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9/7/20
Donald Trump generates a lot of noise. He talks. He tweets. He is echoed and amplified by a vast claque, on TV and online, made up of Americans and foreigners, humans and bots. Never has he shouted louder than in the days since my colleague Jeffrey Goldberg reported the president’s disparaging comments about those who have fallen, been maimed, or taken prisoner in war. Trump’s protestations have been seconded by his wife. The first lady’s endorsement of Trump’s pro-military credentials has been repeated by Trump Cabinet secretaries, as well as by Fox News talking heads, and by a recipient of a Trump pardon. Amid the clamor, it’s easy to overlook those who are not yelling, those who are keeping silent. Where are the senior officers of the United States armed forces, serving and retired—the men and women who worked most closely on military affairs with President Trump? Has any one of them stepped forward to say, “That’s not the man I know”? How many wounded warriors have stepped forward to attest to Trump’s care and concern for them? How many Gold Star families have stepped forward on Trump’s behalf? How many service families? The silence is resounding. And when such voices do speak, they typically describe a president utterly lacking in empathy to grieving families, wholly uncomprehending of sacrifice and suffering.
President Trump disparaged the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after that naval officer warned superiors of a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier. The uniformed military will remember how Trump has abused one of the greatest commanders of the age, Admiral William McRaven, who commanded the operations that captured Saddam Hussein and killed Osama bin Laden. Trump has also abused General Stanley McChrystal, a former commander of forces in Afghanistan. And how did he treat Marine General John Allen, another former Afghanistan commander, who later coordinated the fight against ISIS? “His record = BAD” Or Marine General James Mattis, Trump’s own former secretary of defense? “The world’s most over-rated general.” So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Trump went looking for military character witnesses, he could find so few to vouch for him. So when it is reported—first in The Atlantic, then by The Washington Post, the AP, CNN, and Fox News—that multiple sources have heard Trump sneer and jibe at America’s fallen, the reporting rings true because it is consistent with the public record. The denials ring false because they defy that public record. The things reported fit in the mouth you know. Everybody knows it’s true, and most especially those who have been tasked to deny it.
Everyone Knows It’s True
As Trump vehemently disputes reports that he has disparaged veterans, some silences speak loudly.
No US military officers have stepped forward to vouch for Donald Trump. And let us not forget the twin brothers - US Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and US Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman.
Trump had both officers unceremoniously removed from their jobs in the White House because they told the truth under oath at Trumps impeachment trial in the House.
Who can forget how Trump crapped all over Navy Captain/Senator John McCain? Or the Gold Star family of Khizr Khan? Or the Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson?
Vengeful and vindictive is Donald Trumps MO ... and Everyone Knows It’s True.
Seems not everyone "knows it's true".
Seems not everyone "knows it's true".
Please quote Bolton.
(Not that I believe a word he says, after that book of nonsense he released.)
Right. "Bolton says"
Not worth my time.
Moving on...
Bolton is a manipulator. He'll say anything to get what he wants.
Hmmm.
This is the same John Bolton that alleged Trump actively and intentionally extorted Ukraine to try to get them involved in our election. You don't get to use him as a pro-Trump character witness if you conveniently reject all of the negative things he alleges about Trump.
But here's the thing.
It doesn't matter.
Nothing matters anymore.
Our existence has become so surreal, so utterly bizarre, that forget it.
It doesn't matter if he said it.
It doesn't matter that he failed in his leadership during what is probable to be one of the most important events of our lifetime.
It doesn't matter he stole money from a kids cancer fund.
And that's 0.1% of all the terrible things he's said and done.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter, nothing does.
So who cares?
Only the stupidest people in existence think it's a good thing he's President.
Let's stop pretending humanity is special and that we deserve to, or are worthy of existence, if this is what all our modern technology and access to all human knowledge produces in terms of leadership:
Go ahead, elect him again.
Let's hasten the downfall so it can just be finished sooner.
I'm not using him as a pro-Trump character witness. I'm using him to slap the OP and his dumbass thread title upside the head.
But here's the thing.
It doesn't matter.
Nothing matters anymore.
Our existence has become so surreal, so utterly bizarre, that forget it.
It doesn't matter if he said it.
It doesn't matter that he failed in his leadership during what is probable to be one of the most important events of our lifetime.
It doesn't matter he stole money from a kids cancer fund.
And that's 0.1% of all the terrible things he's said and done.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter, nothing does.
So who cares?
Only the stupidest people in existence think it's a good thing he's President.
Let's stop pretending humanity is special and that we deserve to, or are worthy of existence, if this is what all our modern technology and access to all human knowledge produces in terms of leadership:
Go ahead, elect him again.
Let's hasten the downfall so it can just be finished sooner.
You call him a liar about every other negative thing he's said about Trump but with this one thing you believe him?
Again...I haven't said a thing about whether I believe Bolton or not. But he is proof that the OP is running a line of bull****.
Bolton is a manipulator. He'll say anything to get what he wants.
1. Orcs are more intelligent than Trump supporters.
Bidens not Aragorn.
You've consistently called him a liar and a manipulator so how can he be your proof that Trump never said it?
SMH...
Never mind. Get back to me when you learn to read English.
19/20ths of the time you're just dealing with low rent trolling. You really can't say which part is stupidity and which part is just pretending to be stupidity to screw with you. Trump supporters are malevolent Ken M trolls. Ken M Is The Most Epic Troll On The Internet
He doesn't need to be. We just need to get out the vote. I'm volunteering to be a poll worker and have donated to Biden's campaign several times. What have you done?
Sit north of the border in utter terror and disbelief.
I know it's not exactly helpful, but it seems appropriate.
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