re: #120 Lupin

According to CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Trump just strolled in to his first NATO meeting of the day — a North Atlantic Council meeting with Georgia & Ukraine — about a half-hour late.

Trump similarly made a mark at G7 when he showed up late for breakfast on women’s empowerment.

He doesn’t even bother to hide his contempt.

More about this via The Guardian:

The US president renewed his criticism of European Nato members for not spending enough on defence at a closed session on Thursday morning that had been intended to be confined to non-budgetary issues.

His outburst led to the scrapping of a series of planned press conferences and bilateral meetings as European leaders struggled to respond. Theresa May and Angela Merkel cancelled press conferences.

Trump turned up late for the morning sessions involving Nato leaders, intended to discuss the accession of Ukraine and Georgia to the alliance. When he delivered his rebuke over defence spending, the Ukrainian and Georgian leaders were asked to leave because it was a purely Nato matter.

Soon after, the meeting broke up. European leaders retreated to their offices for discussion with their officials.

Talk about chaos.