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OrlandoDem2

(2,956 posts)
1. OMG I came here to say the exact thing almost verbatim
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:11 AM
Thursday

He is politicizing the military and is acting in a performative manner.

What a fucking dickhead.

boston bean

(36,785 posts)
5. They are out there being trumps aggrieved mouthpiece.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:21 AM
Thursday

There must be a lot of ketchup on the walls of Air Force 1.

OrlandoDem2

(2,956 posts)
4. He and the general are asking the press to basically romanticize the mission.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:20 AM
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The media should just tell the general that there’s no need to change his beautiful narrative of the events at Qatar.

Here’s the thing. I don’t give a shit. The military did their job. Great. We respect them. But we don’t need to romanticize the battle.

The public isn’t learning anything new.

MiHale

(11,832 posts)
7. The public is learning something new...
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:28 AM
Thursday

How much this Administration loves war…destruction, killing, all the wartime stuff. Doesn’t play real well with most of the citizenry.

Emile

(35,410 posts)
8. Trump told Iran to go ahead an attack an American military base.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 08:29 AM
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Can you imagine the outrage if President Biden had said that?

Trump has never known the fear of being in harms way, he left that for the Suckers and Losers.

Arazi

(8,028 posts)
15. That was Jennifer Griffin from Faux News. He berated one of his own
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 10:11 AM
Thursday

And it’s obvious he never answered her question

Bettie

(18,465 posts)
12. Oh no....he's not talking about
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:28 AM
Thursday

and how they are NOT "The ice cream of the future!" is he?

Vinca

(52,288 posts)
13. You know he had his knee pads in the car and was headed straight to the Oval Office after the presser.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:35 AM
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