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— European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, telling President Trump that they “need to refrain from further punitive tariffs or they would foolishly harm themselves.”

Reagan Warns against Trumpism in 1988: Beware Demagogues Who Declare Trade War against Our Friends

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Jon Ponder

We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag.

Transcript via Snopes:

Looks like Moscow’s up to its old tricks again,
Trying to split the U.S. and Europe over Ukraine.
Somehow they recorded it,
And Nuland really said it.
We heard her say, “F**k the E.U.” clear and plain.

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EU Prez Made Trump Blink

“If you want to be stupid, I can be stupid, as well.”

— European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, telling President Trump that they “need to refrain from further punitive tariffs or they would foolishly harm themselves.”

Reagan Warns against Trumpism in 1988: Beware Demagogues Who Declare Trade War against Our Friends

We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag.

Screw You, E.U.!

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Well, if you’re a white male Christian cisgender macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as secretary of Defense. That’s apparently what we’ve learned from this episode.”

— Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice bucked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s intelligence following weeks of scrutiny over leaks at the Pentagon amid massive spending reductions at the Department of Defense, The Hill reports.

“Let’s be honest. This uncertainty, this chaos, is no accident. The president of the United States has chosen. Chosen to destroy the federal government’s ability to help people.”

— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), quoted by The Hill.

— Will Saletan

“We live in a moment when our freedoms are once again under attack from the highest office in the land. We see things that would be familiar to our revolutionary predecessors: the silencing of critics, the disappearing of people from our streets, demands for unquestioning fealty.”

— Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D), quoted by the Boston Globe.

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59%

A new AP-NORC poll finds 39% have a favorable opinion of Donald Trump and 58% have an unfavorable view. Similarly, a majority of the public disapproves of Trump overall as president, 59% vs. 39%. Those numbers are lower than Joe Biden’s when he left office.

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