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Political and diplomatic vandalism.
BBC News – New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal 'to spite Obama' https://t.co/Zl6FvTyOil

— David T. (@DavidTBangalore) July 14, 2019

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The internal assessment by @KimDarroch was no insult. It truly *is* interesting what he reported. Trump killed the Iran deal to spite Obama. Now we know that Trump with his "button" really is a threat to a world which he confuses with his personal toy. https://t.co/ukp3OIBJdC

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) July 14, 2019

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Friends and Monsters

Leaving South Korea after a wonderful meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un. Stood on the soil of North Korea, an important statement for all, and a great honor!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2019

»It next will be right
To describe each particular batch [of Snarks]:
Distinguishing
※ those that have feathers, and bite,
※ And those that have whiskers, and scratch.«

Lewis Carroll, "The Hunting of the Snark"https://t.co/dCukY792Nx pic.twitter.com/NtMEoLL6kK

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) June 8, 2019

Such friends, as the Beaver and Butcher became,
 Have seldom if ever been known;
In winter or summer, ’twas always the same—
 You could never meet either alone.

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— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) June 30, 2019

And when quarrels arose—as one frequently finds
 Quarrels will, spite of every endeavour—
The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds,
 And cemented their friendship for ever!

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— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 1, 2019

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— Speculawyer 🇳🇴-American (@speculawyer) July 1, 2019

He who fights with monsters might take care
lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss,
the abyss gazes also into you.

(Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 4-146)https://t.co/SYDYcLBHgp

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 29, 2019

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn,
dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird.
Und wenn du lange in den Abgrund blickst,
blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

(Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse, 4-146)

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 29, 2019

If Chairman Kim of North Korea Sees This…

After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2019

After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!

— Buzz Windrip (@PrezBuzzWindrip) June 28, 2019

Given our recent saber-rattling with Iran, my appetite for confrontation with North Korea is extremely low. It wasn’t too long ago when Trump screamed fire and fury and bragged about the size of his nuclear button. But tweeting at Chairman Kim to meet at the DMZ shows weakness.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 28, 2019

I remember a time when America was so respected around the world that it would be North Korea begging for a chance to even have just a telephone call with the President of the United States. Instead seeing Trump groveling and begging to meet over Twitter is humiliating for us.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 28, 2019

How much has our stature as a nation fallen to have a President who lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College with Russian help to then beg for a meeting with one of the most brutal dictators in history by tweeting to say hello and shake hands like a Justin Bieber fan.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

Don’t forget that North Korea falsely accused American citizen Otto Warmbier of stealing a propaganda poster. Just as he was about to leave, they arrested him at the airport, psychologically tortured him, and returned him to the United States in a persistent vegetative state.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

But the regime’s worst crimes are against its own people who are living in a worse dystopia than any Orwellian novel. Children are taught to inform on their parents. Up to 3.5 million North Koreans starved to death in the 1990s. It’s hell on Earth over there.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

Chairman Kim Jong Un clings to power not through respect but through sheer terror. He executes his generals with anti-aircraft guns when they fall asleep during a speech. He sends his citizens to death camps for sneezing the wrong way or even for just nothing at all.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

So it’s beyond a joke that Trump tries to woo Chairman Kim with promises of economic development and even makes cheap videos of Trump-style hotels on North Korean beaches. Kim isn’t interested in making his country rich. He only wants to selfishly maintain control through fear.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

Forcibly removing Kim Jong Un from power would require a total war that could easily leave East Asia in ashes and perhaps even ignite World War 3. But leaving him in power is also unacceptable—creating misery for millions of people. Focus on solving that one, Mr. President.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 29, 2019

G20 2019 in Osaka

I think that this #G20OsakaSummit has to deal with very severe pollution issues. https://t.co/ULb3NK0aeG

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019


 

Dear @Twitter, you suspended @ForeverLogical. But the account @realDonaldTrump with its steady flow of toxic and insulting tweets still is on-line. That Mr. Trump even admires Kim Jong Un and protects MBS! @Twitter, you've got a nasty ethical problem. https://t.co/Xgh2itzYpf

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

I like that Dr. Angela Merkel keeps a big distance to the person who is responsible for the brutal killing of the @WashingtonPost Journalist #Khashoggi. Mr. Donald Trump, however, is close to Mr. Mohammad bin Salman (#MBS). pic.twitter.com/UiOzTKjHXO

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

Pollution obviously is on the agenda of this G20 summit. Positioning is important. https://t.co/XPjKJckDKw

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

There we go: https://t.co/ZmLhKfNnmB

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

And so on. It's quite sickening. https://t.co/U8P5emMHGA

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) June 28, 2019

The Banality of Evil

As a novelist, when I heard about this, I wanted to put a face to it, to understand who could stand up in court and argue for children being denied basic necessities. This is a video of a woman ‘just doing her job’. A cautious bureaucrat, an illustration of the banality of evil https://t.co/EOQiDBG8F0

— Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) June 22, 2019

The banality of evil right here, in real time. – US Department of Justice attorney faces criticism over 'sanitary conditions' argument for people in CBP custody https://t.co/NIs1iG1JN0

— Chris F. (@fnytv) June 22, 2019

With all due respect, our nation started out by enagaging in genocide and slavery. We had no compassion or common decency to people of color. But what we did do was move toward adopting high ideals and now we’re regressing back to what we used to be.

— Lisa Rice (@ItsLisaRice) June 22, 2019

Twitter points out that this is the same lawyer, Sarah Fabian, who delayed reunification of over a hundred under 5’s with their families because she had to dog sit. pic.twitter.com/cjhfG7mmD4

— Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) June 22, 2019

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