Promises made promises kept.
As @POTUS has stated, “My administration stands ready to help Lebanon create a future of economic development and peace with its neighbors… In Lebanon, there’s a new chance for a future free from the grip of Hezbollah terrorists… A new president and prime minister brought the first real chance in decades for a more productive partnership with the United States.”
And as @SecRubio has rightly emphasized, “Our goal in Lebanon is a strong Lebanese state that can take on and disarm Hezbollah.”
Laughing at themselves was the right move, because humor does four crucial things:
1) Connect with a new audience
Even for people who don’t care about Apache Airflow®, being in on the joke together forms a connection with Astronomer
2) Defuse tension
By joining the ridicule, they’re no longer its object
3) Get closure
They said it out loud, the joke is tapped, everyone can now move on
4) Signal a fresh start
The CEO and HR lady are gone, it’s a new management team, and making light of this shows they’ve “consciously uncoupled” from the past
Like an ant on the ceiling, this 1 ton electric car can drive upside down thanks to its suction sytem. It generates up to twice its weight!
Peak power 1000 hp
This morning the sunrays shining from the east feel different. They bring new hope for a more peaceful and harmonious middle east. Thank you @WhiteHouse Peace to all peoples.
"Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" –President Donald J. Trump
POWERFUL moment in Abu Dhabi when HH @MohamedBinZayed tells @POTUS@realDonaldTrump that the 1st maternity hospital in the UAE was started by evangelical missionaries. Before that 1/2 of children & 1/4 of mothers died at childbirth. MBZ tells POTUS he was born in that hospital!
My thoughts are with the Bibas family today.
Taking anyone hostage is horrific.
Taking a baby and a toddler hostage, and then later parading their bodies through the streets, is subhuman and barbaric.