"Take last Sunday, for example: the Pentagon solemnly announced that a seventh US service member had been killed in the Iran conflict. Trump spent the day playing golf in Florida, where he appeared to be wearing the same baseball cap he wore during a dignified transfer ritual of dead military members on Saturday."
"The interpreter is—I talk about it all the time—interpreters are really important. When you don't speak the language and they don't speak the language, it's, you're, people have no idea. People have no idea how valuable—and I'm on them all the time—people have no idea how valuable a good interpreter is."
More than two weeks into the US-Israel conflict with Iran, tensions risk escalating further. Simultaneously, Trump's conduct has raised concerns about his state of mind and adherence to presidential norms. Following the Pentagon's announcement of a seventh US service member killed in the Iran conflict, Trump spent the day golfing in Florida while wearing the same baseball cap from a military dignified transfer ceremony. At a Shield of the Americas summit with Latin American leaders, Trump made extended remarks about interpreters and language capabilities, discussing Marco Rubio's Spanish fluency and emphasizing the importance of quality interpretation services. These actions contrast sharply with the typical solemn reflection expected from leaders during foreign conflicts.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]