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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 06:55 PM Oct 2019

WTF is WRONG with him???

Trump Tweets 2017 Medal Of Honor Ceremony Photo But Replaces Image Of Soldier With Baghdadi Raid Dog




President Trump on Wednesday shared a photograph from 2017 altered to show him placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid that led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State’s leader.


The conservative site Daily Wire tweeted the image Tuesday with McCloughan removed. A watermark for the site appears in Trump’s tweet, but it is a cropped version that removes the attribution of the source photo, which is the Associated Press. That would have indicated that it began as a legitimate news photo, raising the question of whether Trump or a staffer knew McCloughan had been edited out.

To recap, Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire stole the source photo from the AP and Trump lifted the Daily Wire remix.


[link:https://www.joemygod.com/2019/10/trump-tweets-2017-medal-of-honor-ceremony-photo-but-replaces-image-of-soldier-with-baghdadi-raid-dog/|]

He must know how ridiculous and how fucking rude this is? Surely?
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WTF is WRONG with him??? (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP
Did it make a Lib unhappy? maxsolomon Oct 2019 #1
I'm sure that 2017 Medal of Honor recipient wasn't happy having a Russian Stooge award him. TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #10
He was amused pintobean Oct 2019 #36
Oh, I was talking about Traitor Trump awarding McCloughan. He no look happy. 😒 TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #38
I guarantee it made service members, past and present, more than unhappy. sarge43 Oct 2019 #19
You nailed it, sarge. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #27
Thank you, Haggis sarge43 Oct 2019 #29
History will chronicle his removal of our troops from Northern Syria Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #31
I hope we can repair the damage he's done, but ... sarge43 Oct 2019 #33
The only thing I'm "triggered" by is that extremely terrible Photoshop job! Initech Oct 2019 #37
He's a Dbag for sure. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #2
Exactly TEB Oct 2019 #4
A flat out lie to the American people. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #3
hhhhmmm let me think... Soph0571 Oct 2019 #5
I get even more pissed thinking about this Trump tweet. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #6
He lies all day, every day about everything. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #7
You just made your 5,000 comment! Whoot whoot Soph0571 Oct 2019 #14
I had no idea. Thank you. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #15
It looks like one of those DERP FAKES TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #8
He's the American drmeow Oct 2019 #9
As a nation we should treat the rich I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #34
Cadet Bone Spurs is an idiot Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #11
How it is, see, is that dog is a well-trained patriot, Mc Mike Oct 2019 #12
He doesn't care Luciferous Oct 2019 #13
Someone told him 40% of people have dogs BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #16
If that were a real photo, Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #17
Even the world's dumbest dog is a million times BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #18
Amen to that statement! Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #23
I could create Fake News on 5th Avenue and get away with it bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #20
Well, he envies both veterans and dogs, so there's that ... !1 UTUSN Oct 2019 #21
He's trying to glom on to the attention the dog is getting DesertRat Oct 2019 #22
This is actually how serious he takes the Congressional MOH?!?! keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #24
Because insulting Gold Star familes & raising the taxes on the benefits dflprincess Oct 2019 #25
There have been a few ... Mustellus Oct 2019 #26
Everything. CaptainTruth Oct 2019 #28
Pray he gets knocked out of office B Stieg Oct 2019 #30
Your headline says it all world wide wally Oct 2019 #32
Chump isn't worthy of touching that medal. Talitha Oct 2019 #35
You can bet dogs don't like Trump either--it's obvious live love laugh Oct 2019 #39
Trump uses even a Medal of Honor hero. Kid Berwyn Oct 2019 #40

TheBlackAdder

(28,163 posts)
10. I'm sure that 2017 Medal of Honor recipient wasn't happy having a Russian Stooge award him.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:16 PM
Oct 2019

.

Meanwhile, the dog just goes, "Arf!! Where's my dinner!"

.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
36. He was amused
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 11:12 PM
Oct 2019
In a phone interview on Wednesday, Mr. McCloughan, 73, who had not seen the image before a reporter sent it to him, said that he interpreted it as Mr. Trump recognizing the dog’s heroism. He certainly was not offended and laughed when he compared the two images.

After all, he said, Medal of Honor recipients accept on behalf of their entire teams, especially those that did not return from battle. And canines have long been part of war efforts.

“This recognizes the dog is part of that team of brave people,” he said.

Mr. McCloughan, who taught high school and coached youth sports after his military service, added that he had worked with a dog in Vietnam who helped detect enemy activity during missions.

“They are very courageous,” he said of military canines


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/politics/trump-dog.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
19. I guarantee it made service members, past and present, more than unhappy.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:18 PM
Oct 2019

Medal of Honor recipients are revered.

Using that medal as a 'joke' is an insult to every man who has been honored with it and their families. A fair share of those men received it the hard way, posthumously.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
29. Thank you, Haggis
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 09:08 PM
Oct 2019

I thought I couldn't loath that creature anymore than I already did, but he went there and now I do.

He's beyond disgusting.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
31. History will chronicle his removal of our troops from Northern Syria
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 09:20 PM
Oct 2019

as an example of his bereft understanding of the history of that troubled region, his inability to grasp complex military matters best left to those who do, and his utter failure of leadership.

The damage he has caused in this one reckless, foolish move will change the map of the ME for decades to come, ignite a whole new generation of terrorists, and destroy our global presence and reputation long after his sorry carcass is left to the worms.

I just have no words left. As an American, I am shamed. As a veteran, I am heart-broken.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
33. I hope we can repair the damage he's done, but ...
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 09:35 PM
Oct 2019

Shamed and heart-broken, you too nailed it.

However, to quote a Tommy

I am wounded, but not yet slain

I'll lay me down awhile

Then rise and fight again.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,286 posts)
3. A flat out lie to the American people.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 06:59 PM
Oct 2019

If he can lie about a meaningless, bs photo-op with a military dog, think what else he is capable of lying about.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,286 posts)
6. I get even more pissed thinking about this Trump tweet.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:05 PM
Oct 2019

Debasing the Medal of Honor by using a PS picture of it being give to an animal.

AMERICAN HERO.....not trying to use a little subliminal association to yourself are you Mr. pResident?

drmeow

(5,012 posts)
9. He's the American
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:13 PM
Oct 2019

Gaddafi except stupider. This is what a sadistic malignant narcissist with too much power and not enough of an aging brain who was born with too much money so has gotten away with what would have gotten someone without money thrown in jail or killed acts like.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
34. As a nation we should treat the rich
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 10:05 PM
Oct 2019

Like everybody else.
No vip hospital rooms,no luxury prison,no sweeping the bad things they do under the rug.

If it's something bad they have done reject and judge thier acts like every one else.

Do not allow money make you tolerate the intolerable.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
12. How it is, see, is that dog is a well-trained patriot,
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:29 PM
Oct 2019

and Rump knew that it would leap up and rip out Rump's throat, in defense of democracy.

BigmanPigman

(51,563 posts)
16. Someone told him 40% of people have dogs
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:04 PM
Oct 2019

so he is trying to score bonus points with dog owners. Not going to work, dude!

Dem2theMax

(9,637 posts)
17. If that were a real photo,
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:07 PM
Oct 2019

the dog would have turned around and bit him! Hard!

Dogs know. They know all.

Dem2theMax

(9,637 posts)
23. Amen to that statement!
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:22 PM
Oct 2019

Is it windy down your way? It has been blowing so hard in North County today. The wind has knocked over things and broken pots all around my house. Kind of scary, but at least we have power.

bucolic_frolic

(43,027 posts)
20. I could create Fake News on 5th Avenue and get away with it
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:20 PM
Oct 2019

He's testing the limits, perhaps for distraction. This is a covfefe moment.

keithbvadu2

(36,640 posts)
24. This is actually how serious he takes the Congressional MOH?!?!
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:41 PM
Oct 2019

This is actually how serious he takes the Congressional MOH?!?!

He really forwarded this picture?!?!

dflprincess

(28,071 posts)
25. Because insulting Gold Star familes & raising the taxes on the benefits
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:42 PM
Oct 2019

Gold Star kids get isn't enough.

Now the low I.Q. twit mocks the Medal of Honor.

And, BTW, there was an actual MOH ceremony today:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medal-of-honor-recipient-green-beret-matt-williams-braved-enemy-fire-to-save-lives-ceremony-today-2019-10-30/

Mustellus

(328 posts)
26. There have been a few ...
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:58 PM
Oct 2019

.. people who falsified wearing that medal. When they are discovered.. and that's inevitable, since people want to know what you did to get it....... they are lucky to not get killed.

live love laugh

(13,074 posts)
39. You can bet dogs don't like Trump either--it's obvious
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 03:22 PM
Oct 2019

because he doesn’t have a pet. Cruel people hurt animals and humans and I’d bet a lot that he’s hurt animals.

Kid Berwyn

(14,789 posts)
40. Trump uses even a Medal of Honor hero.
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 03:32 PM
Oct 2019

“Lower than Trump” will be a curse for as long as there is human memory.

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