Trump was not really in full control during a high stakes Iran rescue. The claim is that military leaders kept him away from the live command flow because they thought his behavior could mess up the mission. That is a big deal if true, because it means the commander in chief was treated like a political risk during a real military crisis.
maxburke on
Commander in name only.
JohnnyZondo on
Trump would have left the pilot in Iran to rot while he ran on rescuing him.
EmptyJade77 on
Sounds like the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If only there were some pre-existing Constitutional mechanism for dealing with this problem.
Tropicalgia on
Remember when they used to wonder whether he was “temperamentally suited” to be president . . .
2LiveGucciCrew on
Maybe Kubrick was wrong in Dr Strangelove. Doubt it but maybe.
CAM6913 on
Considering how trump feels about servicemen and ones that are wounded,captured or killed calling them stupid, losers etc….. they probably had meetings during his golf time, tv time or nap time but if that failed someone outside the room would jingle their keys in front of him distracting him
User42wp on
Other reporting I saw had him mention jimmy carters hostage crisis tanking his reelection. I’d bet this POS wanted to have the downed pilot killed
Psephological on
Could you sideline him a bit more? Maybe into prison along with the rest of the Inner Party?
Bzr21 on
Trump had the drone joystick but he kept destroying U.S. aircraft – so they kicked him out ..
Romano16 on
If the military brass are sidelining the commander in chief then he needs to be 25th.
gdex86 on
If true this is super damning. A number of these folks are people Trump promoted to the job because they’ve kissed the ring so to speak, and these folks are so scared by having the man they report to being involved in a high stakes rescue mission that they basically keep him out and distracted so he’s not involved and messing it up making an order that will get the not only the target but inserted teams killed.
Ok_Use7 on
Ordinarily this reporting would be a bombshell. It’ll be forgotten that military leaders saw the president as a liability so much that they needed to practically work in secret away from him by Wednesday.
CanaryUmbrella on
‘Military Brass’ lol. All the smart ones get out in 4-6 and get a real job. These guys can’t even balance a budget.
ET2-SW on
So following the clues, does this mean it was that army general that was fired a few weeks back was the one who sidelined his little temper tantrum?
Because that would make sense, to purge anyone who dares question dear leader.
stickybond009 on
How come an airfield in the middle of uranium’s plant so near.
UberKaltPizza on
President is not able to execute his duties. That should concern everyone. But alas, it doesn’t even move the needle.
fergehtabodit on
So I’m reading this Jpost article , wondering about a few things. Are they saying that the president of the United States is unsound? Yes
Are they saying that it is the military that wants to put ground forces on Kharg island but the unsound president is stopping them from doing that? Yes
Is this a propaganda article that is completely pro Israel and attempts to forment division among people including Trump supporters? Yes
As much as I believe Trump was left out of the operation minute by minute updates because his input would be ludicrous and dangerous, I also believe we are in this mess because of Israel in the first place.
MiddleConnection7479 on
Interesting thing is that WSJ broke the story (credibility) and that despite same ownership (Murdoch) Fox did not pick up on it.
KRoadkil on
It’s hard to concentrate on the topic when Grandpa is in the corner in his chair ranting about the good ol days and how it hurts his image. The adults need to realize Grandpa isn’t well and needs to be put in a home, and not in charge of an entire country.
fffan9391 on
What about Kegsbreath?
All_Hail_Hynotoad on
The president is a figurehead at this point
Solonohioperson on
But he said he was totally commanding the mission! Gasp, he wouldn’t lie would he? /s
FirmDingo8 on
2 Transport planes and helicopter gunships to rescue a pilot who we haven’t seen since? Also very close to a nuclear plant.
Hmm…..failed mission to grab the uranium?
21ismsti on
They found the mole?
Darth19Vader77 on
Trump is the weakest president ever and fucking Buchanan literally did absolutely nothing as the civil war started
Knees0ck on
the dementia is taking over & they can’t ignore it anymore
dangerousluck on
Thank God he’s a man, can you imagine if we’d accidentally elected an irrational woman instead? :O
TheAskewOne on
They feared he would be blabbering about it I imagine.
Elegant_Situation285 on
everyone, including his staff, knows he’s unfit to serve as President.
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Trump was not really in full control during a high stakes Iran rescue. The claim is that military leaders kept him away from the live command flow because they thought his behavior could mess up the mission. That is a big deal if true, because it means the commander in chief was treated like a political risk during a real military crisis.
Commander in name only.
Trump would have left the pilot in Iran to rot while he ran on rescuing him.
Sounds like the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If only there were some pre-existing Constitutional mechanism for dealing with this problem.
Remember when they used to wonder whether he was “temperamentally suited” to be president . . .
Maybe Kubrick was wrong in Dr Strangelove. Doubt it but maybe.
Considering how trump feels about servicemen and ones that are wounded,captured or killed calling them stupid, losers etc….. they probably had meetings during his golf time, tv time or nap time but if that failed someone outside the room would jingle their keys in front of him distracting him
Other reporting I saw had him mention jimmy carters hostage crisis tanking his reelection. I’d bet this POS wanted to have the downed pilot killed
Could you sideline him a bit more? Maybe into prison along with the rest of the Inner Party?
Trump had the drone joystick but he kept destroying U.S. aircraft – so they kicked him out ..
If the military brass are sidelining the commander in chief then he needs to be 25th.
If true this is super damning. A number of these folks are people Trump promoted to the job because they’ve kissed the ring so to speak, and these folks are so scared by having the man they report to being involved in a high stakes rescue mission that they basically keep him out and distracted so he’s not involved and messing it up making an order that will get the not only the target but inserted teams killed.
Ordinarily this reporting would be a bombshell. It’ll be forgotten that military leaders saw the president as a liability so much that they needed to practically work in secret away from him by Wednesday.
‘Military Brass’ lol. All the smart ones get out in 4-6 and get a real job. These guys can’t even balance a budget.
So following the clues, does this mean it was that army general that was fired a few weeks back was the one who sidelined his little temper tantrum?
Because that would make sense, to purge anyone who dares question dear leader.
How come an airfield in the middle of uranium’s plant so near.
President is not able to execute his duties. That should concern everyone. But alas, it doesn’t even move the needle.
So I’m reading this Jpost article , wondering about a few things. Are they saying that the president of the United States is unsound? Yes
Are they saying that it is the military that wants to put ground forces on Kharg island but the unsound president is stopping them from doing that? Yes
Is this a propaganda article that is completely pro Israel and attempts to forment division among people including Trump supporters? Yes
As much as I believe Trump was left out of the operation minute by minute updates because his input would be ludicrous and dangerous, I also believe we are in this mess because of Israel in the first place.
Interesting thing is that WSJ broke the story (credibility) and that despite same ownership (Murdoch) Fox did not pick up on it.
It’s hard to concentrate on the topic when Grandpa is in the corner in his chair ranting about the good ol days and how it hurts his image. The adults need to realize Grandpa isn’t well and needs to be put in a home, and not in charge of an entire country.
What about Kegsbreath?
The president is a figurehead at this point
But he said he was totally commanding the mission! Gasp, he wouldn’t lie would he? /s
2 Transport planes and helicopter gunships to rescue a pilot who we haven’t seen since? Also very close to a nuclear plant.
Hmm…..failed mission to grab the uranium?
They found the mole?
Trump is the weakest president ever and fucking Buchanan literally did absolutely nothing as the civil war started
the dementia is taking over & they can’t ignore it anymore
Thank God he’s a man, can you imagine if we’d accidentally elected an irrational woman instead? :O
They feared he would be blabbering about it I imagine.
everyone, including his staff, knows he’s unfit to serve as President.