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TrollBuster9090

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9. Hostage Video...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 15, 2017, 07:18 PM

May 2017

Like a pilot shot down, beaten up, and then shoved in front of a TV camera and forced to read a statement written by his captors as a way of staying alive.

He knows he'd got to keep his job by carrying water for Trump. If he gets fired, Ivanka Trump is going to be the new National Security Advisor.

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McMaster doing damage control now. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 OP

nice way of saying ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #1

It was more damage, not damage control The Blue Flower May 2017 #2

There's not much he could say. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #4

McMaster on Post story: "I was in the room. It didn't happen" riversedge May 2017 #7

The Trumps have zero credibility. C_U_L8R May 2017 #3

McMaster denies something that wasn't reported..... riversedge May 2017 #5

Gangster mentality Johnny2X2X May 2017 #6

McMaster reads short statement saying story is false. Doesn't address why NatSec was SCRAMBLING afte riversedge May 2017 #8

Hostage Video... TrollBuster9090 May 2017 #9

Should have watched to see if he was blinking in Morse code. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #11

Definitely. Or giving the Hawaiian gesture of good luck... TrollBuster9090 May 2017 #12

Just stall the press until they can get the cabinet together.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #10