the last minute. Trump may imagine that he can turn on the charm and sway the Kremlin’s master. Good luck with that. First he’ll have to get past Frau Merkel and Xi, neither of whom seem to have succumbed to the Orange Glow.

John Moody is Executive Vice President, Executive Editor for Fox News. A former Rome bureau chief for Time magazine, he is the author of four books including "Pope John Paul II : Biography."

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Yeah, it's definitely a Trump Against the World deal. They've all been sucking US dry as a bone while expecting US to handle all the wars for them. That crap is over, and obviously they aren't happy.

I hope he has a meeting with Putin, but he may choose to wait. Whatever.

USA is not the World's ATM machine or dumping ground for your people any more.

Slam the border shut for the next 20 years, keep our checkbook on our soil...and make better deals

The Gravy Train is OVER

20 trillion in debt and 30 million to deport off our soil

I just don't think the EU is in a Reality Mode any more. The strength of Europe has been weakened by this EU form of government that's drawing them into this dangerous and I believe disastrous world of globalism. The most active ones are throwing their own citizens under the bus for a "welcoming" immigration policy and sadly tainting their relationship with the United States over that policy, Paris Accord, trade, NATO and Russia. They sit there having their little tea parties and kraut festivals criticizing the United States, while the United States deals with massive invasions, Syria, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, terrorism and massive trade and budget deficits.

Dow is up 135 points already, up t 21,485.

AAA says US travelers will be breaking a record this July 4th.

Rasmussen Poll has our President holding steady 2 days in a row at 46%.

Mitch McConnell remains confident that the Senate will pass a good health care bill before August recess, Mike Lee says it's possible one could be passed as early as next week.

Americans who want Obamacare repealed want freedom, privacy, jobs and lower taxes to bring our jobs back and create new ones. That's the bottom-line. GET R DONE. QUICK!!! Next week, so we can finish Tax Cuts and Tax Reform before August recess.

Trump's got this figured out, he had it figured out before he ran for President, he figured this out a long, long time ago. So for those still waking up to a new world every day like a bunch of ducks selling books, sit down, shut up, wait for orders, then execute the plan. You'll never regret it. Freedom, privacy, jobs and money are winners, every day of the week and twice on Sunday ... in the United States.

DemoQuacks want t ask "who we are", well, THAT's "who we are". We're The Americans, and it's damn time we started acting like it. Now, GET R DONE. QUICK! QUICK! QUICK!! You snooze, you lose. Simple as that. Law of the Universe.

Oh my God, just checked the Dow again and in the time it took to write my post, it climbed over 21,500 and up now by 160.

GO TRUMP!! GO GOP!! GET R DONE.

Dow up to 21,540, up 190 and it's not even lunch-time yet.

Our stock traders and their customers love their Trump and the Trump Agenda. They love HIRE AMERICAN, BUY AMERICAN. They love fixing these stupid bad trade deals, securing our borders and deporting illegal aliens. They love AMERICA FIRST!!

These are pension funds, investment funds, 401K funds, private investors, corporate investors, shareholders, it's everyone who owns a stock, a bond, a job with a pension or employer related 401K fund.

Congress, you better friggin deliver too. Or you'll have hell to pay in 2018 and 2020.