There have already been a lot of hot takes about the G7 summit in Canada, such as CNBC’s John Harwood sounding the mental fitness alarm on Joy Reid’s show and expressing his concern over President Trump’s “state of mind.”
However, The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, a dedicated #NeverTrumper, expressed an odd sort of fantasy that was extreme even for him.
How great would it have been if, after Trump's early departure from the G7, the other leaders had issued a statement calling for the Mueller investigation to be allowed to proceed unimpeded?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 9, 2018
really? not great at all, actually.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 9, 2018
Hmmm
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) June 9, 2018
A terrible idea. This is an internal US matter for which foreign comment thereon is both inappropriate and counterproductive. https://t.co/Dcb1vUeT4W
— 〽att Seyfang ?? (@mseyfang) June 9, 2018
doing this is literally the worst possible messaging you could have. even if you did an ad where a bunch of actors demanded this and it had a Kevin Spacey VO they forgot to take out, it would go over better https://t.co/30OOQ2dbMq
— introvert EDM artist with impostor syndrome (@ByYourLogic) June 9, 2018
What……what is this crap? https://t.co/N189WWSOW8
— Just Sham ?? (@itsShamsFault) June 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheCalCoconut/status/1005577178988179456
So you like foreign interference in domestic politics when it confirms your biases and is to the detriment of politicians you don’t like? Shocking. https://t.co/4Le7szHJu4
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 9, 2018
So foreign governments intervening in US elections bad, but intervening in US judicial matters is good? https://t.co/WksSeqleVF
— Scott Ruesterholz (@Read_N_Learn) June 9, 2018
Seriously? How great was it when Trump called on Russia to release what they had on Hillary? Or is wishing for foreign interference good when it is against Trump? I love a lot of what you write, Bill, but you're over the top here. https://t.co/EmokaYf2NQ
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) June 9, 2018
I'm sorry why do we want foreign leaders messing around with American investigations? https://t.co/EXzqb7C6qy
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) June 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/Debradelai/status/1005568167249371137
Wishing foreign nations would interfere with our investigation about foreign interference in our elections, to own the cons…or something. https://t.co/65XsJlDB6A
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) June 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/ChopperIsBack/status/1005575973830578182
I'm not really interested in what foreign leaders think about U.S. domestic politics https://t.co/ZdaIwR29G8
— Kevin Boyd? ?? (@TheKevinBoyd) June 9, 2018
The Mueller investigation with the Dems is just politics.
With the #Nevers it's a fight for their very survival as a political movement of any stature in this country. https://t.co/omZ1vGrrRs
— Judson McCulloch (@JudsonMcCulloch) June 9, 2018
Donald J. Trump
– Owner of multiple homes and highrises.
– Has been living #RentFree in @BillKristol's head.
– Since at least 8 November, 2016. https://t.co/9lszOMwzT4— Tom T. ن ™ ?? ?? (@VRWCTexan) June 9, 2018
How far one can fall as a result of Trump Derangement Syndrome. https://t.co/g3WPXvbVIB
— Nickarama (@Nickarama1) June 9, 2018
Even as a joke, this doesn't work at all. Kristol's slipping over the edge, it seems. https://t.co/VaM2udomUG
— Complexifier (@trogdor8768) June 9, 2018
Take a lap, Bill. https://t.co/65XsJlVcva
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) June 9, 2018
If some of the anti-Trumpers don't dial it back down to 11 or so, he's going to be reelected quite easily in 2020 and it's going to break them.
Everyone needs to breathe a little. https://t.co/NmSALAtf7J
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) June 9, 2018
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Will this picture of Trump with world leaders at G7 make the cover of next month's Resistance magazine? https://t.co/mtJOHwKWrm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 9, 2018