Trump's critics say he's in "full panic mode" following the publication of the bombshell report.

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Trump's critics say he's in "full panic mode" following the publication of the bombshell report.

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POLITICS 09/04/2020 05:44 am ET
Trump Ripped On Twitter After Reportedly Calling War Dead ‘Losers’ And ‘Suckers’
Trump’s critics say he’s in “full panic mode” following the publication of the bombshell report.
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By Ed Mazza

President Donald Trump reportedly dismissed U.S. troops killed in action as “losers” and “suckers,” and even refused to visit a military cemetery to honor the war dead as a result.

Trump has denied the bombshell report in The Atlantic, which was published on Thursday and later confirmed by The Associated Press.

The magazine reported that during a 2018 trip to France, Trump canceled a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, where U.S. war dead from WWI are buried. At the time, he blamed rain; The Atlantic said there was another reason:

“In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, ‘Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.’ In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 Marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as ‘suckers’ for getting killed.”

Trump also had especially harsh words for the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who in a separate incident he called a “fucking loser.” McCain was captured, imprisoned and tortured for five years during the Vietnam War.

Critics tore into Trump on Twitter over the story:

[RiverbendsJoe]

1. Perhaps Devin Nunes will take an Uber over to the White House

and deliver some allegedly exculpatory evidence to Trump just in time for his press conference.

[SheltieLover]

8. How about a fake cow?

[grumpyduck]

2. His critics can say anything they want.

But I suspect that IF he's in panic mode (assuming he has the mental capacity to understand what's going on), the panic is more related to what may happen to him after he leaves office. Possible indictments, his taxes, no Moscow Mitch or Bullshit Barr to protect him, no hangers-on to suck up to him, no more free rides. No more being the center of attention.

And possibly not even Putin as a buddy, once he's no longer able to help the Russians.

Yeah, I could see a little panic there. Or a total "giving up," like Hitler.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. So the Orange A-Hole is doing a Presser during

Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC program. Will be friggin interesting,another lie fest for East Coast evening news broadcasts.

Damn,wonder if this will be another Mark Burnett production? Expect General Kellogg,Esper,and Billy the Barge as well as Mothers Boy to flank him.

Hey Mark,get Reed on the Horn,incoming.

[honest.abe]

4. This may be the final straw for many Republicans.

He finally crossed the line.

[Mariana]

5. I think they'll just refuse to believe it.

He won't lose many votes over this story - unless he actually admits to having said it.

[Baclava]

6. Like we haven't already heard THAT eleventy billion times, they would ignore it, like after McCain

[Goodheart]

9. I think this ceased being about trump a long time ago.

NOBODY likes him. His continued support is nothing other than sticking it to the liberals. And racism.

[SheltieLover]

10. Indeed! One of repuke talking points is saying how much "[rats] hate the military!" Nothing could

be further from the truth!

Now the REAL truth comes out!

[Codeine]

12. Nah.

They’ll just retreat into their “fake news” shells. Republicans are impervious to reality.

[Generic Brad]

16. Will their media outlets ignore that?

As long as there is a talk radio, FOX News/OAN, Briebert, etc echo chamber that selectively amplifies, distorts and ignores the news the rest of us receive - I don’t see how this moves the needle.

[NYC Liberal]

17. And for many others it will make them support him even more.

Remember 2004 with the Purple Heart bandaids and the Swift Boat liars? There are many Republicans who don’t support troops at all.

[BadgerMom]

22. I've not yet heard that any Republican elected official has said a word.

[sakabatou]

26. And yet, his cult is saying this is fake news.

[MerryBlooms]

7. The story is totally believable...

I guess trump's supporters forgot this little gem:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-john-mccain-war-hero-captured/

[onetexan]

11. Hoping he'll blow a gasket & go berzerk over it

[nykym]

14. or maybe

stroke out.

[Dukkha]

13. Of course it will be endless "FAKE NEWS!!!" tweets

And his cult of dimwits will accept that excuse. Because they will never admit they were bamboozled.

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
― Carl Sagan

[flibbitygiblets]

27. "Fake News" is a lazy evolution of "I'm rubber, you're glue" schoolyard taunts

I see that consummate adult Gym Jordan has already thrown down the first "Fayke Newzz" response.

[Mr. Ected]

15. If you're military and you stick with Trump after this

You may want to revisit your pathetic life and ask yourself "Would I take a bullet for this man?"

If the answer is "yes", then maybe you may want to check into mental health services. Couldn't hurt.

[rurallib]

18. See what happens when he tells the truth? People get all over his ass when

he lets people know how he actually feels.
No wonder he lies all the time.

for the humor impaired.

[duforsure]

19. The people who now stick with this un-american illegitimate president

Who been conned by this corrupt liar are the losers and suckers. I'm hearing some are finished with him and all republicans .

[Grins]

20. Bombshell report? Disagree.

Yeah, it's disgusting but much of this was already known or pretty much surmised from other sources.

And the Reich-wing knew all this. They saw live and in living color what he said about McCain, how he treated McCain after he died, how he treated the bereaved parents of Army Captain Humayun Khan, how he reacted with the widow of a Sgt. La David Johnson, how he called Mattis, “the world’s most overrated general”, and they saw how he abandoned our allies, the Kurds.

And NOTHING happened.

So where's the "bomb" here?

To me the real bomb that should have been even more explosive is the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report, Volume 5. It is the most damning thing I have ever read about a president and the people around him. To include his family. And the press isn't covering it. If the first words out of the mouths of the White House press corps do not include "Senate Intelligence report", why bother even showing up?

[world wide wally]

21. There are a lot of relatives in f those killed that will jump ship for sure.

This is a no-win for Trump

[Thekaspervote]

25. Agree! Military and military families on twitter and other sites are up in arms!

Is it going to dissuade his base, no they are lost. Will it sway the military vote that always leans repuke...absolutely

[Hekate]

23. The most telling incident was DT standing at a Marine graveyard & asking "What was in it for them?"

*I don’t get it. What was in it for them?*

That is what is meant by “transactional.” The Dotard understands nothing at all outside himself, and nothing outside of buying and selling.

Not honor, or duty, or sacrifice for others. Nothing. He is the Abyss walking on two legs. He is a sucking wound.

[LuvNewcastle]

31. I saw Anderson Cooper as a guest on one of

the news shows the other day and he used the word "transactional" when describing Trump. I don't know if he knows the guy who wrote this big article, but the word appears to be popular among those who spend a lot of time observing Trump. That's a sad way to live your life, and it's a horrible trait for such a powerful person to have.

[Thekaspervote]

24. Time to review...Eisenhower and Cronkite at Normandy 1960

[reACTIONary]

29. Wow! +100

[VA_Jill]

28. Good

I hope he f***ing explodes.

[tanyev]

30. I just pray that if there's a rolling on the floor, kicking, screaming temper tantrum

that it happens in front of many, many cameras.

[live love laugh]

32. 😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

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