Kelly wanted eggs bacon and spam
Trump is at the NATO meeting embarrassing us all, as usual.
President Trump kicked off his trip to Europe with a biting critique of the United States’ longtime allies, declaring at a breakfast meeting that Germany “is captive to Russia.” Next to him, three of his senior officials seemed uncomfortable at times, pursing their lips and glancing away from the table.
I watched the video this morning, feeling ill as always – he looks like an intrusion, an eruption, a mistake. He looks like the one person in the room who does not belong there – a passing Tupperware marketer who wandered in by mistake.
In the clip shown above, Trump begins by citing German imports of Russian gas as evidence that “Germany is totally controlled by Russia.” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg remains stoic as Trump lays out his complaint, but U.S. ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly look uncomfortable. Hutchinson appears to avert her gaze from her NATO colleagues sitting across from her, while Kelly looks down, then shifts his body and glances away, lips pursed tightly.
Of course, it’s impossible to say exactly what was going through the minds of Trump’s aides.
In a statement to The Post, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “[Kelly] was displeased because he was expecting a full breakfast and there were only pastries and cheese.”
NATO must immediately increase its spending on full breakfasts for visiting Americans, all the way up to 4%.
Bloody Hell. The man helped into the Whitehouse by the Russians, who is destroying the US Justice Department to avoid the possibility it may find some link, however incidental, between his campaign and Russia, accuses Germany of being captive to Russia! Gaaaaah…..
Would it be better if Kelly were actually pouting about the menu while his president spoke about important issues?
Skeletor, of course it would be better if Kelly were actually pouting about the menu while his president spoke about important issues; because that would be the kind of thing that his president would do, right? Being embarrassed about what his president is saying, though, that would be a dangerous idea for anyone to contemplate. The Dear Leader’s words are the Best Words. Always.
I dunno, I see Skeletor’s point on this. It’s a cultural imposition to think that pastries and cheese don’t constitute a full breakfast.
If true, that’s a fucking childish thing to be pouting about at an important meeting which is critical to the US strategic interests. And if false, it’s a very stupid lie to tell, painting a military man as a wilting flower who can’t cope without his specifics tastes being catered for in all situations.
Either way, the administration looks awful. But the MAGAt’s don’t care, I suppose. They probably are squealing with joy about the whole sordid episode.