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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 12:51 PM Nov 2017

Trump Touts Vietnam as 'One of the Great Miracles of the World'

Source: Voice of America



Last Updated: November 11, 2017 10:29 AM
Steve Herman

HANOI, VIETNAM — U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Vietnam Saturday, saying the southeast Asian nation is "one of the great miracles of the world."

Trump's remarks were made at a state banquet in the capital of Hanoi, the latest event on his five-country Asian tour. Trump, who arrived in Hanoi Saturday, told dignitaries he toured parts of the country, which he said "is really something to behold."

After the nearly 20-year Vietnam War that killed millions of people, the country's economy has been among the world's fastest growing since 1990. Its gross domestic product has grown nearly 6.5-percent annually in the 2000s, according to the World Bank.

On Sunday Trump is to have meetings with Vietnamese President Tran dai Quang and other leaders.

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-in-hanoi/4110750.html



On Veterans Day, no less.
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Trump Touts Vietnam as 'One of the Great Miracles of the World' (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
: onecaliberal Nov 2017 #1
Jesus, that orange fuck jb5150 Nov 2017 #2
The vast majority of Vietnamese now support capitalism; a huge change from just 25 yrs ago. 7962 Nov 2017 #3
North Vietnamese were always more nationalists than communists Yavin4 Nov 2017 #6
Exactly. "enemy of my enemy" and all that 7962 Nov 2017 #7
Not according to Human Rights Watch: Kingofalldems Nov 2017 #8
Link to story. USA Today, not trump. 7962 Nov 2017 #9
What a stupid a$$ bdamomma Nov 2017 #4
When they meet, Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #5
Wrong country, wrong time, wrong man weydowner Nov 2017 #10
Gee, and it only took 58,000 of our very best HAB911 Nov 2017 #11
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
3. The vast majority of Vietnamese now support capitalism; a huge change from just 25 yrs ago.
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 01:24 PM
Nov 2017

Vietnam has actually looked to the US for support against China for several years. They never wanted to fight the US to start with. You can blame the French and our generosity for the war. Minh was an ally during WW2 and after the war simply wanted independence. But France insisted on keeping them as a colony, the other Allies agreed to look the other way and we all know the rest.
Capitalism has spread in Vietnam over the last couple decades; hence their expanding economy

Yavin4

(35,354 posts)
6. North Vietnamese were always more nationalists than communists
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 06:19 PM
Nov 2017

But, we, very tragically and stupidly, supported the corrupted Southern government. They turned to whomever would help them secure their independence.

Kingofalldems

(38,359 posts)
8. Not according to Human Rights Watch:
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 06:53 PM
Nov 2017
https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

Torture, forced labor, stolen land. Graphic video at link.

Where on earth did you get your info from? Trump is LYING.

bdamomma

(63,650 posts)
4. What a stupid a$$
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 02:06 PM
Nov 2017

man, what the fuck, a miracle?????? why because he was deferred for bone spurs!!! he was too busy chasing skirts while Americans were being killed in a rich white mans war!!! He can go to hell!!

weydowner

(100 posts)
10. Wrong country, wrong time, wrong man
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 08:59 PM
Nov 2017

Why is the bloated fool even going to Vietnam? The Philippines I can understand, China, yes, Japan, yessish, but a country that was practically destroyed and impoverished by the mighty USA (and still lost, ignominiously and shamefully), no.

For the first time ever, I feel some sympathy towards N Korea.

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