I'm not sure where the video is hosted is the issue here...

To whom's benefit? The US have been receiving a poor deal with Europe.

Europe draws them into two world wars because of their historical ties. Then they spend many millions of dollars building Europe up after WW2 where they lose many thousands of dead. Then America spends god knows how much money defending Europe during the cold war.....specifically so it doesn't have to be drawn into a foreign world war again.

I differ massively from you contention that wealth equals responsibility....Know that you expecting wealthy people to act responsible. There's no way to compel them....just look at China.....oh and that's a juicy one I'll get to.

America's allies are full of 'useful idiots' as we have just seen in London. Like I mentioned, things given for free end up being treated with contempt. Europe is rich enough to be defending itself....it's a damn cheek that Germany spends 1 percent on defence.....Russia spends way over 5 percent. Indeed only us and France and maybe the Greeks even take defence seriously.

America has been taken advantage of for decades since WW2.

Now I read you reply.....and we differ but until you wrote this I thought it was just a different perspective. Then you wrote this and I nearly choked on my tea.

You deserve criticism for what you wrote there. I will repeat again, China is the second biggest economy by GDP yet it gives not too fecks about 'responsibilities and acts only in its self interest. Yet you praised its leader here and as far as I can tell you create a double standard for the US.

You speak about 'acting' statesmanlike as if that matters two fecks.....really.

Ok, here I'm going to write up just some of what I know about China.

China has no freedom of expression. People are scared of state police who look for comments made against the government. They pursue and lock up anyone criticising the government and a percent never come back.

China restricts its population's access to information. It's people can't use browsers in the way you can, everything is filtered. Try asking about Tiananmen Square in China! It bans the accessing of foreign information and websites just as it bans foreign companies and spies on and steals their intellectual property.

China persecutes people for religious beliefs. Protestant churches are banned for example.

China persecutes Tibet....a country it forcibly annexed and continues to ethnically cleanse. It is replacing Tibetans with Han Chinese and at some point this century this country will no longer exist as Tibet with its former culture.....that's happening now.

Independent trade unions are illegal in China.

Women's reproductive rights are still under heavy control of the state.

Land rights in China are also very much a tool of the state.

The repression of freedoms in Hong Kong.

The threatening of its neighbours such as Taiwan and others.....the building of illegal islands expanding its territory to stake international sea claims.

But....it's leader speaks with care and listens to his advisers.

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Jul 2018 7.52pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The 'Deep State' are crapping themselves.
Trump is here to 'out' them.

Great viewing

Buy Litecoin.

I can’t believe that you or anyone expects me to give a counter argument. There shouldn’t be need for one. The bloke is an absolute c*** who has no coherent answer to anything that he does. Yet you support him. Think that says more about you than me.
Stop focusing on me and others on here and discuss the topic of the thread, Donald Trump.
What do you make of the Putin/Russia speech debacle?

Edited by Brentmiester_General (18 Jul 2018 7.11pm)

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

There you go again.
All I've seen you post is 'this bloke is a t***, that lot are t***s'.

Is that the extent of your reasoning?

I don't support Trump beyond the fact that he defeated the 'establishment' and has shown up the liberal/Left for the witless f***s they really are. They can't handle the fact that he won. Just like Brexit.

Not to mention very entertaining.