From flattery to concessions, every detail was arranged to minimize the risk of a diplomatic incident at the NATO summit in The Hague.
Did anyone else see the footage of Trumpty Dumpty arriving at whatever palace it was (ETA Huis Ten Bosch) and having to walk between two liveried âfootmenâ on the red carpet at the foot of the steps to the entrance?
One was black and one was a woman. You will not convince me that that was not entirely planned and deliberate on the part of the Dutch.
(Sorry - could not find image.)
But he prefers the pomp and ceremony to the actual agenda:
Yeah, this is the most frightening aspect to it for me because how in hell do you prove a negative?
Oh it is easy. The ICE Kapo, I mean, agent start to ask you questions about any topic online people care and you start to make a surprised face. He soon will learn you donât care about social media.
I wouldnât be surprised if in the (very) near future they employed Palantir to supply an (automatically generated) dossier on the social media presence of everyone on the arrivals list and then check your answers against that. If they donât overlap exactly your visa is rejected, no matter how inaccurate the AI dossier actually is.
He looks so dejected and infirm.
One thing to bear in mind is that a BBS is not social media. BBSs preceded socials and are defined separately.
âŚand concentrating hard on not tripping (what with the lifts, the incontinence hose, diapers âŚ)
Thatâs my concern, too!
As were the stairs. Iâm not going to watch, but I hope there were a lot of stairs. At least 100 just to enter, then the events on the top floor with another 100 stairs between each floorâŚ
Eta: frosty beverage for @theophrastus
Ron Wyden (or at least his social media staff) got in on the action too.
I actually wish I could read the rest of the article, but Iâll agree with Sylvie Kauffmann the it is time to change tactics.
Hey rest of the world? Donât treat trump like that. All youâre doing is rewarding bad behavior and heâs just going to get worse. (Read the poem Dane-geld by Rudyard Kipling to gain a little insight into this. There may be one or two other small examples from European history you can read up on.) I suggest you treat him like something smelly youâve accidentally stepped in out in the street. Itâs still far more than he deserves, but itâs a good start.
And just pissed off at having to pass through a âportal of wokeâ to get to the palace. 
It looks like heâs misjudging the height of the risers and stepping too high.
Wonderful, thank you!
Unless Iranâs main ally, Russia, steps in for a word or two. May still be useful to make Krasnov look good.
Exacerbated by being flanked by a Black man and a woman.
Foiled again! @anotheroldbbaccount blazed that trail.
At this rate, my cousin in Queens, Noel, can demand a ceasefire and, just as rightfully, expect a Nobel Peace Prize.
I think NATO is quite happy with him being preoccupied with other stuff.