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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump said it again yesterday
Trump:
"When I was elected president,
the generals came to me and said:
'Sir, we have no bullets for our guns.'"

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Trump said it again yesterday (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Aug 2020
OP
And if someone believes this BS story of rump, then they really are dumber than I thought they were.
SWBTATTReg
Aug 2020
#4
Any veteran can identify two, possibly three tells that tells him it's bald-faced lie....
Brother Buzz
Aug 2020
#9
Mr. Ected
(9,714 posts)1. What they actually said
Sir, we took the bullets out of our guns to prevent us from firing them in your vicinity.
Srkdqltr
(9,758 posts)2. How stupid.
Arkansas Granny
(32,265 posts)3. Did they have tears in their eyes? Just wondering.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)7. Big guys, straight out of central casting
SWBTATTReg
(26,257 posts)4. And if someone believes this BS story of rump, then they really are dumber than I thought they were.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,895 posts)5. Since 2012, we stayed at many Military Bases on our road trips.....
And there were plenty of bullets for the guns we saw.
What a bunch of horseshit!
NCjack
(10,297 posts)8. If that was true, Jared and his buddies would have formed a company,
and contracted for the production capacities of manufacturers that supply the US military.
After that, Trump would require the Pentagon to buy from Jared at ten times the previous price.
Didn't happen -- that's how I know that Trump's story is BS.
Brother Buzz
(39,895 posts)9. Any veteran can identify two, possibly three tells that tells him it's bald-faced lie....
made up out of whole cloth
Elwood P Dowd
(11,453 posts)10. Military people don't call them bullets and guns.
It's ammo and weapons. Remember the old song drill sergeants made you sing when you screwed up and called your AR-16 a "gun"?
Brother Buzz
(39,895 posts)11. Ding, ding, ding