Quote Originally Posted by BananaStand View Post
He got CNN anchors to tout his successful diplomacy. How does that look in your eyes?

If the headline today were "Trump: Narcissist", then you would probably have a point. But it's not. The headline today is that Mr. Ball is an ungrateful dickhead, and Trump saved the day.

You have an exceptionally bad case of Trump Derangement Syndrome if you think that successful diplomacy should somehow make Trump look bad.

PS - if getting these boys released was an innocuous an exercise as you claim it is...then it could have been done by any of hundreds of government officials or diplomats. Instead, you have CNN saying "none of this was for certain until Trump got involved"

Securing their release is NOT a simple exercise. These guys went into a soveriegn country, broke their laws, faced lawful prosecution and punishment and then said "Nah, you should let us go cause that's what would happen in America"

If you think ANY foreign leader, let alone China, sees that as a small deal.....you're out of your mind
Like I said, ANY president would have done the same thing. And who cares if CNN says it's a big deal or not, they're fake news remember?

You make it sound like Xi is so simple that he was just wowed by Trump's charm into letting them go. As if he did it not in the best interests of his country, but because he wants to be BFFs with Trump. Get real.

As for arguing with the kid's dad, yeah it makes him look like an idiot. But what else is new?

You're giving Trump supreme credit for doing his job, and ignoring the fact that he spending a lot of time he SHOULD be doing his job arguing with some mental case on the internet. If my boss came into my office and found me tweeting shit to some students' father who i'd helped somehow but was being ungrateful, they'd be like 'wtf?'. But if Trump does it you guys think 'wow what a hero'