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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Chosen Daughter on October 17, 2019, 02:11:48 am
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Parents of killed British teen accuse White House of ambushing them with accused killer
"It struck us that this meeting was hastily arranged by nincompoops on the run," a spokesman for the family said.
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
10/16/2019 11:19 AM EDT
Updated: 10/16/2019 03:05 PM EDT
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The parents of a British teenager allegedly killed in a motorcycle accident by the American wife of a U.S. official are accusing the White House of trying to ambush them with a forced meeting with the woman in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Harry Dunn, 19, was riding his motorcycle when police say Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. official stationed nearby, struck him in her car while driving on the wrong side of the road back in August. Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity and left the country shortly after. Dunn’s parents, as well as the British government, have embarked on a public pressure campaign, lobbying President Donald Trump to waive Sacoolas’ immunity and allow her to face charges in the U.K.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/16/trump-british-teen-killed-048391 (https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/16/trump-british-teen-killed-048391)
They didn't know that the woman was going to be there. Why would Trump do this?
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They didn't know that the woman was going to be there. Why would Trump do this?
@Chosen Daughter
To make himself look like a hero by getting the parents and this woman together to resolve this matter. If the parents and this woman can work this out, then it makes Trump look good to his fans and maybe to the voters next year.
Whatever Trump does is not for the benefit of others, but for himself. And yes, if I were one of the parents, I'd be livid too.
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He's an oaf. Not that we didn't already know that.
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@Chosen Daughter
To make himself look like a hero by getting the parents and this woman together to resolve this matter. If the parents and this woman can work this out, then it makes Trump look good to his fans and maybe to the voters next year.
Whatever Trump does is not for the benefit of others, but for himself. And yes, if I were one of the parents, I'd be livid too.
And to have all the press there.
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A reflection.
His poor Mother had to deal w/him till
he was 13 and sent to Military School!!!!!
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This reflects badly on the system, not so much Trump (unless he keeps butting in the whole mess). The whole diplomatic immunity thing has great reason to be despised. But it is not because I guess it keeps countries from abusing laws to entrap foreigners. I don't see an up side for Trump to meddle in it, even as unfair as it seems to the kid and his family (like previous pointed out, they got the short end of the stick).
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This reflects badly on the system, not so much Trump (unless he keeps butting in the whole mess). The whole diplomatic immunity thing has great reason to be despised. But it is not because I guess it keeps countries from abusing laws to entrap foreigners. I don't see an up side for Trump to meddle in it, even as unfair as it seems to the kid and his family (like previous pointed out, they got the short end of the stick).
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Not an argument, simply an observation.
The Natural Law governed Man's behavior many thousands
of years prior to the emergence of structured Religions.
One precept asserted that we alone are responsible for our behavior.
This gal drove on the wrong side of the road, suck the teen, killing him,
then ran away; hiding behind diplomatic immunity!
This is the behavior of a disgraceful coward who would have been
treated w/extreme harshness in earlier times when character mattered.
Such behavior says volumes about what we have become as a people.