As
Letta's
Coalition
Collapsed, He
Preened with Rouhani
& Money
Honey
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 30
-- As if in
denial as his
government
collapsed
by in Rome,
last week
Italian Prime
Minister
Enrico Letta
gallivanted
around New
York. From
Media Alerts
sent out by
the Italian
Mission to
the UN:
September
24:
"We are
pleased to
confirm that
the Italian
Prime
Minister,
Enrico Letta,
will hold a
stakeout in
the UN Rose
Garden, TODAY,
Tuesday
September 24,
following the
address of the
President of
the
United States
of America."
The
connection to
Obama's speech
was unclear.
Also September
24:
"We
are
glad to inform
that the
Italian Prime
Minister,
Enrico Letta,
will meet the
press TODAY AT
12:15 PM
outside the
New York Times
building
located at 242
West 41st
between 7th
and 8th
Avenues."
The
next day,
Letta was back
in the UN Rose
Garden,
apparently
looking
through
rose-colored
glasses:
"Please
be
advised that
the Italian
Prime
Minister,
Enrico Letta,
will hold a
possible
stakeout in
the Rose
Garden of the
UN, tomorrow,
Wednesday,
September 25,
following his
address to the
UN General
Assembly, at
approximately
1 pm."
Also
on September
25 Letta
Occupied Wall
Street, in his
way, with the
so-called (and
once
self-described)
Money Honey:
"8.20-10.15
Meeting
at the New
York Stock
Exchange with
NYSE
delegation
headed by
CEO
Niederaurer
(Statement,
Opening Bell,
visit to the
trading floor,
interview with
Ms. Maria
Bartiromo for
'Closing Bell'
show) (2 Broad
Street)"
And
then it all
wrapped up:
"The
concluding
press
conference of
Prime
Minister, Hon.
Enrico Letta
will
be held, as
scheduled,
tomorrow
Thursday 26
September at
1:20 pm at
the Italian
Academy,
Columbia
University
(1161
Amsterdam
Avenue)."
While
Letta was up
to this in New
York, also
meeting with
Hassan
Rouhani,
his support at
home was
falling apart.
A lesson?
Watch this
site.
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