Post by Logan on Jun 10, 2016 4:23:46 GMT -6
Lindsey Graham to join global elite at world’s most secretive annual meeting
WASHINGTON -- Lindsey Graham’s relentless, vocal criticism of Donald Trump has scored him an invite to meet this weekend with global leaders behind closed doors at one of the world's most secretive annual gatherings.
The South Carolina Republican senator will join 126 high-profile figures from 20 countries for the annual Bilderberg Group meeting, his office confirmed Thursday. According to the guest list these include two prime ministers, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde as well as a mix of politicians, bankers, business leaders and former CIA head David Petraeus.
While the details are kept under wraps, the agenda will include the European migration crisis and unity, the U.S. political landscape and economy, and cybersecurity issues. The European unity portion of the agenda is likely to center on the June 23 referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union.
Graham is likely to have been invited to speak about Donald Trump, whose unlikely rise to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has generated concern in Europe. In the last year Graham has compared voting for Trump to being poisoned, a Trump presidency to “booking a ticket on the Titanic” that could “lead to another 9/11” and civil war, and declared that his party has “gone bat---- crazy.” His insistence that electing Trump is dangerous, not only for the U.S. but also for its allies, mirrors the concerns of many European politicians who have listened to the businessman’s inflammatory statements with increasing alarm.
Read more here: www.heraldonline.com/news/politics-government/article82845217.html
WASHINGTON -- Lindsey Graham’s relentless, vocal criticism of Donald Trump has scored him an invite to meet this weekend with global leaders behind closed doors at one of the world's most secretive annual gatherings.
The South Carolina Republican senator will join 126 high-profile figures from 20 countries for the annual Bilderberg Group meeting, his office confirmed Thursday. According to the guest list these include two prime ministers, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde as well as a mix of politicians, bankers, business leaders and former CIA head David Petraeus.
While the details are kept under wraps, the agenda will include the European migration crisis and unity, the U.S. political landscape and economy, and cybersecurity issues. The European unity portion of the agenda is likely to center on the June 23 referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union.
Graham is likely to have been invited to speak about Donald Trump, whose unlikely rise to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has generated concern in Europe. In the last year Graham has compared voting for Trump to being poisoned, a Trump presidency to “booking a ticket on the Titanic” that could “lead to another 9/11” and civil war, and declared that his party has “gone bat---- crazy.” His insistence that electing Trump is dangerous, not only for the U.S. but also for its allies, mirrors the concerns of many European politicians who have listened to the businessman’s inflammatory statements with increasing alarm.
Read more here: www.heraldonline.com/news/politics-government/article82845217.html