Popular Post webfact 135555 Posted May 19 Popular Post Share Posted May 19 OPINION | by Michael Bridge First, there was Donald Trump who ruled the world during his Presidency via Twitter and people thought he was a bit off his trolley. Then you have Kim Jong-un the President of North Korea who likes to send up missiles like its bonfire night and is now refusing help while thousands of North Koreans are dying or starving. Thailand’s PM once commented about a murdered tourist on a Thai island should have not been wearing a bikini. But Sir she was on holiday!!! Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The Philippines is not far behind with newly President Elec Ferdinand Marco Jr, who has the most unusual video doing the rounds. It was aired last week on the John Oliver show in America, showing a video of Marcos Jr’s wife explaining to a reporter when he decided to run for President. “It was while we were watching the Marvel Movie Ant-Man that Marcos Jr decided to run for President.” Really!!!! God save the Philippines. British PMs seem to continue the line of eccentric. Gordon Brown apparently ate for kit kats a day then switched to nine bananas, Margaret Thatcher went through twenty-eight eggs a week to cut carbs and to lose weight. Now we are seemingly stuck with party-going PM Boris Johnson who also got on well with Trump. Perhaps because they both had very weird haircuts. Oh, and leaving the best to last, let’s not forget President Putin who loves to go bear chested and holds on to one meetings with visiting VIPs at an exceptionally long table. Maybe Netflix should get them all together for a reality series. Any suggestions for a title? -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-20 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaijack2014 333 Posted May 19 Popular Post Share Posted May 19 I can add to this list my own prime Minister Rutte from the Netherlands about whom I hear he's a controversial leader. Than the previous German chandler Merkel and finally (but not the last) the Brazilian president Bolsonaro, who denied Covid-19 same like his friend Trump did.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr 4959 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Of they all meet, call the netflick s title, Odd balls meet. No, not politically correct. Oops Never mind. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel 11808 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 It maybe politically correct to call those leaders eccentric, but how about considering the millions of absolute loonies running around freely on this planet who actually voted them all in ? 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman 52318 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 'Doesn't hurt !' (screams like a girl inwardly) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blazes 5109 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 (edited) Talking of hair, why omit Mr Joseph Biden, who has spent most of his public life sniffing the hair of unwilling (to-be-sniffed) women.... Edited May 20 by blazes mis-spelt Mr B's name 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli 40622 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, webfact said: Maybe Netflix should get them all together for a reality series. Any suggestions for a title? Muppet show? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom 1186 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, webfact said: That limp handshake appears to be frustrating Trump. Looks like he's holding a wet noodle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz 5436 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I think that the quality of leadership, especially in the West, is deplorable. These are people not even qualified to run a lemonade stand. The EU is particularly bad, where there are not competent leaders and the unelected Commission are self serving and don't give a toss about the citizens they are supposed to serve. A senile idiot former in the US....and an overgrown lying toddler in the UK. Scott Morrison who just recently threatened to invade the Solomon Islands, who just did a deal with China he didn't like.....and Trudeau....what can you say after his deplorable and illegal treatment of the trucking protest. Damn them all. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric Loh 22365 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 24 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said: I think that the quality of leadership, especially in the West, is deplorable. These are people not even qualified to run a lemonade stand. The EU is particularly bad, where there are not competent leaders and the unelected Commission are self serving and don't give a toss about the citizens they are supposed to serve. A senile idiot former in the US....and an overgrown lying toddler in the UK. Scott Morrison who just recently threatened to invade the Solomon Islands, who just did a deal with China he didn't like.....and Trudeau....what can you say after his deplorable and illegal treatment of the trucking protest. Damn them all. The voter turnout is a good indication of the people disillusion with the quality of their politicians or the platforms they present. Countries that have above 75% of the voting age population showing up to cast their vote seem to indicate that they have trust in their leaders they elect. On one scale, you have countries like Belgium , Sweden and South Korea while on the opposite scale are countries like UK (63%) and USA (55.7%). Got to mention that USA 2020 election saw about 20 million more votes than 2016 that unanimously voted out Trump. Purely my observation. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster 10788 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 As the saying goes " Not all the Lunatics are locked up in the Asylum" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton 818 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Odd they missed out Biden and other lefties, not one of them included 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 54480 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 I am not sure I would have used the term eccentric, which I normally consider to be an appealing quality. Who wants vanilla, anyway? Boring! Some of the people you named certainly qualify as emotionally stunted, dangerous, and bizarre. Eccentric seems like too much of a compliment for retrogrades like Bolsonaro, Putin, Kim, Prayuth and Trump. More like childish, power hungry, and diabolical in nature. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF 21556 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 3 minutes ago, proton said: Odd they missed out Biden and other lefties, not one of them included Exactly. No mention of Ardern and Trudeau? Absolute Loons the pair of them. Sturgeon? A Narcissist of the highest order. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JetsetBkk 9044 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 17 minutes ago, proton said: Odd they missed out Biden and other lefties, not one of them included Not odd at all - this place is full of lefties/democrats. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCauto 2420 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said: and Trudeau....what can you say after his deplorable and illegal treatment of the trucking protest. What you can say is that the majority of Canadians fully approved of the disposal of that trash. Hey, let's coopt your own rhetoric, since y'all tried to import dumbocracy Amurrican-style into a civilized social democracy - "Canada, love it or leave it!" 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes 5109 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 38 minutes ago, Eric Loh said: The voter turnout is a good indication of the people disillusion with the quality of their politicians or the platforms they present. Countries that have above 75% of the voting age population showing up to cast their vote seem to indicate that they have trust in their leaders they elect. On one scale, you have countries like Belgium , Sweden and South Korea while on the opposite scale are countries like UK (63%) and USA (55.7%). Got to mention that USA 2020 election saw about 20 million more votes than 2016 that unanimously voted out Trump. Purely my observation. You forget to add that Trump had 10 million more votes than he had in 2016 against Mrs Clinton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes 5109 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 4 minutes ago, JCauto said: What you can say is that the majority of Canadians fully approved of the disposal of that trash. Hey, let's coopt your own rhetoric, since y'all tried to import dumbocracy Amurrican-style into a civilized social democracy - "Canada, love it or leave it!" The vile Trudeau would give his odd socks to have the approval ratings of Joe Biden (and we all know how high the latter are!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaoleBoy 1277 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 12 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: Not odd at all - this place is full of lefties/democrats. Since you mention democrats you must come from the US and possibly in one of the fringe extremes. These fringes are getting bigger (left and right) every day though ... I would venture to say that most Dems / Repubs in the US are just left of center / right of center. Not what you seem to allude to in your post ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric Loh 22365 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 (edited) 50 minutes ago, proton said: Odd they missed out Biden and other lefties, not one of them included Good observation. Perhaps Trump and his eccentric colleagues set the bar too high. Edited May 20 by Eric Loh wrong paragraph 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard 23821 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 29 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: Not odd at all - this place is full of lefties/democrats. Good news, share the wealth, take care of each other... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JetsetBkk 9044 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 40 minutes ago, HaoleBoy said: Since you mention democrats you must come from the US and possibly in one of the fringe extremes. These fringes are getting bigger (left and right) every day though ... I would venture to say that most Dems / Repubs in the US are just left of center / right of center. Not what you seem to allude to in your post ... Wrong. I'm English. America is screwed. Biden is a brain-dead puppet. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOFphon 628 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Maybe we will all be saved when a UFO materializes and gives us the answers on how to get along. Hopefully their not carrying a cookbook...How To Serve Man... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bendejo 8679 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, Excel said: It maybe politically correct to call those leaders eccentric, but how about considering the millions of absolute loonies running around freely on this planet who actually voted them all in ? Worry not, soon to be a thing of the past in the US, at least. It is being arranged that the electors of each state be chosen by their state governor, and I don't have to tell you which side is arranging it. The choices of the general public will no longer matter. "Y'know, these results don't look right, I'm re-assigning the electors" Marcos redux in the Philippines, ugh! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 2481 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 20 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said: Maybe we will all be saved when a UFO materializes and gives us the answers on how to get along. Hopefully their not carrying a cookbook...How To Serve Man... I see yiu are a Twilight Zone follower , for others who don't get the reference " 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JCauto 2420 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, blazes said: The vile Trudeau would give his odd socks to have the approval ratings of Joe Biden (and we all know how high the latter are!). Don't see what makes him "vile", as you are one of the "fact-free" posters here, but one thing I'm pretty sure he has (which Biden unfortunately does not) is until October 2025 to win back his popularity. With the Conservatives trying to imitate the idiots to the South, he's practically assured another term simply because we're not extremists or fascists and Rupert Murdoch hasn't been able to poison our atmosphere with his lies. You should try living in a civilized country where you don't need a "concealed carry" license to feel safe and they're not trying to make women chattel again. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaoleBoy 1277 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, JetsetBkk said: Wrong. I'm English. America is screwed. Biden is a brain-dead puppet. Why bring up "dems" if you're not from US? I agree Biden is not worth much, but better than the last dimwit ... England is any better with your bozo Johnson running things along with the Tories? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag 9667 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 8 hours ago, Pedrogaz said: I think that the quality of leadership, especially in the West, is deplorable. These are people not even qualified to run a lemonade stand. The EU is particularly bad, where there are not competent leaders and the unelected Commission are self serving and don't give a toss about the citizens they are supposed to serve. A senile idiot former in the US....and an overgrown lying toddler in the UK. Scott Morrison who just recently threatened to invade the Solomon Islands, who just did a deal with China he didn't like.....and Trudeau....what can you say after his deplorable and illegal treatment of the trucking protest. Damn them all. The, for you obviously unpalatable fact, is that all the national leaders you named are qualified for the jobs they hold, along with Messrs Biden and Marcos mentioned in previous posts. This is because the countries they lead are democracies ( of various sorts) and their leaders have all been elected! In a democracy that is the only qualification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebike 4734 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 8 hours ago, Pedrogaz said: like.....and Trudeau....what can you say after his deplorable and illegal treatment of the trucking protest. Huh? Please elaborate on the illegality. I'm all ears. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide 14276 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Come on guys! Don't worry! There are still plenty of uneccentric and quite boring leaders! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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