President Donald Trump said that Iran has reached out to him and
suggested a meeting at the White House amid Israel's ongoing
strikes. Trump has demanded Iran's unconditional surrender.
"I said it's very late, you know. I said it's very late to be talking," Trump
told reporters on Wednesday morning. "I don't know, there's a big difference
between now and a week ago, right? Big difference."
Trump continued: "They even suggested they come to the White House." He
called it a courageous thing, because "it is not easy for them to do."
Iran responded to the UN: Iran’s Mission to the UN denies US President Donald Trump’s
claim that Tehran has proposed coming to the White House for negotiations to end the
ongoing conflict with Israel.
“No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian mission says.
“Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance,” it adds.
tRUMP announced that the US brokered a peace agreement between Pakistan and India. Indian Prime Minister Modi refutes that:
PM Modi stressed that India has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never accept it.”
“Talks for ceasing military action happened directly between India and Pakistan through existing military channels, and on the insistence of Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi emphasised that India has not accepted mediation in the past and will never do,” Misri said.
The US is walking back Trump's claims.
Sad state of affairs, that a US leader is outing himself as a liar on the world stage. People always talk about him humiliating himself. I don't think he has enough self awareness to be embarrassed.
I watched a program on the death of John Lennon today, and the comment was made that, like JFK's assassination or the Challenger explosion, people will never forget where they were when they heard the news.
I was stationed in Seoul Korea. I had a clock radio, and I woke up to American Forces Network Yong San breaking the news that John Lennon had been shot and killed in New York City. I'll never forget the shock of that. So, where were you?
That's it really. A quiet day painting trim for the bedrooms. It was a hot and humid day today, and we were grateful for the storms that rolled through and cooled things down tonight.
I have PT tomorrow, but I spoke very matter of factly with the Physical Therapist on Tuesday. Measurable improvement is expected for PT, but I asked him what improvement he expected to see at this point. He admitted that I was far enough ahead of things that there wasn't much improvement to be had. I have full ROM in his mind, and I am active. There is no swelling. There is no pain. He asked when I went back to see the surgeon and I told him the 27th. He suggested that I come back next week for one last appointment, so that he can get a final list of measurements for the surgeon. As far as he is concerned I am ready to be released.
Pretty happy about that.
Intelligent well-known people are now beginning to say out loud what has been needed to be said - that the man is irrefutably crazy, a liar and not to be believed or trusted. Granted, none of those people are in the Republican Senate or House, but the world is no longer willing to look away. Is that fact a small step forward toward getting his fat ass out of the position where he can cause world disaster? Just when we think it can't get any worse - it does!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad these denials are there for us to see. Most of his statements are fantasy. I have no idea when Lennon died. He really wasn't on my radar, I guess. I remember vividly when wonderful horn player Dennis Brain died in traffic. Different generation.
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous to be released from PT! Your recovery has been remarkable - I know it's due to all you did before and after the surgery to make it so.
ReplyDeleteI agree, he is not aware enough to be embarrassed. But I am embarrassed for our country. The faces on the other world leaders at the G7, it was so embarrassing. Does he see the symbolism that they put President Zalenski in his seat at the table?
I was at home with children, not working outside the home at that time. I had stayed up late and saw the first news reports. I could not go back to bed. I first danced to the Beatles on the playground in second grade. This could not be happening. I was gobsmacked and sad.
I also remember where I was when Kennedy was shot - when I was in a second grade classroom and my teacher was crying. And when Parkland happened - I was at work and walking by the radio on my desk with some copies. I froze in place. We were in a meeting when the planes hit on 9/11. Another agency in the building sent us a message that they had a television if we wanted to come to their office. We turned on the radio to find out what they were talking about. It was enough to hear it, I could not go watch it.
I was in a chemistry lab on campus. Someone, don't remember who, came in and told us. It was devastating. When JFK was shot, I was in grade school. My memory is that they sent us all home, but looking back how did the kids who lived farther than walking distance get home?
ReplyDeleteGlad your time will be freed up by graduating PT.
I think 47 is dangerous. Sounds as if he’s taunting Iran. 8647.
ReplyDeleteBravo on your knee recovery. You are determined!
I was working downtown Minneapolis when someone heard on the radio that John Lennon had been shot. I’d brought my lunch, but didn’t want to sit alone at my desk. Went next door to a small bar for a bowl of soup. There were Beatles tunes playing, a somber mood, and no one was talking. Just the sound of the Beatles and silverware.
Bonnie in Minneapolis
I wasn’t up to date on some of the things you shared here, but nothing surprises me.
ReplyDeleteYay, Debby! This is wonderful. I did not hear about those Trump shenanigans. He is an embarrassment to this country.
ReplyDeleteLennon. I was at university on my lunch break when a friend came up and told me. I'd wondered why everyone seemed to be talking earnestly about something.
ReplyDeleteKennedy was just before my 4th birthday. I don't remember him being shot but one of my oldest memories was watching the funeral on TV.
9/11 happened late in the evening Australian time. We were out and didn't find out until my husband turned the radio on first the next morning.
Also many traits common with Narcissistic Personality Disorder...
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I pray the Repubs wake up to tRump's dangerous ways. The rhetoric he promotes has already killed enough people. I was at home when Lennon was shot. It was hard to comprehend. I always wanted to visit D.C. until JFK was shot when I was in 2nd grade. At the time, my oldest brother looked like Oswald, and it was spooky watching Ruby kill Oswald. Maybe Congress should sing a Peter, Paul & Mary song before sessions to be reminded what work they're supposed to be doing. Being from OKC, after it's bombing I had to call my son's elementary school nurse to tell him my parents were ok, then I picked him up. In nursing school class, 9/11 affected us; I picked up my son from middle school. We still chose to attend clinicals the next morning. Even we students were needed because some staff had called in. Had to tell a new mom to turn off the news to successfully start feeding her new baby, born on 9/11. They named her Hope. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteIn UK the dates I remember is 9/11, we were staying in Spain with friends and raced to a bar to watch the TV, and the day Diana Princess of Wales died, it was a Sunday morning, we were shocked, we popped out and commented on how empty all the streets were. As for Trump it is pleasing that world leaders speak out against his wild claims of involvement in talks, he may bully his country folk, but the rest of the world see's him for his true self.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that no matter what the orange one says or does, everyone is shocked and nothing changes. He's like Teflon - nothing sticks.
ReplyDeleteI remember 9/11 - I was ironing.
I switched on the tv during 9/11 and wondered why a disaster movie was on tv in the afternoon. When I realised it was actually happening I was terrified, as I thought it was Chicago and my sister was due to be at a meeting downtown. I didn't get any less terrified when I realised that it was New York. My horror just grew and grew.
ReplyDeleteLike Poppypatchwork I well remember the day that Princess Diana died. We were at a local event in the morning and everyone was very subdued. It was quite surreal.
I don't remember what I was doing when we heard about John Lennon.
ReplyDelete9/11... I was at work when someone in the office called out to everyone to look at the Live Newscasts. Shock, horror and disbelief for the rest of the day.
Not my normal language but I'm afraid your president is a piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteWhile I know NYC is humid, from personal experience, just today I learnt that New England can also be humid and hot. Now you've confirmed it.
You must be so pleased at the successful result of the surgery. I am pleased for you.
I also remember 9/11, it went on endlessly on the tv and I was home. Again, how strange that our side of the Atlantic remembers 9/11 and Princess Diana's death in Paris more so than Lennon. Had he begun to lose his charm when he lived with Yoko Ono I wonder?
ReplyDelete9/11. I had just come in from a long morning run; my husband called me over to the TV, told me about a plane hitting a building in NYC and as I watched the second plane hit live on TV. We then realized that it was not an accident. I called my daughter who worked in the financial district in Toronto and told her to get out of the building for awhile if she could. Her building was evacuated and everyone was sent home for the day just in case. I was a not a Beatles fan so don’t remember John Lennon. JFK I had been across the street to see my friend’s new baby as she was just 4 months younger than my daughter and thought they would be playmates growing up, never happened. She had a nurse helicopter mom who kept her inside all the time. And finally your president is a sac of shit. You deserve so much better. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI don't remember when John Lennon died.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your PT has gone so well and recovery is almost complete.
I'm glad those other countries are speaking up when Trump lies. He is such an embarrassment - so dangerous - but such an idiot..
I am sure that all of us have been wondering for a long time what line that horrible excuse for a man has to cross for his party to abandon him and take control. If it's nuclear war, it will have been too late.
ReplyDeleteAs for dear John. About a month before he was assassinated I had bought the album Double Fantasy which he and Yoko had made. I listened to it endlessly. My own marriage was crumbling and as I listened to those songs which they had written from their own pain and love and joy, I realized so strongly that my marriage had nothing in comparison with those things. I can't explain the strength those songs gave me to make the changes I knew I had to make.
And then...the day after our anniversary which had not been joyful at all, I went for a run, came home and grabbed my newspaper from the box and read that small, last minute front page article entitled, "John Lennon shot and killed."
I was sure it could not be true.
This is a gigantic post. Trump is going to bumble into a war simply by playing games and someone is going to misinterpret things. You are the poster girl for knee replacement recovery. It seems like you get your life back together.
ReplyDeleteI remember how I felt but not where I was with John Lennon and others you mentioned. The ones I vividly remember exactly where and when were JFK and 9/11.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you on "I don't think he has enough self awareness to be embarrassed". He also just thinks too highly of himself to ever believe he is wrong about anything ever...even when his positions change from minute to minute.