President Trump confirmed in a statement released Saturday morning that the son of Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region.
Yawn. Obama did waaay better Donnie.
Hopefully a person who doesn’t lie to the American people will confirm. Otherwise, another day, another lie.
It’s quite clear the tragic events of 9/11 had no emotional resonance with Trump. It’s beyond him to understand how deep those wounds cut for most Americans -even those with no direct connection to the people or cities involved in that catastrophic day.
As such, beyond securing a “win”, I doubt this means anything to him. Not when he has America’s real enemies -McCabe, Comey, and Biden to go after.
When Military Intelligence advised Chiselin’ Trump that they had a kill opportunity on Osama bin Laden’s son, Chiselin’ Trump thought they said “Obama,” so he said “Do it.”
He did not tweet this which I find mildly interesting. He tweeted out the canceling of the Taliban’s sleep over but left this to the comms shop.
That is unusual for him. Normally he would be out touting this like the second coming. This non action is a sign something is up with him.
It’s like getting Eric instead of daddy.
As this was being released, he was tweet raging about JoyAnne Reid. Go figure but he maybe a tad bit worried about Schiff.
During the strike the president was in the trump situation room screaming for more toilet paper. It was all gone. Keeping it stocked was Bolton’s job.
Osama Bin Laden’s son probably ran a falafel stand in some Pakistani border town but hey, it sounds good, and Dingbat Donnie has gotten his very own Bin Laden too.
Slightly O/T
I am disturbed, concerned, and damn it mega Collinsing troubled over the fact that CIA’s former mole within Putin’s daily operations sphere, that had to be extracted from Russia because the Orange Cheetolini can’t be trusted, had his whereabouts in the DC area outed by journalists.
Putin has killed former spies, has tried to kill former spies and had one killed recently in Berlin.
I understand that we have a free press, I understand that we are suppose to be a free society, but outing a spy’s whereabouts is not going to help the CIA recruit informers.
NBC’s Ken Dilanian went to his house. His fucking house to try and report in the story. All this to try and scoop the CNN scoop.
I’m conflicted.
From Reuters:
It was unclear why the White House decided to publicize information about Hamza’s death on Saturday months after the operation.
It’s also odd that Trump hasn’t claimed glory on this personally. It’s just the thing that sounds spectacular at his rallies, so why not? It’s clear that he didn’t have a hand in writing this announcement or that it was written so that he could read it out. What’s up?
He tweets about things that touch him emotionally. This event doesn’t. He may as well be announcing the opening of a new tire shop in town.
The actual operation occurred weeks ago and had already been announced, but not confirmed by the White House. If Trump really cared, he would have gotten out in front of the military in announcing this.
You should know this is not the first time Ken Dilanian pulled stupid shit in his desire to get ahead with his reporting.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/la-times-disowns-reporter_b_5770388
Anyone could have seen the trainwreck that is Dilanian coming a mile away. He has a history of being a detriment to anyone that hires him.
This I didn’t know, and thanks.
This is the shit I’m concerned about. What the fuck is going on here I wonder…
Watching Rachael last night, it seemed to me that something set this in motion and that something can be traced right back to Russia. (She did not say this.) I wonder if this can’t be traced back to Trump via Barr. Remember that Barr has launched a probe into the “origins” of the Russia investigation? This spy is certainly at the origin. Who stands to profit by his identity and location becoming public? Putin. Who’s willing to provide Putin with whatever he wants? Trump. Who is Trump’s bestie for that sort of info? Barr. Don’t be surprised when, in time, this former Kremlin spy is offed.
I do believe that the journalists involved were set up for this specific purpose. I am capable of believing that Barr may have once been an honorable guy, but that time has passed. He gives all of the indications of having sold his (non-existant) soul to the proverbial devil.
Slow reaction. Unusual for someone who treats Obama as his imaginary enemy and tries to compete with him all the time. Maybe he was busy drawing a similar picture to the famous one (of Obama watching the raid of Bin Laden) with a sharpie?