I'm trying hard to think how we’re safer but coming up with nada.
@georgetakei I haven't felt this unsafe since waiting to be drafted for Viet Nam
@georgetakei he is playing good cop so european leaders like Sanchez can be bad cop, but isn’t Trump clearing out their military bases in some european countries? So soon Rutte doesnt have to suck up anymore ig, and he can say what he really thinks lol its good that a leader is this humble for the sake of ukraine and europe’s safety tho I respect mark for it but yh its annoying i also get that lol trump is annoying AF ffs
@georgetakei I want to know what Rutte is smoking ... must be a good stuff
@georgetakei The only reason that makes sense is spelled E-P-S-T-E-I-N, but is pronounced "world peace". English is a funny language.
@georgetakei First the Dutch knew that Rutte is a spineless self-serving opportunist, then Europeans knew it, and now you USAmericans know.
@georgetakei Road safety might be up because people can't afford to buy gas.
@georgetakei living in the rectum of the big orange leads to a blurred vision of the reality.
@georgetakei Heard a psychologist on the radio today. Sucking up to a malignant narcissist is a losing strategy. Sober, factual statements is the safest long-term tactic. However, the narcissist rage will hit whenever his will is not fulfilled 100%, and fulfilling his demands is impossible. Trump will shift the blame when reality hits, and lash out at whoever happens to be in his sight. Trump will be in denial about reality and about his own responsibility, mentally like a toddler.
@georgetakei Rutte is making a joke, there is a game called diplomacy, eventuell if for example the usa do not participate any longer.
@georgetakei Rutte has to go, this is insane!
@georgetakei Oh if it isn’t bootlicking Europe sellout Mark licking the boot and selling out! 🖕🏻🤬🤬🤬🤬
@georgetakei Yeah, sure, if by "the world" you mean "the military-industrial complex," by "safer" you mean "wealthier and more powerful," and by "leadership" you mean "willingness to commit atrocities and generally just make the world a worse place to live for the vast majority of people in order to make a few of his closest business acquaintances slightly more wealthy."
You probably need to define safer. But I really don't see how we are safer.
@georgetakei dit is toch wel een pareltje. VOC-mentaliteit in optima forma. Het land is trots op hem, met zo'n sterke leider als #MaffiaMaatjeRutte gaan we de oorlog wel winnen. Kan niet wachten op de golf van complimenten in de internationale media als die doorkrijgen dat #WimLex en #maxima een pyamaparty met veroordeeld verkrachter en uitbundig gedocumenteerd kinderverkrachter ( #EpsteinFiles? ) #DonCorleoneTrump in de resterende helft van het #WhiteHouse gaan houden. Zou #Melania ook meedoen?
@georgetakei They say lies in headline form, and their programmed base takes it as truth - same playbook as history shows pootins media destruction, same well-to-do and easily-swayed-to-violence crowd slurping it up. They are not processing things well, because of the state media lies and spin (before 2016 it was just their status and insulation that detached them from reality).
@georgetakei its a damn sight more expensive
@georgetakei I'm Dutch. Don't get me started on this Rutte character. 🤐
@georgetakei I'm trying to think of one way the United States or the world is better off since Trump took office...
Anyone?
@georgetakei Rutte is in Trumps pocket
@georgetakei i guess it’s a bit like how getting one’s cancer diagnosis is better than not getting checked?
Rutte is a worse lapdog to Trump than Lavrov is for Putin.
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The way the men responsible are betraying the values of democracy to not enrage the wicked man in the west is abhorrent.
They are lost cowards, all of them. Unbelievable.
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Rutte is on another planet. How depressing that he’s anywhere near any decision-making process. You can’t make decisions if you don’t recognise reality.
@georgetakei Rutte is just brownnosing Trump cos he's trying to hold NATO together. :blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
@georgetakei Rutte is a liar. Fact. Everybody here in the Netherlands has seen the evidence and knows it.
He promised to restore confidence (in him)... didn't happen. All he did was get angry when people referred to his lying.
I have no idea why anybody would think making him head of Nato was a good idea. 🤮
@georgetakei This is a really easy one.
He didn't mention us at all.
The answer to this question very much depends on who you think the world should be safer for. You, George, are the one who said "us". He did not.
@georgetakei I think Rutte is right.
The situation in the Middle-East was unsafe to begin with. In that sense, no big changes except Iran is dealing to rebuild etc.
Other big side-effect: because of the complete shitshow of the current US administration lead by Trump, Europe woke up. Spendings on defence was never this high, so in essence Rutte is right (and probably somewhat sarcastic).
@georgetakei Are they forced to drink the kool-aid, or do you think they drink it willingly???
@georgetakei I wish Europe would grow some balls. All those years of subservience has made them weak. The EU is huge, diverse and potentially very powerful. #Europe
@georgetakei Jake - ask the question, "For WHOM?!" Watch Rutte sputter. Who is safer? Vile white men, pedos, rapists, fascists and Isreal.
#Normalization of #Fascism by willing enablers. #Trumpistan. #Rutte #NATO.
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@georgetakei Dude! This is the leadership you're talking about that got us into this war. I mean...
@georgetakei Rutte is doing his best to keep Trump from pulling the U.S. out of NATO. If that means lying to Tapper... It's for a good cause.
@georgetakei Can't you just keep him there?