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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJuly 20th, 2017: Trump Calls Afghanistan War A "Loser War" During Pentagon Meeting.
Trump is busy trotting out (fake) witnesses to deny the Atlantic's story on his skipping the Aisne-Marne ceremony. But that's not the only incident that had high profile witnesses.
Hey, MSM, how about asking Tillerson, Cohn, Pence, Mattis, and Dunford about the meeting Trump had with the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon on July 20th, 2017? Ask them if Phil Rucker's book "A Very Stable Genius" is accurate about Trump calling the war in Afghanistan a "loser war," and calling the Pentagon's top generals "dopes and babies?"
From Rucker's and Leonnig's book, regarding Pentagon meeting July 20th, 2017.
'He demanded an explanation of why the United States hadn't won in Afghanistan yet... Trump unleashed his disdain, calling Afghanistan a "loser war."'
'"You're all losers," Trump said. "You don't know how to win anymore."'
'"I wouldn't go to war with you people," Trump told the assembled brass. Addressing the room, the commander barked, "You're a bunch of dopes and babies."'
'...The more perplexing silence was from Pence, a leader who should have been able to stand up to Trump. Instead, one attendee thought, "He's sitting there frozen like a statue."...Another recalled the vice president was "a wax museum guy."'
'Mattis, Tillerson, and cohn were deflated. Standing in the hall with a small cluster of people he trusted, Tillerson finally let down his guard. "He's a fucking moron," the secretary of state said of the president.'
Umm...how about some of you geniuses in the press start chasing THOSE people down for a quote? To this day, of course, Tillerson won't deny that the 'fucking moron' quote is correct. How about asking him about the other stuff?
John Drake
(68 posts)Were just following orders?
How dare he call it a "loser war"?
Goddamned traitor, you ask me.
Is it any wonder that President George W. Bush and family have come to their senses and will be supporting Biden/Harris in November?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)cuz that is how real men do it....fn idiot.