WH Defends Trump Attack On Pentagon Leaders Amid Uproar Over Fallen Soldier Remarks | Talking Points Memo

So by “the top people in the Pentagon” he means … not a specific General, and the comments were “not directed specifically at them” but rather at the Millitary-Industrial Complex. As distinct from … the administration and its lobbyist appointees?

Who they hell do they even think they’re throwing under the bus here?

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I’m having trouble understanding what Trump is trying to do here, aside from this being yet another monkey-poo-flinging exercise to distract from 180K+ dead and counting, millions jobless, millions in danger of eviction, millions without health care. These “Pentagon leaders” are his subordinates, he is (God help us) Commander-in-Chief, after all, and they all answer to him. So he is, essentially, yelling at himself in the mirror.

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On one hand the whole endless war thing hooked a few voters. On the other how is that ending the war(s) thingy going for us?
We’re negotiating with the Taliban- we haven’t included the Afghans, we pulled out of Putin’s Syria-he’s gotta keep that warm water port, Trump’s moving troops out of Germany to go to Poland-how much is that going to cost us, and just fuck Asia-even though we shouldn’t let China take over the world.

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Well if he put on his glasses and put in his hearing aids he’s recognize who’s who.

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Yea fuck Glenn.

His entire thing is built on his hatred for America.

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Seems Meadows is on “clean-up” detail today - pushing the broom after the orange Elephant wandered around over the weekend …

wonder if he will venture into the Vaccine BS that Trump spewed about …

There is this other news that came out today - when you see it - you have to ask - would you trust your life or a loved one’s life to anything done by this administration - ESPECIALLY anything done in haste with a high chance that many corners were cut & evaluations were not fully completed - and some things might have been done carelessly

… if you can’t even get a Rose Garden together properly …

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Last part should be set to music by Dylan or someone.

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Jill is going to have her work cut out for her to restore the rose garden…

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So, no one explained that defense contractors helped put fat boy in office? Or, that their employees tend to vote Republican? Talk about a frantic, cornered rat.

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Even without “The Atlantic” Trump mocked the military, vets and Gold Star families.
Why would any of the above give a shit about 5 Deferment Don?

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I hate to admit this, but the President is partially right on this one. The amoral mercenary and weapons of mass death industry is out of control. They need a war every 3-5 years to deplete stock and to test their capacity to kill, maime and destroy on real people. Rinse-wash-repeat.

The mercenary companies are a revolving door for dirty generals like Mike Flynn and John Kelly and many others.

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The last president who warned us about the MIC was, um, who was that? I never hear his name mentioned anymore. :unamused:

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They can’t build 100 feet of straight wall without it falling down either.

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The members of the Dept. of Trump Defenders are hard at work in the grueling daily, sometimes hourly, defense of their commander in chief.

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tRUmp’s not interested in foreign wars just yet, as he has made peace with all of our traditional rivals

no tRUmp’s war is on Americans and the cities we live in, Americans are tRUmp’s enemy

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And the Space Force.

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They can’t do anything right, except load the Treasury funds and donations into their wallets. Worst administration ever.

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Wow, talk about mangling the lies to defend the lies that were said to defend the lies!!!

Meadows really sucks at this job. But what one would expect of a Freedumb Caucus member?

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And the many times he chokes on the 3-inch putt.

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Every stupid thing that Trump says or does has to be spun into another sign that Trump walks on water.

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