Trump asks about using tanks in a show of force - "just one of the military words he knows"

[muriel_volestrangler]

Stay calm, nothing to worry about here, it's not an actual dictator putting down dissent, it's just a president that, after 3 years in the job, still has the understanding of the military and policing of an 8 year old brat:

We are getting more leaks from the Pentagon in general about how this shit was not their idea and please do not think they hatched this fascist cockamamie shit themselves. In new reporting from the Daily Beast, Pentagon officials are emphasizing that calling in the National Guard and everything that came after was the White House's dumbass plan, not their dumbass plan.

The helicopters hovering over protesters? White House:

A senior DOD official said it was the White House that requested military helicopters fly low over protesters in D.C. and that it was part of a broader request from the Trump team that the national guard ramp up its presence in the city.

The tanks? White House. But you guys, this quote from "senior administration official," savor it like the last bite of truffle:

One of the sources, a senior administration official, insisted that the president wasn't ordering tanks to roll down the streets, but was inquiring about "the kind of hardware" that could be used in military shows of force, and at one point Trump threw out the word "tanks."

"I think that is just one of the military words he knows," this official said.

Even in these dark times, we can laugh our asses off at how Trump's own people talk about him behind his back.

Pentagon officials the Beast spoke to called the National Guard presence at the protests an "uncomfortable mission." And they really want America to know that a grand total of zero (0) governors have called them asking for additional assistance, like not even that idiot Brian Kemp. And they — neither the Pentagon nor the governors — do not want Trump invoking the Insurrection Act to force states to surrender to Trump's fascist impulses and let the military in. Esper made that crystal clear this morning in a press conference.

Link to tweet

https://www.wonkette.com/tfw-you-think-youre-taking-trump-to-the-potty-but-instead-he-takes-you-to-fascism

[struggle4progress]

1. "But my military parade! I want my perfect parade!"

[Aristus]

2. God damn to Hell anyone who obeys that order.

Especially tankers.

When I was in the Army, we used to roll our eyes at the many tiny little shitpot dictatorships around the world with armies too small to be effective defense forces. But they all boasted a fleet of Soviet-surplus tanks, the purchase of which tended to exhaust what little defense funding they had, and used almost entirely for the repression of their own people. We despised that tanks would be used in such ways.

God help us if we become one of those shitpot dictatorships...

[Baked Potato]

3. Tanks for the memories, PufferFish !

[Submariner]

4. Trump has watched Apocalypse Now too many times

he wants to see anyone anti-Trump running from fear with Huey blades thumping overhead, and his military cracking Liberal skulls as they get trapped by the 101st Airborne Rangers all locked and loaded to kill.

Pathetic little pissant.

[0rganism]

5. those tank tracks are going to be rough on the asphalt

definitely don't consult the DC mayor before rolling ahead with this shitty idea

[OnDoutside]

6. Fr Robert Hendrickson on Trump

Link to tweet

[apnu]

7. Maybe Trump wants his Presidency defined by tanks? Not a good look, ask the Chinese.

[soryang]

8. Esper tries to walk his stupid comments back

If you'll remember, on that call with the governors, Secretary Esper said creepy-ass shit about how the governors need to "dominate the battlespace," and when he said "battlespace," he meant the streets of America where the innocent citizens are. The Pentagon would like you to know Esper did not mean that literally.

What he meant to say...er, what he really meant. Trump obviously got that stupid domination lexicon from Esper.

[yellowcanine]

9. Trump wants a Tiananmen Square showdown.

I really believe that he wants blood in the streets.