Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:07 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

They just said on MSNBC that Trump said

if he was going to do a coup, he wouldn't do it with General Milley.

So he's thought it over.

See if President Biden ever speaks about who he would or wouldn't do a coup with.

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They just said on MSNBC that Trump said (Original post)	Mr.Bill	Jul 2021	OP
Yeah, apparently Milley would be a poor choice for that.	lagomorph777	Jul 2021	#1
Of course the dottard would say that AFTER the general said he wouldn't be a traitorous team player.	TheBlackAdder	Jul 2021	#18
Not to be pedantic, but "If I" would take the subjunctive (were going) if it were "contrary to fact"	viva la	Jul 2021	#2
Very good explanation.	Mr.Bill	Jul 2021	#3
Do you think that dunce knows when to use was or were?	malaise	Jul 2021	#7
He's weird - he's the biggest liar on the planet	viva la	Jul 2021	#11
Biggest doesn't equate with best.	Harker	Jul 2021	#13
This message was self-deleted by its author	Ilsa	Jul 2021	#10
Welcome to DU!	KS Toronado	Jul 2021	#14
Trump prefers the Flynns.	NCjack	Jul 2021	#4
Hence this thread :-)	malaise	Jul 2021	#5
You stage a coup with the military you have, not the one you might want to have...	Wounded Bear	Jul 2021	#6
Rumsfeld is rolling over in his grave thanks to you.	Probatim	Jul 2021	#9
A rare time when Trump told the truth.	GoCubsGo	Jul 2021	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	ExTex	Jul 2021	#12
To be fair, he had not apologized for it then.	GoCubsGo	Jul 2021	#15
It wasn't Milleys proudest moment, either.	Mr.Bill	Jul 2021	#17
Why isn't this motherfucker	Aviation Pro	Jul 2021	#16
I read an article about after the election. General Milley said that a retired officer who was a	catbyte	Jul 2021	#19

Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:11 PM

lagomorph777 (30,613 posts)

1. Yeah, apparently Milley would be a poor choice for that.

Milley must be so embarrassed that he's not a great coup plotter.

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Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 05:07 PM

TheBlackAdder (26,095 posts)

18. Of course the dottard would say that AFTER the general said he wouldn't be a traitorous team player.

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:47 PM

viva la (2,195 posts)

2. Not to be pedantic, but "If I" would take the subjunctive (were going) if it were "contrary to fact"

"If I were you..."
I am NOT you.

But "I knew if I was going to move to Napa, I'd become a wine connoisseur, and I have!" = That is, if the statement is true, you don't use the subjunctive. I know this is falling away as a kind of weird grammar tick, but it's still used automatically by most of us when we're going to say something that isn't true.

To say, "If I was going to do a coup," means... he WAS going to do a coup.

An unconscious tell.

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Response to viva la (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:00 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

3. Very good explanation.

But I'll stick with So, he's thought it over.

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Response to viva la (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:43 PM

malaise (254,563 posts)

7. Do you think that dunce knows when to use was or were?

Last edited Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Still I love it

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:20 PM

viva la (2,195 posts)

11. He's weird - he's the biggest liar on the planet

But then he's often accidentally blurting out the truth.

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Response to viva la (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:27 PM

Harker (11,982 posts)

13. Biggest doesn't equate with best.

He's even mediocre at that.

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Response to viva la (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:28 PM

KS Toronado (12,603 posts)

14. Welcome to DU!

Always use more thinkers.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:18 PM

NCjack (10,121 posts)

4. Trump prefers the Flynns.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:19 PM

malaise (254,563 posts)

5. Hence this thread :-)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215625728

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:40 PM

Wounded Bear (55,398 posts)

6. You stage a coup with the military you have, not the one you might want to have...

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Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:56 PM

Probatim (1,748 posts)

9. Rumsfeld is rolling over in his grave thanks to you.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:46 PM

GoCubsGo (31,122 posts)

8. A rare time when Trump told the truth.

Gen. Milley wasn't involved in his attempted coup.

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Response to ExTex (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:29 PM

GoCubsGo (31,122 posts)

15. To be fair, he had not apologized for it then.

The "abuse" was understandable.

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Response to ExTex (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:59 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

17. It wasn't Milleys proudest moment, either.

He pretty much said so eventually.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:57 PM

Aviation Pro (10,838 posts)

16. Why isn't this motherfucker

In federal custody?

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Response to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 05:08 PM

catbyte (31,986 posts)

19. I read an article about after the election. General Milley said that a retired officer who was a

friend of his called him and told him, "You are an island unto yourself. Your loyalty is to the Constitution, not to any one individual no matter what is asked or demanded of you." Milley agreed and said he still deeply regretted his role in "protecting the President" during that clusterfuck, Mussolini-Lite photo op in June where peaceful protesters in front of the White House were teargassed.

I'm so relieved that we had enough patriots like Milley that the center did indeed hold. We were terrifyingly close to it not. Donald J Trump and today's Republican party are the worst things to happen in this country since the Civil War and I am not exaggerating.

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