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"Youre a bunch of dopes and babies.": Inside Trumps stunning tirade against generals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals/2020/01/16/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)2naSalit
(86,868 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Response to Va Lefty (Reply #3)
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irisblue
(33,039 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)They see how corrupt people they've put into place are, then push them to be more corrupt, then when they won't go any further, he picks a fight to use as reasons to replace them with others who'll be more corrupt for them. Now he has to replace some of these Generals for more power and control to use the military as his personal weapon. He's escalating these tactics for absolute power where no one can stop him from doing anything he wants , for himself.
Freddie
(9,275 posts)But like St. Ronnie before him, the Rs will cover up.
Hekate
(90,901 posts)TY
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)Thought about wearing a wire. You know. Like in the movies. Just for insurance.
Dont these people have any imagination??
This guy was known to be a hot headed know it all, famous for his tirades and explosive temper. So no one gave a thought to documenting it .... just in case they needed it in the future. Im shocked. Shocked I tell you. 👀
dalton99a
(81,649 posts)csziggy
(34,139 posts)From the article linked in the OP:
I wouldnt go to war with you people, Trump told the assembled brass.
Addressing the room, the commander in chief barked, Youre a bunch of dopes and babies.
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But there Trump was, struggling to come up with a new Afghanistan policy and frustrated that so many U.S. forces were deployed in so many places around the world. The conversation began to tilt in the same direction as it had in the Tank back in July.
All these countries need to start paying us for the troops we are sending to their countries. We need to be making a profit, Trump said. We could turn a profit on this.
Why the hell didn't any of these military men walk out? Of course, the reason they didn't is that they serve the country and not some asshole like Trump. But it might have served the country better if they had walked out enmasse, leaving Trump with no one to be abused by him - and no one that the lower ranks would follow.
Trump does not deserve the courtesy he has gotten from the military. Tillerson was right - he IS a fucking moron.