The military thought Trump was going to bomb North Korea this morning WTF

[octoberlib]

There currently are military regulations that allow transgender troops to serve, and a tweet cannot undo those. Pentagon officials told BuzzFeed News they read the tweet as a directive to craft the necessary policy and procedure to undo that regulation. It does not appear the branches of the military have been ordered to craft new directives.

“The full implications of that tweet are to be determined. My read of it is that it appears that those currently serving transgender troops will be forced out,” Brad Carson, the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 2015–16, who help craft the policy that ended the ban a year ago. “To have a tweet reverse a DoD personnel policy is unprecedented.”


At the Pentagon, the first of the three tweets raised fears that the president was getting ready to announce strikes on North Korea or some other military action. Many said they were left in suspense for nine minutes, the time between the first and second tweet. Only after the second tweet did military officials receive the news the president was announcing a personnel change on Twitter.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/trump-transgender-military-service?utm_term=.hw3pEqXQ#.lvPoWOEl

[spanone]

1. it was a diversion....nothing more

look over there!

'we' gave a maniac the nuclear football to keep by his side....good god

[octoberlib]

2. But shouldn't the military be aware beforehand when a President decides he

wants to bomb somebody? Mind blowing.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. He will kill millions if necessary to cover his crimes.

Wish that was an exaggeration, it isnt.

And his deplorables will approve.

[octoberlib]

7. I don't doubt it.

[defacto7]

4. I think there's only a 7 minute window between

the pres. sending the code, confirmation and flight. The pres. can order it at any time. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[spanone]

6. yea but this guy is crazy. he could tweet us to war. the gop doesn't really appear to care

scary ass times....

[kacekwl]

8. Is the military going to go to war

because some dimwit who thinks he's president tweets it ? Seriously?

[former9thward]

5. There is nothing at the link that gives any evidence

that anyone in the military was seriously thinking about North Korea. Nobody is even quoted. Usually they try give quotes from an "anonymous source" but this article does not even reach that low standard.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Ugh, and it looks like we're expecting another missile test from NK as well.