I don't know if I'll say much about the sorry summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jung-Un. The next weeks, months, and years will be necessary to sort out what it really means, if anything.
I'm still stunned (another word for appalled) by what happened at the G7 summit. Trump's nuttiness was in full gear.
European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump's G7 statement - but they're not surprised
“How is it possible to work this way if once you have agreed to something, two hours later the guy decides he doesn’t agree with what he agreed with?” said François Heisbourg, a former French presidential national security adviser. “Is there any space for a multilateral order under these circumstances?”
Dana Milbank, of the Washington Post, had a great, funny column after the farce was over:
Finally a President with the guts to stand up to Canada
"Trump bravely punished Canada by withdrawing the United States from the communique of the weekend’s Group of Seven meeting, which was hosted by Trudeau. The communique Trump rejected is loaded with objectionable provisions such as “a clean environment,” “a healthy, prosperous, sustainable and fair future for all,” “quality work environments,” “a more peaceful and secure world” and “ending violence against girls and women.” In other words, it was like all the other bad, terrible, crazily made, one-sided, miserable deals that make us the laughingstock of the world — such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, NATO, the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal."
It'd be funnier if it wasn't so terribly sad -- and terribly bad.
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