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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jul 23, 2020, 10:30 PM Jul 2020

Top General Called Trump 'an Idiot' and Said Melania Was 'Inquisitive & Smarter' Than Him [View all]

One of the country's top generals dismissed President Donald Trump as "an idiot" businessman with no "basic understanding of national security" at a 2017 dinner, according to another official's notes from that night that were published by The Washington Post on Wednesday.

In the Post story about sexual assault allegations against Gen. John E. Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser shared notes she took from the October 2017 dinner where she annotated the general's comments.

The Post story about Spletstoser details some strikingly candid thoughts Hyten once shared about the first couple.

“The president is an idiot,” he told Spletstoser and others who attended a prior briefing on the dinner, the Post reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/top-general-called-trump-idiot-195818993.html

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Isn't that kinda like saying a rock is smarter than a cup of tea? Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #1
Yeah.. good one. I was thinking.. it doesn't take Cha Jul 2020 #20
Makes one wonder what Melania was asking about and why? Freethinker65 Jul 2020 #2
So she can pass the info to Vlad. blm Jul 2020 #3
Makes me wonder, too. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #10
the locations of all our intercontinental ballistic missile fields muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #19
Kinda difficult to get excited about this news given the allegations (nt) mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #4
Russian spies are not stupid... Sancho Jul 2020 #5
When Trump insulted Rex Tillerson's intelligence, MENSA offered to monitor an IQ test for Donald. keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #13
Ummm! (raises hand, quivering with eagerness/intensity) JHB Jul 2020 #6
WTF??? Nevilledog Jul 2020 #8
Whoa... Blue Owl Jul 2020 #11
Where they are is really no secret and the Russians have certainly know since the '60's EX500rider Jul 2020 #14
Yes, but active ones? Secret ones? JHB Jul 2020 #16
They've never been secret, they are active Air Force bases. nt EX500rider Jul 2020 #17
This: fierywoman Jul 2020 #18
I knew he had no basic understanding of foreign policy before he was elected JonLP24 Jul 2020 #7
They need to add a question. Ask him to tell a lie, then see if he remembers it later. brewens Jul 2020 #9
Why would a general be talking to her about ICBM sites? BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2020 #12
They aren't secret bases. EX500rider Jul 2020 #15
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