America is now officially a Third World dictatorship.
Here is Ivanka Trump sitting next to Xi Jinping, Theresa May, Angela Merkel, and, best of all, Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 summit in Hamburg on Saturday:
The Twitter user who posted it – Svetlana Lukash, a G20 Russian sherpa – has now deleted the tweet.
Trump officials rushed in to explain.
Ivanka was sitting in the back and then briefly joined the main table when the President had to step out, and the president of the World Bank started talking as the topic involved areas such as African development — areas that will benefit from the facility just announced by the World Bank. When other leaders stepped out, their seats were also briefly filled by others.
So that’s one interpretation.
Another is that this is just batshit crazy nepotism, blatant flouting of international norms, and another sign that Trump sees the US more like a family-owned business and less like a country.
Here’s former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to explain things in the simplest possible terms:
This is strange. Very strange https://t.co/2vmuMTMzcB
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 8, 2017
Hilariously, Trump said the following about his daughter just an hour before that photo was taken:
President Trump praises daughter Ivanka at G-20 Summit: "If she weren't my daughter, it would be so much easier for her" pic.twitter.com/Q8F9C0MNUF
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 8, 2017
Next up: Eric will be negotiating at all future bilateral meetings…
Amazing photo.
Angela has a look on her face like where the hell did that dumbf@ck run off to now??
Can someone explain this conflict….”Trump officials” rushed in to explain when other leaders also stepped out, their seats were also filled briefly by others ….like that is a normal thing. However, the former US Ambassador to Russia commented “Strange, very strange”; seems like he would know if that was a normal thing — those statements seem to conflict.
Sounds more like the Fool was having trouble following the conversation, loosing interest in the meeting, attention span of a gnat, too many big words, needed to pee, where am I and how did I get here, I need a Diet Coke, squirrel !!
– Murphy
Look at Xi, he is like, “I am surrounded by idiots, so I might as well take a nap”
my favorite is Erdogan who doesn’t even notice, because dictators don’t see anything weird about having their kids stand in for them on the world stage
That comparison to Butt-Head is insulting to Butt-Head.
http://www.alternet.org/culture/americans-think-trump-idiot?akid=15841.2667530.tFmaAY&rd=1&src=newsletter1079385&t=4
Back home some real insight for Trump and the republicans to ponder.
Curt, thanks for the website — I think I like this one…. and btw….. I guessed the #1 most popular word right off the top! Lots of good stuff here…..ya’ll check it out!
– Murphy
Ivanka, the shoe designer and daughter of Donald Trump never seems to miss an opportunity to show off her sexy body. Sitting nearly half naked among men all buckled up to their necks is the best show biz in this day of insaneTrump. How times have changed!