Kamis, 05 Desember 2019

‘The world is laughing at President Trump’: Joe Biden highlights viral NATO video in campaign ad - The Washington Post

Former vice president Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, released a new campaign ad late Wednesday highlighting the NATO video in a blistering critique of Trump’s ability to lead on the global stage. Biden’s campaign also mocked Trump’s repeated insistence that the U.S. requires a president who isn’t a “laughing stock,” ending the ad with a graphic that read, “We need a leader the world respects.” By early Thursday, the roughly minute-long video had been watched more than 4 million times.

“The world is laughing at President Trump,” Biden tweeted. “They see him for what he really is: dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership.”

The pointed ad marks the continued fallout after Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other dignitaries were caught on camera Tuesday engaging in a brief exchange apparently about Trump that quickly spiraled into an international incident. On Wednesday, Trudeau, Macron and Johnson were forced to field questions about the candid conversation and Trump was described as “the scorned child on the global playground” and “a sulking, brooding president,” The Washington Post reported.

Set to dramatic instrumental music, Biden’s ad opens with Trump grinning and flashing a thumbs up as he stands flanked by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.

But the video quickly cuts to the Tuesday footage of the leaders at Buckingham Palace and their animated conversation.

“World leaders caught on camera laughing about President Trump,” a narrator says.

“Several world leaders mocking President Trump,” another speaker says. The video zooms in on Macron talking before jumping to a close up of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte mid-laugh. Other clips show Johnson and Trudeau smiling.

The ad then calls attention to other occasions where Trump has been met with derision from foreign leaders, including video of the president addressing the U.N. General Assembly last year, where his remarks were met with “audible guffaws” from audience members, The Post’s David Nakamura reported.

“A president the world is laughing at,” reads all-caps text superimposed on footage from Trump’s address.

As videos of Trump play, Biden slams the president, calling him “insincere, ill-informed, corrupt, dangerously incompetent, and incapable, in my view, of world leadership.”

“And if we give Donald Trump four more years, we’ll have a great deal of difficulty of ever being able to recover America’s standing in the world, and our capacity to bring nations together,” Biden says over images of himself with foreign leaders such as Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In a Wednesday tweet, Trump defended his behavior at the summit, writing, “I got along great with the NATO leaders.”

“The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to belittle my VERY successful trip to London for NATO,” Trump tweeted, adding that there was “only deep respect” for the U.S.

Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, hit back at Biden over his own foreign policy credentials.

“As the President has said, Joe Biden claims that foreign leaders have told him they want him to win the election. Of course they do,” Murtaugh wrote in an email to The Post. “They want to keep ripping off the United States like they did before Trump became President.”

The viral video from Buckingham Palace offered Biden a chance to highlight a regular theme from his campaign: emphasizing his foreign policy experience, while slamming Trump’s handling of global relations. In November, Biden’s campaign touted endorsements from 133 foreign policy experts and former officials who supported the former vice president as the “best antidote” to Trump, The Post’s Josh Rogin wrote. Days later, Biden accused Trump of “shredding our alliances” during an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon.

At an event in Ames, Iowa, earlier on Wednesday, Biden had declined to directly attack Trump’s NATO performance, citing his stance that presidents shouldn’t be criticized while they are on foreign soil, WHO-DT reported. “What happened in the recent NATO conference has disturbed me. Really, really disturbed me,” he said.

But less than an hour after Air Force One delivered Trump back to the U.S. Wednesday night, Biden dropped his ad.

On social media, the video was met with mixed reactions. Some praised Biden’s team for creating what one person called “the best anti-Trump ad I’ve seen yet.” Others warned that the ad would only inspire a similar video from the Trump campaign centered around Biden’s numerous gaffes.

Viewers, however, did appear to largely agree on one thing: Trump would not be pleased.

“@realDonaldTrump is going to explode,” one person tweeted.

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House Judiciary Committee holds impeachment hearing - CBS News

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  1. House Judiciary Committee holds impeachment hearing  CBS News
  2. Melania Trump: Lawyer who invoked Barron Trump's name for laughs at impeachment hearing 'should be ashamed'  Fox News
  3. Democrats' new impeachment message: Expel Trump now  CNN
  4. Is Trump's impeachment rushed? Why Democrats need to ditch their current timeline  NBC News
  5. Gregg Jarrett: Impeachment-obsessed Democrats ignore logic and law as 4 professors testify at hearing  Fox News
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2019-12-05 11:51:24Z
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Pentagon denies US mulling 14,000 more troops for Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The Pentagon has denied a report that the United States was weighing sending up to 14,000 more troops to the Middle East in the face of a perceived threat from Iran.

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday reported the possible deployment would include "dozens" more ships and double the number of troops added to the US forces in the region since the beginning of this year, citing unnamed US officials.

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The newspaper said US President Donald Trump could make a decision on the troop boost as early as this month.

But the Pentagon disputed the accuracy of the report.

"To be clear, the reporting is wrong. The US is not considering sending 14,000 additional troops to the Middle East," spokeswoman Alyssa Farah tweeted.

The region has seen a series of attacks on shipping vessels and a drone and missile attack on Saudi oil installations in September, blamed on Iran.

Washington has already ratcheted up its military presence in the Gulf and expanded economic sanctions on Tehran, elevating tensions across the region.

In mid-November, the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in a show of force aimed at reassuring allies worried about the Iran threat.

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In October, defence chief Mark Esper announced that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defence batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,000 new troops.

A senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday there were indications Iran could potentially carry out aggressive actions in the future, amid simmering tensions between Tehran and Washington.

"We also continue to see indications, and for obvious reasons I won't go into the details, that potential Iranian aggression could occur," John Rood, the Pentagon's number three official, told reporters.

Rood did not provide details about what information he was basing that on, or any timeline.

"We've sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression," Rood said. 

Two US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said there was intelligence over the past month indicating that Iran was moving forces and weapons in the region.

It was not clear what specifically Iran was looking to do with the movements, they added.

One of the officials said part of the concern was Iranian activity inside Iraq, which is experiencing anti-government protests.

Earlier on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country was willing to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme if the US first drops sanctions, which have hampered the country's economy and may have contributed to recent domestic turmoil sparked by fuel price hikes.

Speaking at a defence conference in Manama, Bahrain on November 23, General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, said the US does not have all the resources it needs to cover the Middle East region.

"There is a lot of water to cover. Simply put, we don't have sufficient resources to be where we want to be in the right numbers all the time," he told the annual Manama Dialogue on regional security.

But McKenzie rebuffed criticism that Washington has been disengaging from the region.

"We have a carrier in the theatre, we've reinforced Saudi Arabia," he said.

"So I'm not sure I would agree with the narrative of abandonment or a narrative of walking away."

"Clearly the United States has different global priorities and this is probably not the highest global priority, but I think it remains a very important thing for the United States," he added.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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Rabu, 04 Desember 2019

Candid video appears to show Trudeau, Macron and Johnson joking about Trump - The Washington Post

“Is that why you were late?” a smiling Johnson asks Macron in the 25-second clip first shared by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

“He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top,” Trudeau chimes in.

Hours before the reception, Trump had turned what were “expected to be brief photo opportunities” with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Macron and Trudeau into “his own personal daytime cable show,” The Washington Post reported. During the one-on-one meetings, Trump clashed with Macron and needled Trudeau over Canada’s NATO spending.

“Trump pronounced, prodded and pushed America’s allies into a state of unbalance — seizing the global stage to both bully and banter, all while keeping himself at the center of attention,” The Post’s Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Michael Birnbaum wrote, noting that the three impromptu news conferences ended up spanning two hours.

At the Tuesday evening reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II inside the palace’s Green Drawing Room, none of the three leaders — who appeared unaware they were on camera — mentioned Trump by name.

After Trudeau’s comments, Macron can be seen replying inaudibly and gesturing.

“You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor,” an animated Trudeau later tells the group.

Suggestions that Trump’s behavior was the subject of the leaders’ conversation sparked pointed commentary and derision on social media. By early Wednesday, the video, which reportedly came from a CBC journalist who caught the moment on a TV pool feed, had been watched nearly 5 million times.

For decades, Trump has publicly expressed concern that the United States is a “laughing stock,” as he tweeted in 2015. The Post found in 2016 that Trump had stated some variation of the criticism at least 103 times going back as early as 1987. During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to change that perception if elected.

Trump had just boasted “that his administration had accomplished more over two years than ‘almost any administration’ in American history, eliciting audible guffaws” from members of the audience, which included a number of world leaders, The Post’s David Nakamura reported at the time.

“Didn’t expect that reaction,” Trump said, drawing more chuckles, “but that’s okay.”

Later, the president reportedly insisted that his statement “was meant to get some laughter,” adding, “It was great.”

Trump has yet to publicly address Tuesday’s video, tweeting early Wednesday only that he “enjoyed” his post-reception meeting with Johnson at 10 Downing Street, where the pair “talked about numerous subjects including @NATO and Trade.” The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The three leaders in the video have been equally silent.

When Trudeau arrived at the summit early Wednesday, he walked briskly by reporters and did not answer shouted questions regarding his remarks allegedly about Trump. Later, as leaders sat down for their meeting, Trudeau could be seen going over to Trump and shaking his hand politely. The two men said something quickly to each other, then Trudeau walked away. Johnson’s office declined to comment to The Post, and representatives for Macron could not be reached.

Meanwhile, social media was flooded with reactions.

Some viewers were shocked to witness the leaders seeming to act like “mean girls,” as one person put it.

“Oh my God,” a Twitter user wrote. “This is quite something,” another person opined.

Others quickly noticed that a member of the royal family was also involved in the exchange, identifying Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, by her distinctive hair. A photograph taken at the reception showed the princess talking to Trudeau and Johnson. Earlier in the evening, Anne was seen in another viral video appearing to shrug off a “scolding” from the queen for not joining the royal receiving line to greet the president and first lady.

Several people warned that Trump would likely retaliate if he saw the leaders appearing to laugh at his expense.

“Trump is watching this somewhere and drafting orders to invade Canada,” tweeted Robyn Urback, a Globe and Mail columnist. “These last 150ish years have been fun, friends.”

“Oh, man, Trump’s going to start World War III over this,” wrote Chicago Tribune humor columnist Rex Huppke.

Still, not everyone perceived the video as a negative reflection of Trump or the United States.

“This is great news for Trump,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham tweeted. “Foreign leaders have been laughing at Republican presidents since Reagan.”

But for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” the gaggle of dignitaries commiserating about Trump was reminiscent of another experience.

Michael Birnbaum in London contributed to this report.

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2019-12-04 11:40:00Z
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Video appears to show world leaders gossiping about Trump - CNN

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2019-12-04 11:10:46Z
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World leaders caught on camera appearing to joke about Trump - CNN

The video appears to show British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte having a laugh about Trump's behavior during the summit.
The 25-second clip, which has gone viral and was first reported by CBC, begins with Johnson asking Macron why he was late.
"Is that why you were late?" Johnson asked.
Macron nodded, as Trudeau replied, "He was late because he takes a ... 40-minute press conference at the top."
At no time in the video do the leaders mention Trump by name, but Trudeau's comment appeared to reference Trump's lengthy remarks to the press during their earlier meeting on Tuesday.
Trump arrives for tough NATO meetings under impeachment cloud
None of the leaders seemed to be aware that the conversation was being recorded, although they were talking openly and loudly enough to be heard by others.
"You just watched his team's jaws drop to the floor," Trudeau also appears to say at one point, though it's not clear which team he was referring to.
Microphones could only pick up snippets of the conversation at the reception, which the press was given limited access to.
Trump spent Tuesday in meetings in London headlined by a clash with a key ally, France. He met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Macron and Trudeau, making extended remarks and taking questions from the press on each occasion.

Clash with Macron

Trump's one-on-one meeting with Macron was remarkably tense as the French President refused to back down from remarks that Trump called "nasty" and "insulting." Last month, Macron had described NATO as suffering from "brain death" caused by American indifference to the long-time alliance.
But the two leaders appeared to be on good terms as they walked onto the road leading to 10 Downing Street together for another reception following the gathering at the palace. It appeared that Trump had given Macron a lift in his motorcade vehicle commonly referred to as "the beast."
The White House declined to comment on the video.
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A spokeswoman for Macron at the Elysée Palace told CNN they had "no comment. This video does not say anything special." A spokesman for Trudeau told CNN they also had no comment to make, and a spokesperson for Rutte also told CNN they do not comment on closed-door sessions.
Trump is scheduled to hold meetings on Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. He's also expected to take part in a working lunch with representatives of Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Bulgaria and the UK.
The President is also scheduled to give a press conference before flying back to Washington.

CNN's Saskya Vandoorne, Kaitlan Collins and Paula Newton contributed to this report.

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2019-12-04 10:50:00Z
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Trudeau, Johnson, Macron appear to be mocking Trump in surfaced video from NATO summit - Fox News

The world's top leaders at the NATO summit in London appear to be laughing at the expense of President Trump in a video that surfaced on Tuesday night.

In a video shared by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and French President Emmanuel Macron are seen with others, including Princess Anne, having a conversation at a reception at the Buckingham Palace about a press conference earlier in the day.

Trump had made an impromptu conference and weighed in on the ongoing impeachment inquiry as well as the fiery exchange he had with Macron over France not taking back any ISIS fighters.

"Is that why you were late?" Boris smirked to Macron.

"He was late because he takes a 40 minute press conference off the top- 'Oh, ya, ya ya,'" Trudeau said, later adding, "You just watched his team's jaws drop to the floor."

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The video went viral on social media, many assuming the world leaders were talking about Trump.

"Can’t get over this video, both for the fact that POTUS hates the thought of anyone laughing at him and for the fact that he long used “other countries are laughing at us” as an attack against his predecessors," New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reacted.

"This happens at every NATO summit with Trump. Every G7. Every G20. The US President is mocked by US allies behind his back," political commentator Ian Bremmer wrote.

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Earlier, Macron and Trump clashed over ISIS fighters.

“I have not spoken to the president about that — would you like some nice ISIS fighters?” he asked Macron, when asked about ISIS fighters from Europe captured in Syria. “I can give them to you, you can take every one you want.”

After Macron’s answer, in which he urged Trump to “be serious” and called for a broader push against ISIS overall, Trump took another swipe.

“This is why he’s a great politician, because that’s one of the greatest non-answers I’ve ever heard,” Trump joked.

Fox News' Adam Shaw and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.

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2019-12-04 08:08:21Z
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