Paul Danahar, the man who runs the BBC's news operation across the Americas and who was previously the BBC’s Bureau Chief in Middle East & Asia, doesn't think the Trump administration's cutting of aid to UNRWA is a good idea:
And if you were wondering what Paul's take on Trump/McCain is (as you surely were), then you need wait no longer:
Remarkable moment at John McCain's funeral as his weeping daughter rebukes President Trump, the only major political figure not present, saying “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great" bringing applause from the congregation. President Trump,the politician, will brush off his ostracism from the US political establishment, symbolised by his absence from McCain’s funeral. But I suspect for Trump the man, who has always wanted the respect of his peers, his absence & isolation will sting him greatly. John McCain memorial is, probably by the design of the man himself, a rallying cry against what in life he saw as the Trump era’s assault on the cornerstones of America life: public service & duty.
Such BS from McCain's daughter. Was America really great? Prior to Trump's arrival on the scene, the USA was suffering an opiate crisis, uncontrolled illegal migration across it borders, widespread us of corrupt electoral practices, a Secretary of State working on an insecure server, growing gangsterism through the Mexican gang MS13, much racial strife through BLM/shooting incidents, high unemployment and a huge decline in home industries and exports. Trump hasn't made good on all these things but he has certainly made some serious progress.
ReplyDelete“Some might say” that using your fathers death for political point scoring is rather poor form. But not the BBC who lapped it up and amplified it with full support.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Some might say that writing a last political testament is pretty bad form as well, especially when you make out you have always been against the building of walls, when in fact you supported the building of a wall along the Mexican border when it suited you politically to do so.
DeleteYes, a funeral is neither the time nor the place for giving vent to bitterness or the raw airing of grievances or settling of scores. The 'objective' BBC hasn't commented on this aspect, presumably, let alone distanced itself from supporting such.
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