• Tuukka R@piefed.ee
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      “Disobey Trump’s orders” is what he said. Disobey horrible orders whether legal or illegal.

      A ballsy thing for a president to go to a demonstration in another country and tell its military to disobey their own president. If the president of Portugal did the same in Denmark, I would absolutely expect him to be expelled from the Danish territory.

      Personally, if any country’s president was to do the same in Finland, I would see that as an actual act of war by his country.

      This all having been said: whatever is done against Trump is done for USA. The president of Colombia did an awesome thing and I’m happy he did it!

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        Personally, if any country’s president was to do the same in Finland, I would see that as an actual act of war by his country.

        It was said in the UN, if the UN is controlled by US interests like that it has failed. Both being in UN buildings and travelling to and from them must be protected by diplomatic immunity, else what is even the point of having a UN?

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          BBC News says it was said using a megaphone when talking to a large crowd:

          Petro shared a video on social media of him addressing a large crowd through a megaphone in Spanish on Friday.

          He called for the formation of a “world salvation army, whose first task is to liberate Palestine”.

          “That is why, from here in New York, I ask all soldiers in the United States Army not to point their rifles at humanity,” he said. “Disobey Trump’s order! Obey the order of humanity!”

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        If the president of Portugal did the same in Denmark, I would absolutely expect him to be expelled from the Danish territory.

        Oh please, tRump said he’d take Iceland by force if necessary and they did shit… let’s stop pretending there is rhyme or reason here

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          You forgot to read the end of my comment.

          We are almost completely in agreement.

          (Of course Trump’s rhyme and reason are irrelevant here. The president of Colombia is not known as a moron and there is a demand for him to act like a diplomat even when visiting a moron. But, Trump, Mussolini and similar make an exception: the charter of Human Rights is the most important piece of rules there is, and it basically requires everybody to behave that way. Therefore: unusual but acceptable.)

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            I know, I am in agreement with the rest. I only countered the part I felt was wrong