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Australian PM Turnbull mocks Trump

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Malcolm Turnbull mocked Trump this week.

How do you feel about this? Do you expect other Heads of State to follow suit?

 
Regardless of how I feel about trump; a foreign body mocking our leader is an insult to America.
 
This is why the global elite are losing the arguments so badly.
 
ModerateRN said:
Regardless of how I feel about trump; a foreign body mocking our leader is an insult to America.
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As someone born and raised in the United States, immersed in American Culture and familiar with stories concerning Trump previously disrespecting Turnbull , I do not consider Turnbull's mocking of Trump an insult to America. He merely insulted Trump, not America.

Thank you for your forthright answer.
 
ModerateRN said:
Regardless of how I feel about trump; a foreign body mocking our leader is an insult to America.
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And if America and Americans are not grown up enough to see something like this w/out seeing it as an 'insult', it's a sad commentary on both.
 
ModerateRN said:
Regardless of how I feel about trump; a foreign body mocking our leader is an insult to America.
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Being offended by a person mocking seems pretty thin skinned... not very American.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Being offended by a person mocking seems pretty thin skinned... not very American.
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The best and the brightest should be on WAY better behavior than this.....THAT'S the problem.
 
Malcolm Turnbull mocks Donald Trump in leaked Laurie Oakes video


Mr Turnbull impersonated the US President at the Canberra press gallery's Midwinter Ball on Wednesday night. . . .


Traditionally, the prime minister and the opposition leader of the day deliver satirical off-the-record speeches at the ball. But footage and audio of Mr Turnbull mimicking Donald Trump was leaked, causing a media frenzy over whether or not the Prime Minister might have angered the US President. . . .


Fairfax Media photographer Andrew Meares - the president of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery - said it was disappointing the audio had been leaked.

"The Midwinter Ball is a private event hosted by the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and attended by guests from all parties and corporate sponsors. The Ball has raised over $3.8m for charity since its inception," he said.

"Our guest speakers, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, speak on the understanding that their words remain 'off the record'.

"The event has a long tradition of being a light-hearted evening with a strong tone of self deprecation. The leaders' speeches this year reflected this sentiment brilliantly.

"The Ball Committee is disappointed that some guests at the Ball have not complied with the non-publication request."​
 
Trippy Trekker said:
Malcolm Turnbull mocked Trump this week.

How do you feel about this? Do you expect other Heads of State to follow suit?
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I thought it was pretty funny.
 
ibelsd said:
I thought it was pretty funny.
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It was hilarious. Respect has to be earned. Trump is under the illusion (one of many) that it is an entitlement. When (more likely if) he ever learns to respect others, he just might start getting a little in return.
 
ModerateRN said:
Regardless of how I feel about trump; a foreign body mocking our leader is an insult to America.
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Laughably thin.
Why is it when people get after someone when they say, "He's not MY president" they B-slap the poor dude?
So you can have it both ways? You can't say he IS EVERYONE'S president and then proceed to tell us our country cannot be mocked because he is?
Our president is absurd and everyone knows it.
We are being laughed at all over the world.
We need more B-slapping like this... our voting purgatory.
Hurt me!
Hurt me more.
 
Ya im pretty sure that was just a hand gester like "hey" im speaking to you. And the audio is a dubbed overlay of someone else.
 
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