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angrychair

(12,284 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 02:46 PM Jun 2024

TSF admits to letting Iran Attack US troops

"Trump admits collaborating with Iranian Supreme Leader and allowing over 100 US Troops to be wounded in Iraq because they showed “respect” by calling him first.
He did not stop them or strike back."


This isn't a "sources said" or "according to reporting" this is, very literally, out of TSF own mouth. He, by his own admission, let a hostile nation attack US troops.
We are truly living in tht upside down. Cannot even begin to make sense of this. How the fuck are we, as a society, just ignoring it or even worse, implying this is not a campaign ending revelation?

I just can't. This needs to be shouted from the mountain tops until you cannot talk anymore and then do it some more.
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TSF admits to letting Iran Attack US troops (Original Post) angrychair Jun 2024 OP
Good gravy. I don't know how but it just keeps getting worse and worse. Biophilic Jun 2024 #1
I've been meaning to ask cannabis_flower Jun 2024 #33
The sick fuck, TSF ybbor Jun 2024 #35
I believe that Biden coined TSF just like he did TFG. 😍 President Biden. n/t iluvtennis Jun 2024 #59
Sorry I can't tell you. Biophilic Jun 2024 #36
I was wondering too caraher Jun 2024 #37
He acquired TSF before he wss convicted, but I agree that wnylib Jun 2024 #63
I always thought TFG was RandomNumbers Jun 2024 #47
I have a different acronym for TFG Martin Eden Jun 2024 #49
Maybe The Slob Father! denvine Jun 2024 #54
Or the stupid fascist.... littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #60
Agreed Rebl2 Jun 2024 #62
Stop The Stealing Of Democracy czarjak Jun 2024 #2
Most playable ego in world leadership lame54 Jun 2024 #3
So true... all because he felt Iran was RESPECTing him liberalla Jun 2024 #52
Because it's all about HIM ... live love laugh Jun 2024 #58
How is this NOT the only thing in the News right now? SKKY Jun 2024 #4
Right? Dave says Jun 2024 #38
Benghaaaaaziiii! ChazInAz Jun 2024 #55
It would be all over over the news if Rs SAID a D did this Cosmocat Jun 2024 #65
The Complicit Corporate Catamites would holler it to the heavens n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Jun 2024 #67
WTAF? UpInArms Jun 2024 #5
And there are those who would vote him in as "Commander in Chief?! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 #51
Dispicable JoseBalow Jun 2024 #6
Did the enemies of the U.S. even have to pay for his collection of classified documents? Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #7
He has said that people who commit treason should be executed. niyad Jun 2024 #8
18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #9
Treason!!! sellitman Jun 2024 #41
He most certainly has. Yet HE'S committed treason several times over. B.See Jun 2024 #23
alito has hinted that the potus can't commit treason..... getagrip_already Jun 2024 #26
No doubt Alito thinks a SC justice cannot commit treason either. B.See Jun 2024 #27
Absolutely!! Dave says Jun 2024 #39
"Treason doth never prosper? What's the reason?" eppur_se_muova Jun 2024 #56
Surely they paid him, Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2024 #69
traitortrump may have passed along the documents just to brag. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #70
John Bolton said this was a lie. Grins Jun 2024 #10
Whether it happened or not, either way it's in Bolton's interest to deny it. Iggo Jun 2024 #14
I have the same question as #14. What is the lie? Raven123 Jun 2024 #17
That TSF said it angrychair Jun 2024 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Jun 2024 #64
OMFG! Deep State Witch Jun 2024 #11
Beyond disgusting. Old Crank Jun 2024 #12
Jesus H Christ, he just keeps getting worse and worse Warpy Jun 2024 #13
When they tell/show you who they are, BELIEVE THEM B.See Jun 2024 #24
Hey, maybe Trump thought it really was true PatSeg Jun 2024 #29
Hence, the confabulation Warpy Jun 2024 #46
True and yet another reason why he is unfit PatSeg Jun 2024 #50
Sort of worse because it highlights his intent and opens a window TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #68
He been slinging this bull$hit for a while now. paulrevere2018 Jun 2024 #15
If not true angrychair Jun 2024 #22
Even in the interview with MB, he contradicts ... Dave says Jun 2024 #44
After we killed their one military leader KS Toronado Jun 2024 #16
Failing? Dave says Jun 2024 #45
Iran did the same thing with Israel and Pakistan. Renew Deal Jun 2024 #18
Oh, lord. kgray96057 Jun 2024 #19
He's a sick, treasonous fuck. spanone Jun 2024 #20
Was this the strike that resulted in dozens of traumatic brain injuries? JoseBalow Jun 2024 #25
That's the one. The missles landed inside the compound. An paulrevere2018 Jun 2024 #31
Unfortunately, I cannot say here what I want to say about TFG. William769 Jun 2024 #28
Does anyone know when this interview was? PatSeg Jun 2024 #30
It's been out, WaPo did a write up on his stupid claims. Again paulrevere2018 Jun 2024 #32
Yes, that is so much crap flying about PatSeg Jun 2024 #48
When Donald and Tom Cotton ridiculed our troops having 'headaches'? keithbvadu2 Jun 2024 #34
How is this not treason? nt Wicked Blue Jun 2024 #40
Yes, but Dukakis did make that huge mistake on a tank BSdetect Jun 2024 #42
And yet my family vets... Hope22 Jun 2024 #43
This is from February and no discussion of it until now? AllyCat Jun 2024 #53
Because His Cherokee100 Jun 2024 #57
ALWAYS, always about him. efhmc Jun 2024 #61
JHC. He is one sick MF'er. As a colleague said: "He's going to get us all killed." He is insane. Evolve Dammit Jun 2024 #66

Biophilic

(6,552 posts)
1. Good gravy. I don't know how but it just keeps getting worse and worse.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 02:51 PM
Jun 2024

This is beyond crazy. It’s treasonous. He allowed some of our soldiers to be attacked!!!

Biophilic

(6,552 posts)
36. Sorry I can't tell you.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 07:10 PM
Jun 2024

There are so many derogatory names for trump that I actually stop paying attention. Not that he doesn’t deserve them, it just wasn’t worth my time to remember them. If they actually hurt or impacted him I would jump on them. I’ve let others run with the names. Some are really delightful and all too accurate.

caraher

(6,359 posts)
37. I was wondering too
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 07:40 PM
Jun 2024

I was hoping the "F" stood for "felon" which is simply factual - and damning

wnylib

(26,014 posts)
63. He acquired TSF before he wss convicted, but I agree that
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 11:57 AM
Jun 2024

"felon" fits well, although it originally meant "the sick f**k." Same source for TSF as TFG. It's abbreviated from a comment by President Biden.

I prefer TOF for the orange felon, or the orange fascist.



RandomNumbers

(19,156 posts)
47. I always thought TFG was
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:40 PM
Jun 2024

That F******g Guy

and everyone just says "the former guy" for the kiddos.

liberalla

(11,089 posts)
52. So true... all because he felt Iran was RESPECTing him
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 11:12 PM
Jun 2024

Yes, I'm sure that's what it was



Dave says

(5,425 posts)
38. Right?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 07:46 PM
Jun 2024

It would have been all over the news if there was a D next to his name.

This is so sad. That he’s running neck and neck with one of the most moral, effective leaders we’ve seen in recent years is a disgrace. And utter disgrace. 😞

Rhiannon12866

(255,525 posts)
51. And there are those who would vote him in as "Commander in Chief?!
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 11:11 PM
Jun 2024

He's already shown his contempt for our brave military - "losers and suckers"

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
7. Did the enemies of the U.S. even have to pay for his collection of classified documents?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:16 PM
Jun 2024

traitortrump should face a firing squad.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
9. 18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:31 PM
Jun 2024

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381

B.See

(8,502 posts)
23. He most certainly has. Yet HE'S committed treason several times over.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:30 PM
Jun 2024

... what's good for the goose...

B.See

(8,502 posts)
27. No doubt Alito thinks a SC justice cannot commit treason either.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:43 PM
Jun 2024

Which begs the question, if you enable a treasonous m--, are u not complicit?

Grins

(9,459 posts)
10. John Bolton said this was a lie.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:38 PM
Jun 2024

It goes back to 2019. There was NO communication with Iran, and HUNDREDS of American troops suffered brain damage and other trauma from the attack.

Good catch! But if the DNC doesn’t make this go nuclear on Trump AND THE GOP - they should be fired.

angrychair

(12,284 posts)
21. That TSF said it
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:22 PM
Jun 2024

Is undeniable because he literally said it, himself, on a national news program.

I will take him at his own word until it's proven otherwise.

TSF is either telling the truth or is seriously cognitively impaired or both.

Response to angrychair (Reply #21)

Deep State Witch

(12,716 posts)
11. OMFG!
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:41 PM
Jun 2024

I was still working when that happened. All of us were very upset, especially because we thought we were going to war with Iran. Just when I think that I couldn't be upset by anything that TCF did, here we go again.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
13. Jesus H Christ, he just keeps getting worse and worse
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:47 PM
Jun 2024

Somehow I doubt this is true, it seems like confabulation to me along the lines of "See? I reward all who worship me."

Whether or not its true, the fact that he said it is absolutely horrendous.

And his fan club laps it right up.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
29. Hey, maybe Trump thought it really was true
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:05 PM
Jun 2024

He lies so much and forgets a whole lot, so maybe he doesn't honestly know what he did.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
46. Hence, the confabulation
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:33 PM
Jun 2024

which is a pretty strong indicator of dementia, also.

I don't honestly care, the fact that he thought it was a great thing to say, that he'd deliberatly gotten 100 service members injured because somebody had flattered him, is utterly reprehensible.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
50. True and yet another reason why he is unfit
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 09:46 PM
Jun 2024

to hold the office of president.

Meanwhile, let him keep on talking up until election day, so no one forgets what a disaster he is. He will make many more super gaffes, because he just can't help himself.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
68. Sort of worse because it highlights his intent and opens a window
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 02:36 PM
Jun 2024

to a direct view of his mode of operation.

I also don't see Bolton as a source of truth because if he admitted to knowing this he'd have some accountability.

paulrevere2018

(84 posts)
15. He been slinging this bull$hit for a while now.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 04:49 PM
Jun 2024

From the WaPo back in November 2023

The Pinocchio Test
How many ways does Trump get this wrong? He claims that he hit Iran after a U.S. drone was downed, but in fact he canceled the strike, to the shock of his aides. He also asserts that Iran personally warned him they would attack a U.S. base and deliberately miss it. That’s ludicrous. In reality, a vague warning without a target was given to the Iraqi president — and most of the missiles hit the base. No one was killed, but that was more the result of a well-planned evacuation than Iranian targeting. Somehow Trump embraces Iran’s self-serving after-the-fact explanation to the United Nations. And while no one was killed, many soldiers suffered serious brain injuries.

Such a jumbled-up recollection of events is par for the course for Trump. So is the fact that he yet again earns Four Pinocchios.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/15/no-iran-didnt-deliberately-avoid-hitting-us-base-trump-claims/

angrychair

(12,284 posts)
22. If not true
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:27 PM
Jun 2024

That makes it even worse because
1) it implies he would have done it
2) he is seriously cognitively impaired and unfit for office

Dave says

(5,425 posts)
44. Even in the interview with MB, he contradicts ...
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:26 PM
Jun 2024

… himself. He says one bunch of numbers to MB, then he says another bunch a few moments later. Which is it, TSF?

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
16. After we killed their one military leader
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:00 PM
Jun 2024

our entire Armed Forces was on heightened alert for a revenge attack. This sounds like someone with Dementia
who's trying real hard to impress a FQX audience and failing.

Dave says

(5,425 posts)
45. Failing?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:29 PM
Jun 2024

He could say the moon is made of cream cheese and the Fox audience would go, ok. They thought it was made of cotton candy but now learn - and accept - that it’s cream cheese. They flit to and fro on reality anyway, never aware of what actually is.

Renew Deal

(85,151 posts)
18. Iran did the same thing with Israel and Pakistan.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:14 PM
Jun 2024

So I don't think it has anything to do with the "respect" for trump

kgray96057

(29 posts)
19. Oh, lord.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:18 PM
Jun 2024

I believe that these sort of messages, from one side to another, happen. Part of the art of war- keeping things from escalating into something neither side can control.

Allowing troops to be injured by this, however... And casually admitting to it? Shows a serious lack of concern for the safety of people that Trump ostensibly lead.

JoseBalow

(9,488 posts)
25. Was this the strike that resulted in dozens of traumatic brain injuries?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:35 PM
Jun 2024

Or am I thinking of a different drumpf failure of duty?

paulrevere2018

(84 posts)
31. That's the one. The missles landed inside the compound. An
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:30 PM
Jun 2024

Alert general evacuated most of the troops in advanced, based on intel, or there would have certainly been troops killed.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
30. Does anyone know when this interview was?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:11 PM
Jun 2024

The post is from February. Why are we just hearing this now?

paulrevere2018

(84 posts)
32. It's been out, WaPo did a write up on his stupid claims. Again
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:34 PM
Jun 2024

He just flings so much crap out there it gets lost. That’s where the RW media steps in and reduces/doctors it up into neat little sound bites. Then the talking heads add their fake rage and gins the magats up.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
34. When Donald and Tom Cotton ridiculed our troops having 'headaches'?
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:54 PM
Jun 2024

Stolen Valor Tom Cotton who betrayed our troops' who developed TBI,

Evolve Dammit

(21,777 posts)
66. JHC. He is one sick MF'er. As a colleague said: "He's going to get us all killed." He is insane.
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 01:52 PM
Jun 2024
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