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Trump Blocks Argentina Tribute To Jimmy Carter

Thebobo

Lifer
What a vile little man. His ego is so fragile that he can't sand see another president honored.

http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2017/04/2...ecoracion-a-jimmy-carter-por-pedido-de-trump/ - Tranlate page.

"WASHINGTON, April 29, 2017—Argentine President Mauricio Macri planned to award President Jimmy Carter the Order of the Liberator General San Martín, the highest distinction Argentina awards a foreign person, during his visit to Washington this week. However, the award ceremony was cancelled after an explicit request by the Trump administration, according to several reports.

Carter was nominated for the award by former Argentine ambassador to the U.S., Martin Lousteau, for Carter’s work to strengthen human rights during Argentina’s military dictatorship in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The award was announced in the Argentine government’s Official Bulletin in March, and it was later decided that President Macri would preside over an award ceremony during his visit to Washington in April.

The award ceremony was abruptly cancelled days before Macri’s visit. The official explanation for the cancellation was scheduling problems, but a source in the Argentine government who spoke to CNN Español on the condition of anonymity stated that the ceremony was cancelled at the specific request of the Trump administration for a delay.

The source also told CNN that Macri chose to comply with the request to “avoid conflicts” and to discuss issues that were important to both administrations."

http://www.arbiternews.com/2017/04/29/trump-rejects-argentina-tribute-jimmy-carter/
 
Wow... Sad.

Trump did flex his influence and had Argentina bend over and take it without argument though.

Don't know which is sadder.
 
I think Trump hates Carter because his Habitat for Humanity undermines Trump's lifelong wetdreams about exploiting and ruining the lives of poors, minorities, and minority poors.
 
Again I'm not a Trump guy but this (second link English version) is pretty vague. I'd wager if it was a similar story about Obama asking a award to Regan be rescheduled there would be more fact checking going on.
While I don't think this is an unbelievable request from Trump who appears to be the most image conscious President in decades at the minimum. I am suspicious of that link.
 
Another anonymous source? Seems legit.

Do you honestly think CNN just makes stuff up out of thin air?
If it turns out to be completely untrue what do you think the White House is gonna do to them?

The news is NOT making up shit about Donald Trump. Perhaps sometimes they share opinions on whether his actions are good or bad and those opinions can definitely be biased, but nobody in real journalism has fabricated stories about the guy.
 
Do you honestly think CNN just makes stuff up out of thin air?
If it turns out to be completely untrue what do you think the White House is gonna do to them?

The news is NOT making up shit about Donald Trump. Perhaps sometimes they share opinions on whether his actions are good or bad and those opinions can definitely be biased, but nobody in real journalism has fabricated stories about the guy.

He thinks all news sources are like where he gets his news from.
 
He thinks all news sources are like where he gets his news from.


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Do you honestly think CNN just makes stuff up out of thin air?
If it turns out to be completely untrue what do you think the White House is gonna do to them?

The news is NOT making up shit about Donald Trump. Perhaps sometimes they share opinions on whether his actions are good or bad and those opinions can definitely be biased, but nobody in real journalism has fabricated stories about the guy.

Well, I can't read Spanish much, but yeah, I think CNN (insert any news org you like) does "just make stuff up" from time-to-time.

Do you think Trump can actually "block" the country of Argentina from giving an award to someone? I don't.

Sounds like a scheduling thing to me. Maybe if Argentina wants to give an award to someone they should schedule it themselves down in Argentina.

Fern
 
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