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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1107275)	12/31/2018 5:31:21 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572777

Then there is James Baker, the former treasury secretary and White House chief of staff, who, empowered by President George H.W. Bush, was arguably the best secretary of state in the modern age, playing pivotal roles in German reunification, the peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union and the 1991 Madrid peace conference that brought Israelis and Arabs into direct talks for the first time. Mr. Baker tends to avoid pointing a direct finger at Mr. Trump, but the video message he delivered on receiving the annual excellence in diplomacy award from the American Academy of Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. last month was unmistakable. He warned that walking away from the multinational system created after World War II would produce “greater economic and strategic instability.” Then he laid down rules for effective diplomacy wholly at odds with Mr. Trump’s approach: Be discreet, since much important work between states is done in private. Pick your battles carefully. Compromise on small points in service of winning the important ones. Most successful agreements are based on mutual advantage, not zero-sum outcomes. As these leaders pass from the scene, it will be left to a new generation to find a way forward from the wreckage Mr. Trump has already created. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram. Carol Giacomo, a former diplomatic correspondent for Reuters in Washington, covered foreign policy for the international wire service for more than two decades before joining the Times editorial board in 2007. @giacomonyt

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1107275)	12/31/2018 9:29:30 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572777

We're still funding Planned Parenthood, we're turning over the ME to Russia, who continues to attack US infrastructure, we're neglecting our alliances, destroying our trade relationships (plowing under crops we can no longer sell abroad while we pay welfare to the farmers), etc. The corrupt and traitorous Trump administration continues to attack US industries (GM, Harley Davidson, etc), and US law enforcement and intelligence.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1107275)	12/31/2018 9:30:22 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572777

Heath Mayo @HeathMayo If you feel just as home in today’s GOP as you did in the GOP of Reagan and Bush, you’re cheering for the team — not its principles. Today’s GOP is fighting against many of the things you once said you believed in. For those wanting a list: • Rule of law • Balanced budgets • Strength abroad • Stable alliances • Free trade • Predictable economic policy • Ending crony capitalism • Basic decency and morality • Truth and honesty • Equality (for starters)