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Donald Trump’s Asia trip was a total disaster

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President Donald Trump does the “ASEAN-way handshake” with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left, and Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte during the opening ceremony at the ASEAN Summit in Manila. Andrew Harnik/AP

President Donald Trump on Monday is wrapping up his 12-day trip through Asia, a tour in which he fell into myriad traps and created even more problems for his already beleaguered administration.

The goal of the trip, according to the White House, was to “[strengthen] international resolve to denuclearize North Korea, [promote] a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and [advance] American prosperity through fair and reciprocal trade.”

Trump instead received a host of negative headlines for his own behavior, and even saw the United States get shut out of a trade deal that could hurt its economy, experts told the Financial Times.

The problems began in China, a few days into his stint abroad.

Trump allowed Chinese President Xi Jinping to avoid press scrutiny by agreeing to block reporters from asking questions during a joint appearance at the insistence of the Chinese. That eschewed a bipartisan tradition from past presidents — including Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — to force Chinese leaders into facing the media.

“The Chinese try this every time,” Jay Carney, who served as press secretary under former President Barack Obama, tweeted of Chinese attempts to avoid reporter questions. “It’s a test of will and principle. Letting them dictate press access is an embarrassing capitulation.”

Trump also dropped much of the tough talk against China, a recurring element of his campaign, when meeting face to face with Chinese leaders. In the past, Trump had criticized Obama for not labeling the nation a currency manipulator, and said the U.S. allowed China to “rape our country.”

Trump, on his first trip to the nation as president, also did not label China a currency manipulator. And he said he doesn’t blame China for what he has called unfair trade practices, instead saying he gives them “great credit” for taking advantage of the U.S.

“After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for benefit of their citizens? I give China great credit,” he said.

Then came Vietnam.

It was here where Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin — away from the eyes of the media, who were largely blocked from the APEC CEO Summit that the two presidents and other world leaders were attending.

And he again suggested he believed Putin’s denials about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election over his own intelligence community’s assessment.

“He said he didn’t meddle,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling within Vietnam. “He said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. But I just asked him again, and he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they’re saying he did.”

Trump went on to call some former U.S. intelligence leaders “political hacks” while defending Putin.

Trump also attacked those who were aghast by his decision to take Putin’s side over his own country’s intelligence community, tweeting, “When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.”

In a tweet half an hour later, Trump began personally insulting North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.

“Why would Kim Jong Un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’” Trump tweeted. “Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!”

Getting other Asian countries to help convince Kim to not launch nuclear missiles was a major part of his trip.

Then came his final stop in the Philippines, where some were wondering whether Trump would confront Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte for his human rights abuses, which includes extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals, drug addicts and journalists.

Trump didn’t publicly criticize Duterte, though, and instead laughed at Duterte for calling reporters “spies” and blocking their questions on human rights.

While the White House says “human rights briefly came up” in Trump and Duterte’s private talks, Duterte’s camp disputes that the topic was discussed.

Finally, on top of all the other negative headlines, Trump saw the U.S. get shut out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which many assumed to be dead after Trump withdrew from it in January. The TPP, agreed to by 11 countries, is likely to strengthen China’s economic position in the world, experts told the Financial Times.

Trump's Asia trip began with another awkward handshake — and only got worse from there
 

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T r u m p is definitely a coward.
All talk and puffed out chest.
He disgusts me.


EDIT: Oh look we have a trump supporter in our midst groaning everyone
Weak loser
 
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Trump is the queen of projection and the living embodiment of white men f-ck up then fail up.

All that talk he did about how Obama was weak & made America a laughingstock & he goes and remove America from its leadership position in the world and stands on the sidelines as a true laughingstock. One disturbing thing about his trips is he always jokes w/ leaders of nations w/ limited press freedom about how the press is the enemy. American presidents have generally used international trips to encourage a free press around the world.

It seems other world leaders realize that if they flatter Trump's ego w/ an over the top show, he'll overlook America's interest to praise them.
 

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TRUMP BUMP? Poll Indicates Rise In President's Popularity During Asia Trip

President Donald Trump's Asia trip may, in fact, be an all-around success for the embattled president. According to at least one daily tracking poll, the president's approval rating has jumped up to nearly 50% during his first official tour abroad.

According to the Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll, 46% of voters now approve of the job Trump is doing while 53% disapprove.

Rasmussen attributes the change to good economic news that emerged just before the president boarded Air Force One for his foreign trip. It also seems to indicate that Trump's supporters are pleased with how he handled recent weather crises and two recent mass shootings. Rasmussen mentions that the most recent jobs report indicates that unemployment has fallen to a long-term low of just 4.1%.

Tuesday's daily tracking poll is supposed to deliver a definitive look at how Americans feel about the president's interaction with aggressive foreign powers like China and Russia. So far, though, Americans seem to view Trump's trip to Asia as a success, despite media efforts to highlight only Trump's faux pas.
 

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TRUMP BUMP? Poll Indicates Rise In President's Popularity During Asia Trip

President Donald Trump's Asia trip may, in fact, be an all-around success for the embattled president. According to at least one daily tracking poll, the president's approval rating has jumped up to nearly 50% during his first official tour abroad.

According to the Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll, 46% of voters now approve of the job Trump is doing while 53% disapprove.

Rasmussen attributes the change to good economic news that emerged just before the president boarded Air Force One for his foreign trip. It also seems to indicate that Trump's supporters are pleased with how he handled recent weather crises and two recent mass shootings. Rasmussen mentions that the most recent jobs report indicates that unemployment has fallen to a long-term low of just 4.1%.

Tuesday's daily tracking poll is supposed to deliver a definitive look at how Americans feel about the president's interaction with aggressive foreign powers like China and Russia. So far, though, Americans seem to view Trump's trip to Asia as a success, despite media efforts to highlight only Trump's faux pas.
Sure Jan.
The gif is so much better.
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Looks like it was a great success with a 92% approval rating


178 votes on a right-wing twitter account. You are desperate this morning boo boo.

TRUMP BUMP? Poll Indicates Rise In President's Popularity During Asia Trip

President Donald Trump's Asia trip may, in fact, be an all-around success for the embattled president. According to at least one daily tracking poll, the president's approval rating has jumped up to nearly 50% during his first official tour abroad.

According to the Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll, 46% of voters now approve of the job Trump is doing while 53% disapprove.

Rasmussen attributes the change to good economic news that emerged just before the president boarded Air Force One for his foreign trip. It also seems to indicate that Trump's supporters are pleased with how he handled recent weather crises and two recent mass shootings. Rasmussen mentions that the most recent jobs report indicates that unemployment has fallen to a long-term low of just 4.1%.

Tuesday's daily tracking poll is supposed to deliver a definitive look at how Americans feel about the president's interaction with aggressive foreign powers like China and Russia. So far, though, Americans seem to view Trump's trip to Asia as a success, despite media efforts to highlight only Trump's faux pas.

Break out the good China! 46% on Rasmussen. Woohoo!
 

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This is actually kind of amazing. Trump is a fool, but there was so much more to the trip than this.
 

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How many country-to-country partnerships did Trump enter into?

I hear 11 countries, including Japan, Australia, Mexico and Malaysia, revived the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, a multilateral agreement championed under the Obama administration but abandoned by Trump. So it looks like everyone is getting their life without the US.
 

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Actual all video evidence shows the contrary. They rolled out the red carpet. They love him. Your source is something called "mic.com"
Do better
 

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People all around the world love and respect this guy. Obama would get disrespected and dissed abroad on his trips abroad
 

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Actual all video evidence shows the contrary. They rolled out the red carpet. They love him. Your source is something called "mic.com"
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Yea

There were interviews from experts. When they rolled out the red carpet, it was open mockery lol

They used his stupidity to make him and his supporters think they like him. He has made 0 deals from this trip lol he was basically a tourist lmao
 

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Eff the visuals, I'd like to know what they say about him behind closed doors.

We all know they made all sorts of comments about "his arms too short to box with God" ass.

He didn't do anything of importance for the country and as usual, made everything about him.
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It was a complete success for Putin and Trump. Complete privacy to discuss the further dismantling of American democracy and the paint by number steps to achieve it. Not to mention furthering their money-making business plans.
 

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Actual all video evidence shows the contrary. They rolled out the red carpet. They love him. Your source is something called "mic.com"
Do better

Did you even read the article?
The trip was not about how liked he is, the worlds leaders laugh behind his back btw, but to do what he promised his voters and fellow repubs. He did not and made no deals. They know how to please him by giving him attention that is all. He got his ego stroked but that is not success for a president abroad trying to make deals.

Mic.com is a very reliable source fyi.

Do better!



People all around the world love and respect this guy. Obama would get disrespected and dissed abroad on his trips abroad


No, Obama got sh!t done even though he had to fight the repubs all the way. Obama was then and still is very liked abroad and was not disrespected.

I am sure Trump has fans as a businessman since he seems to have made a lot of money and there are ppl who like that and mistakenly think that makes him a great man but very few respect him as president. Most ppl see him for the blowhard he is and fear his uncontrollable twitterfingers and childish temper will lead us all into WWIII.
 

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I wish we had a classy educated President, who knew how to act and spell. I am so sick of this bloated toad.
 

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