Naparima MP Rodney Charles said it is not surprising TT has been left outofa meeting with US President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Newsday today, Charles said this country was left out because of the negative stand the Government took towards the US's open support for self-declared Venezuelan president Juan Guaido.
He said for the first time in history, TT had an open verbal confrontation with a US ambassador where the Prime Minister took umbrage at a statement made by the ambassador.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/03/20/rodney-charles-not-surprising-tt-left-out-trump-meeting/
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Seriously? The man “Trump” lies with impunity, what harm can possibly come from not meeting with him. It should be considered an honor to not meet with him!
Rowley unfazed by Trump blank: So what?
Donald Trump will hosts leaders of the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia at his private resort at Mar-a-Lag to discuss the Venezuelan crisis and China trade practices. Rowley said a man’s house was his castle and so Trump was free to invite who he liked.
At today’s post-Cabinet briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, Dr Keith Rowley argued that TT’s stature on the world stage does not depend on whose private residence the country was invited to. He said TT stood tall and proud over its non-interventionist stance towards Venezuela. Rowley said young TT nationals largely did not know of TT’s proud history of fairness on the world stage, ranging from being one of the first to recognise the People’s Republic of China, to opposing apartheid in South Africa to opposing the US invasion of Grenada in the 1980s.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/03/21/rowley-unfazed-by-trump-blank-so-w...