Pic Of The Moment: Ireland's Prime Minister Gives Trump A Lesson On The True Meaning Of America

[EarlG]

Irish PM shames Trump with stirring tribute to immigrants, as the president stands right next to him

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[Johonny]

1. Oh great, now we're going to have an Irish travel ban.

[OnDoutside]

6. It's OK, I have no plans to travel to the US anytime soon !

[Cha]

32. Leave us to our misery, eh?

rump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishaps

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"One of his statements caused a fair bit of head-scratching: “Americans, especially American Irish, are always trying to endear ourselves to the Irish. Think about it. We went from a president who plays a lot of golf to a president who owns a lot of golf courses,” Ryan said. “That is about the closest thing you can get to royalty in Ireland.”

Link to tweet

MOre...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/17/trumps-questionable-irish-proverb-paul-d-ryans-despicable-pint-and-other-st-patricks-day-mishaps/?utm_term=.a5a4ffffa61a

[tclambert]

21. To be fair, the Irish do have quite a history of terrorism.

Mostly against the English, not Americans.

[Mc Mike]

25. Another county heard from.

[Cha]

31. Here's a stupid quote from paul ryan yesterday.. taking a dig @ President Obama..

rump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishaps

snip//

"One of his statements caused a fair bit of head-scratching: “Americans, especially American Irish, are always trying to endear ourselves to the Irish. Think about it. We went from a president who plays a lot of golf to a president who owns a lot of golf courses,” Ryan said. “That is about the closest thing you can get to royalty in Ireland.”

Link to tweet

MOre...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/17/trumps-questionable-irish-proverb-paul-d-ryans-despicable-pint-and-other-st-patricks-day-mishaps/?utm_term=.a5a4ffffa61a

[benfranklin1776]

39. Paul Ryan a douchebags douche.

Hey prehistoric Paulie we don't respect kings in America since that whole revolution thing, but your King Orangeturd the second spends a shitload more time playing golf than Obama did and isnt 1/1000 the man he is. Of course Paulie again shows his true stripes as a modern day Tory.

[Cha]

40. And, Thank you, benfranklin! Incredible how moronic

all these trump toadies are..

"... blah blah blah royalty.."

[mdbl]

33. I burst out laughing when I saw your post

then i thought "hmmm, he's probably right"

[riversedge]

2. I really do not think TRump is capable of comprehanding the prime minister's words.

[lark]

5. He's not smart enough.

Since Irish aren't brown, he doesn't understand the immigrant comparison, and didn't get the slap thrown his way.

[dalton99a]

9. Sure looks like his processor is running slow

[ailsagirl]

20. He doesn't even look as if he's listening

what a clod

[mdbl]

34. Clod! Why didn't I think of that?

It's a perfect word for him. Thanks!

[ailsagirl]

37. I rather like it but he's so much more

Meantime I keep looking for the perfect word to describe him-- "grotesque" so far outnumbers all others combined!!

But I do like "clod"-- short and sweet

[Control-Z]

13. I agree. It is the first thing that comes to mind.

He and his deplorables hear "blah blah blah, bla bla blah, bla bla blah" like Charlie Brown with his teacher. Charlie Brown at least had the capacity to understand. The maggot does not. Were he the least bit curious someone would have to explain it to him in the most simplistic of terms. Even then: "Nobody knew ________ ________ could be so complicated".

[liberal N proud]

3. Irish immigrants came to America and did the things that no one else would do

They were treated like Mexican immigrants are now.

Proud to have a full Irish heritage.

[Gothmog]

4. K&R

[SpankMe]

7. An outstanding statement by the Irish Prime Minister

A backhanded slap in the face of First Asshole. I love it!

[malthaussen]

8. Can't resist:

-- Mal

[Doreen]

27. I love that movie.

[mdbl]

35. I know a bubba who loves that movie

and doesn't get the point - he just loves hearing the "N" word, even though all it does is make fun of him.

[FakeNoose]

10. Just ban Russian immigrants, I think we're good

No need to ban anybody else.

[Initech]

11. Hey Trump is disrespting the Irish prime minister! He's not wearing a green tie!

Rabble rabble rabble!

Your move, GOP!

[MADem]

30. Actually, the tie includes a very dull green, so one could say he was honoring

the Irish by mimicking the Irish flag--Green tie, white shirt, orange face!

[Honeycombe8]

12. Trumpers distinguish whites from Muslims, though.

They agree with letting white European refugees in. So they won't catch the meaning of these words as applying to the Muslim country refugees.

As for the hispanic immigrants, they will distinguish these words from illegal immigration, since the Irish came here legally, for the most part.

Trust me...these words will float right over Trump's head.

[IronLionZion]

14. The whole day was full of culturally insensitive nonsense

considering that Pence, Ryan, Conway, and Spicer are Irish-Americans.
They talked about how golf must be from Ireland (Scotland) and it's great that Trump owns a lot of golf courses.
Trump recited his favorite Irish poem, except it was from a Nigerian person.
Paul Ryan brought out a flat headless pint of Guinness and used the wrong Irish words in his toast.

The people of Ireland petitioned their leader to skip the US event this year because Trump is such an asshole

[bdamomma]

16. ryan is a stupid ass too.

these repigs are not diplomatic at all.

[Doreen]

28. Yeah, I am not a beer drinker but even I noticed the bad head on the

Guinness. You do NOT mess with their Guinness.

[bdamomma]

15. did rump not say anything again

he is just horrible, didn't shake hands with Angela Merkel, he is totally disinterested and stupid he needs his ass to be thrown out of the country.

He just only loves and admires Putin.

[Doreen]

29. He did in the end but she would not let him touch her enough to

do his stupid testosterone filled hand shake. I really do not think she really wanted to touch him anyway.

[gopiscrap]

17. Excellent

[ailsagirl]

18. EXCELLENT!!!

Do you think the clod got it? He looks like he's spacing out...

[yuiyoshida]

19. That look on Trump's face....

He misses his PUTIN SO BADLY!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. That's the difference between Drumpf and Merkel

Merkel stared Putin down.Drumpf kisses his hiney.

[3catwoman3]

22. Watching that masterful summation was as much fun...

...as seeing Justin Trudeau deflect Trumplethinskin's stupid handshake technique.

Let's hear it for the Prime Ministers!

[Bill USA]

23. Wow! A beautiful statement.

[Fritz Walter]

24. Regarding Ryan's and Conway's Irish ancestry

St. Patrick drove their ancestors out of the Emerald Isle.

[montana_hazeleyes]

26. hee hee

[coeur_de_lion]

38. This made my day -- my week

Thank you for posting EarlG!