What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump..He is obsessed with Obama

[HipChick]

“He has no historical view. He is only dealing with these issues now, and seems to think the world started when he took office,” a diplomat told BuzzFeed News, pointing to Trump’s remarks and tweets about defence spending. “He thinks that NATO existed only to keep the communists out of Europe. He has a similar attitude in Asia-Pacific with Japan, ignoring that the US basically wrote their constitution.” During his presidential campaign, Trump called out Japan to pay more for the security US provides, including for hosting the US troops in the country. Japan’s constitution restricts its military options.

They also believe Trump’s foreign policy is chiefly driven by an obsession with unravelling Barack Obama’s policies. “It’s his only real position,” one European diplomat said. “He will ask: ‘Did Obama approve this?’ And if the answer is affirmative, he will say: ‘We don’t.’ He won’t even want to listen to the arguments or have a debate. He is obsessed with Obama.”

Another diplomat said it had proved impossible to discuss serious international issues, such as Libya, with Trump. And seven months into his presidency, the European officials say they are still struggling to figure out who else they can engage with in the US administration.

Describing a meeting between their boss and the president as “basically useless,” they said: “He [Trump] just bombed us with questions: ‘How many people do you have? What’s your GDP? How much oil does [that country] produce? How many barrels a day? How much of it is yours?’”

“He’s not the kind of person you can have a discussion about how to deal with [Fayez] al-Sarraj [the prime minister of Libya]," the official added. "So you look for people around him, and that is where it’s a problem: The constant upheaval, it’s unclear who has influence, who is close to the president."

A number of European officials compared Trump with Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi – but said the similarities end at their inappropriate jokes during meetings.“Berlusconi wasn’t ignorant. And behind him he had officials and a whole government structure you could engage with,” one diplomat said.

The officials revealed that at international meetings, Trump has openly mocked his own aides, contradicting and arguing with them in front of other leaders. That has compounded the impression of an administration in chaos. “We can hear everything, it’s weird,” one diplomat said.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/this-is-why-european-diplomats-think-donald-trump-is?utm_term=.uiNv3gozmG#.vd5QER0nAw

[Vinca]

1. I think Obama's jokes at the Correspondent's Dinner were the sole reason Don ran for POTUS.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Agree 100%. He has such thin skin.

He sure can dish it out with Birtherism though. What an incredible asshole.

[kairos12]

7. Agreed.

[Docreed2003]

3. Thus confirming our worst fears...

The "President" is a thin skinned, ignoramus and a total asshole who has ZERO business being 100 yards from D.C. much less the Oval Office.

[Mr.Bill]

6. That wasn't my worst fear.

My worst fear was that so many people were stupid enough to vote for him.

[Docreed2003]

10. That's true too!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. This is so. And he is pathetic. n/t

[Scarsdale]

9. He is jealous of President Obama.

President Obama has intelligence, class to spare, diplomatic skills, likeability and a HAPPY MARRIAGE. He is well respected, too, unlike the orange ass. He never had money to flash, to attract women, because he would never tolerate gold diggers, he wanted QUALITY, which he got with Michelle. Different as chalk and cheese. One is a treasure, who is welcome anywhere in the world. The other is - well - Donald J (for Jackass) tRump.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. I believe it's pure racism. N/T

[Doug the Dem]

5. Trailer from Oliver Stone's "Nixon"

[thesquanderer]

8. Well there's a shocking revelation for you, not... (n/t)

[uponit7771]

11. The world loved Obama, the world loathes Benedict Donald

[HipChick]

13. He is ignorant...and the world knows it..