Hot dogs not daube de bœuf à la provençale
Trump doesn’t have time to fill vacancies at FEMA and NOAA because he’s so dang busy planning things like a “Pittsburgh not Paris” rally in Lafayette Park. (Wait, Lafayette? Isn’t that some damn frog name? Couldn’t they have found a good Murikan-name park to hold a rally at?)
President Donald Trump’s campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States’ withdrawal from a global climate agreement.
The Fairfax County Republican Committee and the Republican Party of Virginia are sponsoring the rally in Lafayette Square, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to an announcement from the Trump campaign.
Yeeah! And while we’re at it, Detroit not Dijon, Buffalo not Berlin, Milwaukee not Milan, Akron not Athens. Those stinking Yurrupeeans got nothing to teach us.
“As you know, the President has been under siege from the mainstream media and the Democrats, especially now that he put American jobs first by withdrawing from the Paris Accord. Therefore, we are organizing a group to demonstrate our support for President Trump and his fearless leadership,” the invitation reads.
Liars. Informed word is that the Paris Accord and the efforts to improve energy technology will result in more jobs, not fewer. It’s only if you think that mining coal is good for its own sake that you object to this transition.
Trump didn’t even go to the rally outside his back door. He went – you’ll never guess – golfing.
While Trump is at his golf club, the “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally has kicked off with “dozens” of Trump supporters who gathered to express their support for Trump’s decision to pull out of the landmark Paris Agreement.
Whole entire dozens.
Dozens gathering to support President Trump at WH. Shouts of, Pittsburgh Not Paris! pic.twitter.com/8HqFvMnkbt
— Tom Vanden Brook (@tvandenbrook) June 3, 2017
What, no shouts of “Fore! not Firenze”?
Moscow, not Middlesbrough?
I’ll bet the residents of Paris, Texas are pissed. Isn’t it law that Americans have to specify where they’re talking about? Paris, France; London, England; Edinburgh, Scotchland, etc.
Dozens!
ROTFLMAO…
Trump’s supporters might discover that their Leader has scored a Pyrrhic victory, particularly if the suggestion of a carbon tax on US exports ever becomes reality. There’s another development that’s been generally given rather low key treatment by the MSM. The TPP is being renegotiated without US involvement and if ever China replaces America as the main partner, the Middle Kingdom will return to its historical position as the Asia Pacific’s hegemon.
RJW, indeed. What initially surprised me is that the other members are simply signing and ratifying the treaty as it stands, leaving a USA shaped hole in it. I had thought that many of the elements that favoured the US would be excised, along with distortionary effects on trade between other nations that occurred as a result. However, on reflection I assume they are leaving it possible for a future US administration to simply step back in with little or no modification.
Rob,
Yes, I’d agree about the flaws in the TPP, it’s basically an agreement between transnationals. My point was in regard to the possibility of nations signing international arrangements without the US and the precedent that might set for future diplomacy. China would be ready to fill the void. although it’s probably even less committed to free trade than the US. The Middle Kingdom is a far more formidable rival to the US than the Soviet Union ever was. Of course it’s impossible at this stage to understand whether Trump’s chaotic administration is a symptom of US decline or simply an aberration and after Trump the situation will return to business as usual. Only time will tell.
I’m too old to learn Mandarin.