THE SHOVE HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD: President Trump At NATO Asserts 'America First' Literally • Now The End Begins

THE SHOVE HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD: President Trump At NATO Asserts ‘America First’ Literally

President Trump had earlier put his weight behind his first handshake
with France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, gripping and torquing his
way on Thursday through the crucial moment in their budding
relationship.

by Geoffrey Grider May 25, 2017

A
Trump moment went viral for the wrong reason on Thursday as he and the
leaders of 27 other NATO member countries assembled for a photo at the
treaty organization’s gleaming new Brussels, Belgium headquarters.

EDITOR’S NOTE:
This is one of the reasons I voted for Trump, to not act like a
politician, to not stand on excessive ceremony, and most of all to put
America first. But shoving aside the leader of another country so he
could get his desired position in the photo op takes everything to a
whole, new level. Go Trump!

As President Trump made his way
through the group to take his position in the front row next to
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Duško
Marković was in his way. So Trump put his hand on Marković’s upper arm
and shoved him aside.

Montenegro is not yet a NATO country. Its
membership becomes official on June 5. The ‘family photo’ was planned
with assigned positions for 31 people: the 28 heads of state and the
Montenegrin, plus Stoltenberg, and the king and prime minister of
Belgium, the host country.

Trump, Stoltenberg and the Belgians
were set to be front-row center, with British Prime Minister Theresa May
on Trump’s other side. Marković – the new guy – was placed in the back
row on the far right end.

Donald Trump found the prime minister of Montenegro in his way on Thursday, so he shoved him aside:

President
Trump was seen as a party pooper at the NATO summit, lecturing his
fellow heads of state about their deadbeat nature and the need to secure
their borders in the fight against terror.

‘You have thousands
and thousands of people pouring into our various countries and spreading
throughout, and in many cases we have no idea who they are. We must be
tough, we must be strong and we must be vigilant,’ the president told
them.

And he groused that ‘NATO members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations.’

‘Twenty-three
of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be
paying,’ he said, ‘and what they are supposed to be paying, for their
defense.’ ‘This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United
States,’ he said, ‘and many of these nations owe massive amounts of
money for past years.’

Trump had earlier put his weight behind his
first handshake with France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, gripping
and torquing his way on Thursday through the crucial moment in their
budding relationship.

They shook hands for a full five seconds
while camera shutters clicked, pumping their fists 16 times in a seeming
battle of the phalanges.

Their knuckles turned white, their eyes
met, their jaws clenched. Trump ultimately released first, leaving
Macron to hang on to his open hand. Macron, the youngest French head of
state since Napoleon, has held office for just 11 days.

But Trump,
who is fond of winners and considers ‘loser’ to be the ultimate insult
for murderous terrorists, seemed to give him his stamp of approval –
moments before the younger president brought up global warming to jab
him.

Just a month ago, he suggested that far-right French
presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was the ‘strongest’ candidate ‘on
borders, and she’s the strongest on what’s been going on in France – a
reference to terrorism.

Thursday he was firmly on Team Macron.

‘It
is my great honor to be with the newly elected president of France, who
ran an incredible campaign and had a tremendous victory,’ he said. ‘All
over the world they’re talking about it.’

‘We have a lot to
discuss,’ Trump added, ‘including terrorism and other things.
Congratulations. Great job.’ The two men did their best grip-and-grin at
the Brussels residence of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium. source















THE SHOVE HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD: President Trump At NATO Asserts 'America First' Literally • Now The End Begins