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A tale of three loose-tongued politicians

Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- One is American. Another is anti-America. The third has just sneaked in and out of America; he and America are strange bedfellows at the moment. But Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte and Thaksin Shinawatra have at least one thing in common: Their boasting and provocative comments know no bounds.

 

Trump's "race to the bottom", as his opponents term it, is in full throttle, although as far as he is concerned there is no bottom in sight. His political incorrectness is testing everyone's limits with each passing day, but what seems like lunacy may actually be his "all-in" strategy. In fact the "locker-room" remark that sent Republicans running in horror from his presidential campaign might actually help him come November.

The remark, made a decade before he became a presidential candidate, was caught on tape as he was about to appear on a TV programme. Somehow reporters got their hands on the recording and it went public just a few days ago. The content seemed like a death sentence for his presidential ambition, but Trump quickly hit back at those disgusted by what he said, calling them "hypocrites".

 

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I thought the definition of politician was hypocrite.

Interesting that the US government appears to have again issued a visa to the billionaire ex Carlyle Group Wall Street connected pro American trade treaty criminal disgraced former PM.

 

If. as she probably will, Hilary becomes next POTUS, expect more Shin support. The American rich elite want their backed elites running things in their favor.

 

World politics - you're either in with the bankers and financiers or not.

Of the 3 mentioned, past actions by 2 in their business deals that went bad for the other investors/partners, should have gotten them confined to a debtors prison cell for a few years.  Con man comes to mind when I see or hear about any of them.

 

I once heard a loud mouth man who had a answer for everything, described as having a alligator mouth and a humming bird as.....

9 hours ago, webfact said:

But Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte and Thaksin Shinawatra have at least one thing in common: Their boasting and provocative comments know no bounds.

Only a Thai politican can go to jail for such comments.

Vive la difference.

4 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

I thought the definition of politician was hypocrite.

I wish they would hypodermic them all. 

Politicians used to be respected, rather like religious leaders were too, but both sets of people have through corruption and misdeeds lost all credibility.  This is why relatively few people bother to vote or attend church services. They just do not see the point!