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Post by dc2london on Dec 26, 2018 14:06:16 GMT -6
What's kind of sad is that everyone was criticizing Trump for not visiting troops at the very moments this trip was being planned but they couldn't say anything bc natsec/opsec.
Sorrynotsorry, if you're an asshole 99.9% of the time, we are going to draw the reasonable conclusion that you're being an asshole.
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Post by kitchen on Dec 26, 2018 14:08:56 GMT -6
We should respect our military families, they say. like the Coast Guard families... Who won't fucking get paid because they arent funded through DoD? It makes me so filled with rage.
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Post by jaygee on Dec 26, 2018 14:09:04 GMT -6
What's kind of sad is that everyone was criticizing Trump for not visiting troops at the very moments this trip was being planned but they couldn't say anything bc natsec/opsec. Sorrynotsorry, if you're an asshole 99.9% of the time, we are going to draw the reasonable conclusion that you're being an asshole. Yeah. I see that. But it’s been two years. It was kind of a thing, so I get the criticism too. I am still under the impression that every time he doesn’t visit someone or console someone he should, it’s probably for the best anyways. Remember when he had to have that cheat sheet of notes on how to be empathetic to the Parkland victims. 🤦🏻♀️
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Post by enchanted on Dec 26, 2018 14:09:17 GMT -6
1) That guy looks nothing like JFK, Jr.
2) John John was decidely liberal (maybe even moreso than his dad and uncle), so no way he would have been on the right wing nut job side of the equation.
3) I know she's probably used to it considering the conspiracies surrounding the deaths of her dad and uncle, but I feel for Caroline. She has had so much tragedy in her life, both parents and brother are gone and it's such a family-centric time, and this would suck to see at the holidays.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 26, 2018 14:10:17 GMT -6
What's kind of sad is that everyone was criticizing Trump for not visiting troops at the very moments this trip was being planned but they couldn't say anything bc natsec/opsec. Sorrynotsorry, if you're an asshole 99.9% of the time, we are going to draw the reasonable conclusion that you're being an asshole. Yeah. I see that. But it’s been two years. It was kind of a thing, so I get the criticism too. I am still under the impression that every time he doesn’t visit someone or console someone he should, it’s probably for the best anyways. Remember when he had to have that cheat sheet of notes on how to be empathetic to the Parkland victims. 🤦🏻♀️ Or when he called a Purple Heart (I think that's the right commendation; it may have been one of the Stars) recipient lucky?
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Post by taconight on Dec 26, 2018 14:10:50 GMT -6
I though he was supposed to be spending like 2 weeks, or something ridiculous, at MAL? Was that scrapped for this Iraq trip?
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Post by enchanted on Dec 26, 2018 14:11:24 GMT -6
I though he was supposed to be spending like 2 weeks, or something ridiculous, at MAL? Was that scrapped for this Iraq trip? I think it was scrapped by the optics of going to his resort during a shutdown.
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Post by jaygee on Dec 26, 2018 14:12:16 GMT -6
Yeah. I see that. But it’s been two years. It was kind of a thing, so I get the criticism too. I am still under the impression that every time he doesn’t visit someone or console someone he should, it’s probably for the best anyways. Remember when he had to have that cheat sheet of notes on how to be empathetic to the Parkland victims. 🤦🏻♀️ Or when he called a Purple Heart (I think that's the right commendation; it may have been one of the Stars) recipient lucky? omg. I think I missed that one. But, not shocked. Three words: narcissistic personality disorder
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Post by enchanted on Dec 26, 2018 14:15:21 GMT -6
Or when he called a Purple Heart (I think that's the right commendation; it may have been one of the Stars) recipient lucky? omg. I think I missed that one. But, not shocked. Three words: narcissistic personality disorder My Google skills are failing me and I can't find it, so maybe I made it up, but I really don't think I am. Or maybe it was he congratulated him. Not called him lucky.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 26, 2018 14:17:20 GMT -6
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Post by mb3 on Dec 26, 2018 14:21:33 GMT -6
We should respect our military families, they say. like the Coast Guard families... Who won't fucking get paid because they arent funded through DoD? It makes me so filled with rage. I’m going to say I’m 99.99% certain Trump is not aware of that. Or possibly any advisors/Cabinet secretaries that aren’t actually in the military.
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 26, 2018 14:26:14 GMT -6
He’s in Iraq. This had to be planned weeks ago. My guess is about the time he didn’t go to the memorial in France. And while I don’t begrudge a sitting president visiting troops at Xmas the fact that we’re in the middle of a shutdown makes me roll my eyes. What does the shutdown have to do with it? It feels like more of a reason for him to go honestly, for propaganda reasons. I’m assuming it’s a pretty big financial undertaking to go. They fact that there are military/govt families who aren’t paid makes me feel icky. That and the fact that he only uses ‘his love for the military’ when it’s useful/convenient to him is also icky to me. This could be a cracker eating situ. I never had feelings about 43 visiting troops.
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Post by kitchen on Dec 26, 2018 15:17:09 GMT -6
We should respect our military families, they say. like the Coast Guard families... Who won't fucking get paid because they arent funded through DoD? It makes me so filled with rage. I’m going to say I’m 99.99% certain Trump is not aware of that. Or possibly any advisors/Cabinet secretaries that aren’t actually in the military. Very true. And Fox News etc. will use "well he doesn't know that!!!" as their excuse for why it's okay. Cool, so it's all okay because he doesn't understand any of it anyway. UGHGHHGHGHGH.
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Post by mb3 on Dec 26, 2018 15:17:20 GMT -6
What does the shutdown have to do with it? It feels like more of a reason for him to go honestly, for propaganda reasons. I’m assuming it’s a pretty big financial undertaking to go. They fact that there are military/govt families who aren’t paid makes me feel icky. That and the fact that he only uses ‘his love for the military’ when it’s useful/convenient to him is also icky to me. This could be a cracker eating situ. I never had feelings about 43 visiting troops. Got it. Like I said, I think it’s purely propaganda on his part and it makes “sense”, from that standpoint, to have him go now while people might already be upset with him. I think, generally speaking, visiting the troops overseas plays well in the press so I can see why they’d do it now.
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Post by dc2london on Dec 26, 2018 15:18:50 GMT -6
What does the shutdown have to do with it? It feels like more of a reason for him to go honestly, for propaganda reasons. I’m assuming it’s a pretty big financial undertaking to go. They fact that there are military/govt families who aren’t paid makes me feel icky. That and the fact that he only uses ‘his love for the military’ when it’s useful/convenient to him is also icky to me. This could be a cracker eating situ. I never had feelings about 43 visiting troops. This would have been planned well before the shutdown though
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 26, 2018 16:23:23 GMT -6
I’m assuming it’s a pretty big financial undertaking to go. They fact that there are military/govt families who aren’t paid makes me feel icky. That and the fact that he only uses ‘his love for the military’ when it’s useful/convenient to him is also icky to me. This could be a cracker eating situ. I never had feelings about 43 visiting troops. This would have been planned well before the shutdown though Yeah I said that in the original comment I understand the logistics were worked out long before it juststill bothers me. Especially seeing him signing maga hats I completely own my cracker eating feeling and realize I’m not willing to give an inch of grace here.
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Post by flippinchica on Dec 26, 2018 16:37:06 GMT -6
So ICE is just dumping people in Greyhound stations now? I posted about this last night: ICE had left more than 400 migrants at the Greyhound Station in El Paso on Sunday and on Christmas Eve. Today, they dropped off an additional 500. The community was given no warning or time to prepare. t.co/WCiZsCtkOHI've seen some coverage of this and I think ICE was hoping El Paso would be pissed and help get people whipped up for the wall. Instead, it seems the city has stepped up big time taking care of these people. Fucking ICE, man. They did this in San Antonio a while back. Looks like it was in October. www.tpr.org/post/abrupt-release-detention-sends-many-immigrants-through-san-antonio
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Post by dc2london on Dec 26, 2018 16:51:12 GMT -6
Apparently Trump was pretty freaked out having to fly in in pitch dark.
Yeah, darkness is scary.
SO IS BEING SHOT AT.
ETA I mean the servicemembers who are being shot at. I hope that's abundantly clear. Don't @ me NSA.
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Post by richard on Dec 26, 2018 18:02:24 GMT -6
Hello. Also, I hope this is not accurate.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Dec 26, 2018 21:01:53 GMT -6
Hello. Also, I hope this is not accurate. Oh my god.
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 26, 2018 21:08:05 GMT -6
Hello. Also, I hope this is not accurate. Cheese and crackers.
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 26, 2018 21:12:32 GMT -6
How was this trip planned in advance when he was supposed to be in MAL? Those trips are always planned well in advance in secret. There are security details that need to be worked out prior. It’s that way with every president. My guess is it was planned around Veterans Day with all the bad press about not going to Arlington and the constant news coverage of how he had yet visited any soldiers deployed while his predecessors made it within the first four months (44) and pretty quickly after deployment (43). And here he was at almost 2 years
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Dec 26, 2018 21:13:50 GMT -6
How was this trip planned in advance when he was supposed to be in MAL? No government shutdown, go to MAL. Government shutdown, go to Troops. Win win for planning depending on what happened.
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Post by talon on Dec 26, 2018 21:37:00 GMT -6
Hello. Also, I hope this is not accurate. OMG why is he so stupid?
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Post by mb3 on Dec 27, 2018 1:11:06 GMT -6
byjove, how are you and your family doing now?
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Post by dc2london on Dec 27, 2018 6:27:29 GMT -6
Meanwhile, in Israel
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Dec 27, 2018 7:10:03 GMT -6
Maybe it would have been better if he hadn't gone to visit.
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Post by lemondrop on Dec 27, 2018 7:13:14 GMT -6
*disclaimer* my brother was USMC and is currently the director of the VA in a city in MA - I do believe troops should make more money, but the fuck is this asshole talking about?* 45 tells troops they haven’t gotten raises in 10 years (they have), and he advocated to get them 10%. Troops got a 2.6% raise for 2019 and 2.4% in 2018. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/26/politics/trump-misleads-military-pay-raise-again/index.html"They had plenty of people that came up, they said, 'You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3%, we could make it 2%, we could make it 4%,'" Trump told the troops about the latest pay raise. "I said, 'No. Make it 10%. Make it more than 10%.'"
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Post by Uncaripswife on Dec 27, 2018 8:47:34 GMT -6
He just says whatever pops into his head, with total disregard for whether there is a shred of accuracy to it.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Dec 27, 2018 9:38:39 GMT -6
How do people just take what he spews as fact?? I can't even bear to head his voice, and now even reading his BS makes me want to rage. I was looking for a rage stroke gif, best I could find.
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