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You must be respectful." potty-mouthed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
The Chinese enjoy their petty torments. Barack Obamas 10th and last excellent Asian adventure (a final meaningless oriental photo-op) has met with unexpected snafus. Upon airport arrival Chinese officials failed to provide the customary portable staircase for any U.S. president to disembark from the upper door of Air Force One. Mr. Obama was relegated to a smaller built-in staircase from the back end of the aircraft. The Dalai Lama would say this is Mr. Obamas karma for directing his holiness to a back door exit by the White House trash heaps in 2010. Apparently the Chinese have returned the disrespect.
The karma continues. In Laos Mr. Obama was to meet with new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. That meeting was abruptly canceled after Mr. Duterte called him a son of a whore" (for Obamas busybody objection to his countrys extrajudicial killings of drug dealers.) Leave it to Barack Obama to always side with the criminal element. Support of his corrupt would-be successor Hillary Clinton comes to mind.
Speaking of respect Donald Trump said If that were me Id say You know what folks I respect you a lot lets close the doors lets get out of here." If Mr. Trump succeeds Mr. Obama there will be no repeat bowing and scraping apology tour. Like Ronald Reagan Mr. Trump will always command respect. For starters that means politeness from hosting regimesand entering or leaving with the appropriate stairways.
David L. Hunter is an Associate Editor at Capitol Hill Outsider. Hes on Twitter and blogs at davidlhunter.blogspot.com. He is published in The Washington Post The Washington Times FrontPage Mag and extensively in Patriot Post Canada Free Press and American Thinker.
David L. Hunter is an Associate Editor at Capitol Hill Outsider. Hes on Twitter and blogs at davidlhunter.blogspot.com. He is published in The Washington Post The Washington Times FrontPage Mag and extensively in Patriot Post Canada Free Press and American Thinker.