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[Trump's] choice for defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, stressed his support for the alliance in his U.S. congressional confirmation hearings last week.

Trump’s views, in an interview with German daily Bild and The Times of London, contradict Mattis, Steinmeier said.

Gabriel suggested Europeans exhibit more self-confidence in dealing with Trump. “We’re not weak and inferior,” he said.

This is not at all amusing. I'm deeply concerned about his learning curve, and I doubt the US can afford to wait for that blowhard to get educated.

Note to participants here:

Two or three individuals (frugal and layman are two) consistently give my posts thumbs down regardless of what I might post.

Feel free to counter their trolling with an up vote for my posts (where you deem that worthy) and a down vote for theirs (where you deem it deserved).

This is not at all amusing. I'm deeply concerned about his learning curve, and I doubt the US can afford to wait for that blowhard to get educated.

to have disagreed with him a lot.

Because in the case of these two, particularly frugal, it's a part of the trolling behavior.

blatham wrote:

You're speaking of the Politifact "lie of the year" award. They said:

Quote:

"Obama's ideas on health care were first offered as general outlines then grew into specific legislation over the course of his presidency. Yet Obama never adjusted his rhetoric to give people a more accurate sense of the law's real-world repercussions, even as fact-checkers flagged his statements as exaggerated at best.

And as we know, he apologized for this. Do you predict Trump will admit he got something wrong and apologize?

And let's recall that the subsequent lie of the year was awarded to "Obamacare is a government takeover of healthcare". Are you going to join them in that
one?

Perhaps Obama was offering his descriptions of his healthcare system as a "general outline" however it didn't appear that way in his oft repeated and very emphatic assurances about keeping your present plan & doctor. In addition the other provisions in the law, and actions of the bureaucracy administering the program to consolidate medical practices, hospitals and other service providers, as well as issue mandates effectively wiping out numerous insurance programs were themselves a direct assault on the very promises Obama made.

I don't know what constitutes the "politifact lie of the year" , and frankly I don't either care or accept its presumed authority in the matter.

As to the "takeover of healthcare " bit , (1) it isn't relevant to the question at hand, and (2) I made no such assertion. It is however the takeover of a major segment of the health insurance market, pervasive in its effects of all the rest of the health care insustry, and an unsustainable financial & bureaucratic failure for the industry.

now insured who weren't before.

Blatham you forgot the the Georgeob1 troll.

Ha, dignity and Trump in the same sentence. Pass the pepto bismo.