CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 23, 2018
THE MEDIA ARE APOPLETIC OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INVITATION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN TO COME TO WASHINGTON. ONE WAG SAID PUTIN CAN VIEW RUSSIAN ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FROM D.C.
THE LEFT AND THEIR MEDIA ALLIES ARE ALWAYS APOPLETIC WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PRESIDENT, BUT OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE MET WITH BAD PEOPLE IN THE PAST. JIMMY CARTER MET WITH YASSIR ARAFAT, A NOTORIOUS TERRORIST, AT CAMP DAVID AND THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT KENNEDY MET WITH NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV IN VIENNA AND RICHARD NIXON MET WITH KHRUSHCHEV ON A U.S. VISIT. NIXON EVEN WENT TO CHINA AND MET WITH MASS MURDERER MAO TSE TUNG.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT MET MORE THAN ONCE WITH JOSEPH STALIN AND RONALD REAGAN MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH MIKHAIL GORBACHEV. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE WOULD MEET WITH LEADERS OF IRAN, BUT NEVER DID.
MEETINGS WITH A FOREIGN LEADER WHO HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, IS NOT BAD. IT DEPENDS ON THE RESULTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP THINKS DEVELOPING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS HELPS ADVANCE POLICIES THAT BENEFIT THE U.S. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. YOU KNOW IF A DEMOCRAT WERE PRESIDENT THE MEDIA AND THE LEFT WOULD BE PRAISING SUCH MEETINGS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
