CNN Host Trounces Trump For ‘Declaring Himself King Of The World’ Like In ‘Titanic’ | EUROtoday

CNN host Abby Phillip on Saturday invoked one of many world’s most recognizable actors in one among his most memorable roles to investigate President Donald Trump’s current strikes.

“Just 10 days into the new year, Donald Trump seems to be channeling his inner Leonardo DiCaprio and declaring himself the ‘king of the world,’” stated Phillip on “Saturday Morning Table for Five.”

Phillip’s “king of the world” reference is, after all, to DiCaprio’s well-known declaration within the 1997 traditional “Titanic.” She then started to go down an inventory of the president’s actions.

“First, of course, the brazen raid and capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela …” Philip stated.

The Trump administration carried out a U.S. navy operation final week within the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to seize Maduro, allegedly killing dozens of safety personnel, and extradited him and his spouse to face federal prices of narco-conspiracy and drug trafficking.

Phillip famous that “the plan for the aftermath” is “vague at best,” however stated one factor is obvious: Trump “wants the oil.” Venezuela holds the most important oil reserves on the earth, and Trump has acknowledged the U.S. will likely be “very strongly involved” in “the future” of its oil.

“Second, he’s threatened to do the same thing to other nations, from Colombia to Cuba,” stated Phillip. “And third, his declaration that he’s considering military force to take over Greenland — because, as his advisor puts it, the U.S. is ‘entitled’ to own the NATO ally.”

Trump first floated the thought of annexing Greenland in his first time period, however revisited the plan after capturing Maduro, sustaining that buying or taking up the self-governing territory of Denmark, even by U.S. navy drive, is important “from the standpoint of national security.”

He has additionally signaled curiosity in Mexico, warning the nation to get “their act together.”

“And finally, if it’s not clear yet, Trump says that the only thing limiting his powers on the world stage is, quote, his ‘own mortality,’” Phillip continued. “And to top it all off, he says the U.S. doesn’t ‘need international law.’”

Phillip argued that is “a whole lot” of the so-called “Donroe” doctrine, Trump’s twist on the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, through which then-president James Monroe warned European powers towards additional interfering within the Western Hemisphere relating to U.S. affairs.

New York Post correspondent Lydia Moynihan — who not too long ago stated on CNN that “certain cultures” are incompatible with America — had no bother defending Trump’s actions, arguing that the Founding Fathers had been “very clear.”

“‘There is no liberty without virtue,’” Moynihan stated Saturday. “But look, what he’s saying is pretty in line with what the Monroe Doctrine has stated for hundreds of years, that we have a responsibility and the ability to have sovereignty in this hemisphere.”

Following the seize and extradition of Maduro final week, the State Department on social media acknowledged, “This is OUR hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened.”

Watch the complete CNN dialogue on Apple TV.