President Obama warns trump about flynn on Nov. 10th & on Nov. 18th trump appointed him NSA.

[spanone]

flynn resigned on February 13th 2017.

almost an entire three months as national security advisor.

how much damage was done?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Flynn

[vlyons]

1. Makes me wonder if Trump did it to spite Obama?

Or maybe he did it to use Flynn as a way to curry favor with Russian mobsters? But hoestly, Trump hates Obama so much for ridiculing him, that Trump would cut off his nose to spite Trump.

[spanone]

2. his hatred may be his undoing.

[vlyons]

5. yes, hatred makes people stupid

A teaching that I got from a high Tibetan lama. I have never forgotten his admonition that hatred makes you stupid.

[herding cats]

3. Obama warned him because Flynn's name kept pooping up in the Russian investigation.

Yet, Trump still appointed him as NSA.

[PJMcK]

8. Was that a typo or a pun? (n/t)

[herding cats]

11. Typo turned fun pun.

Autocorrect has a sense of humor today it would seem.

[kentuck]

4. I wondered the same.

How much damage was done?

[jmg257]

6. They warmed him because they thought he was incompetent, not because of Russia.

The Obama administration fired Flynn in 2014 from his position as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, largely because of mismanagement and temperament issues.

Obama's warning pre-dated the concerns inside the government about Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador, one of the officials said. Obama passed along a general caution that he believed Flynn was not suitable for such a high level post, the official added.

Not a lot to get excited about.

[spanone]

9. cnn just reported that it was in part because of him being swept up in the russian probe

and the fact that he was incompetent.

[countryjake]

10. Yup. Listening to that report right now. n/t

[nolabear]

7. And his defense? He thought it was a joke.

Because, that's what you do. Make jokes about not hiring that guy you fired.

[niyad]

12. but, come on, trumpncretins thought the black man was joking.

[SDJay]

13. Good Move.

This has already worked for the non-deplorables who will hear/see it. You know they were positioning for the 'blame it on the black guy' defense that has and will continue to work for a long time. With this tidbit out there, team Orange Asswipe has already tossed out the incredibly lame, 'we thought he was joking' response. For everyone who is not a card-carrying member of Drumpf's Dumbfuckistan, that's what's actually laughable.

I'm going to enjoy this to an extent, despise it to another extent because after all it is scumbags fucking with our democracy, and hope above all hopes that we find out what actually happened and hold those who did this accountable.

[countryjake]

14. "True, Obama made it clear he wasn't a fan of Flynn"

Spicer's response at this mornings presser.